| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.01.2026 | Finance, tech and growth leadership moves across the market | Acentra Health
Deborah Ricci has joined the technology solutions integrator as chief financial officer, a role she brings three decades of industry experience to.
Ricci most recently worked in the CFO role at Guidehouse, starting with its 2... |
| 14.07.2025 | Virtru Secures $50M, Elevates Data Security for AI Era | Virtru, a D.C.-based leader in data-centric security, secured $50M in Series D funding, valuing the company at $500M. ICONIQ led the round. Funds will accelerate global adoption of its Trusted Data Format (TDF). They will expand protection ... |
| 12.07.2025 | Virtru Raises $50M in Funding | Virtru, a Washington, DC-based leader in data-centric security and the inventor of the open standard Trusted Data Format (TDF), raised $50m in funding.
The round was led by ICONIQ, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry,... |
| 11.07.2025 | Data security startup Virtru raises $50M in funding
Join theCUBE Alumni Trust Network
Send us a News Tip
EXTRACT THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE
Cookies | Virtru Inc., a startup that helps enterprises prevent unauthorized access to their data, has secured $50 million in Series D funding.
Fortune reported the investment today. Iconiq led the round with participation from Bessemer Venture Partn... |
| 20.12.2024 | The Evolving Landscape of Cybersecurity Threats | In the digital age, the battlefield is invisible. Cybersecurity threats lurk in the shadows, evolving with each passing day. Recent reports highlight a troubling trend: phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated. They’re no longer the... |
| 18.12.2024 | Threat actors spoof email security providers | A new report from phishing defense company Cofense highlights increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks that are exploiting trusted email security companies such as Proofpoint, Mimecast and Virtru to trick users into disclosing sensitive ... |
| 07.03.2024 | Virtru Welcomes Tiffanny Gates to Board of Directors Amid Exponential Public Sector Growth | - |
| 23.03.2023 | Launch of Virtru Private Keystore Enables Heightened Privacy and Secure Collaboration in the Cloud | Encryption Key Management Solution Gives Customers Full Control of Cloud-Hosted Data
Virtru, the global leader in data-centric security and privacy, announced the immediate availability of the Virtru Private Keystore, allowing organizations... |
| 23.03.2023 | Launch of Virtru Private Keystore Enables Heightened Privacy and Secure Collaboration in the Cloud | Core Facts
Encryption Key Management Solution Gives Customers Full Control of Cloud-Hosted Data
UK - 23rd March 2023 – Virtru, the global leader in data-centric security and privacy, today announced the immediate availability of the Virtru ... |
| 03.03.2023 | Virtru Joins NIST NCCoE Data-Centric Security and Classification Consortium | Virtru, a global leader in data-centric security and privacy, announced its participation in NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project.
Vi... |
| 21.09.2022 | Virtru data protection solutions approved for G-Cloud 13 Framework | UK public sector organisations can now procure Virtru’s proven Zero Trust data encryption solutions for secure communications and increased productivity
UK - 21st September 2022: Virtru, a global leader in data protection, today announced i... |
| 15.08.2022 | What you might have missed at Black Hat and Def Con 2022 | Hackers, researchers, cybersecurity companies and government officials descended on Las Vegas last week for Black Hat and Def Con, a cybersecurity double-bill that’s collectively referred to as “hacker summer camp.”
This year’s cyber gather... |
| 06.06.2022 | Virtru launches OpenTDF project to offer orgs zero-trust data controls | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Today, data protection provider Virtru announced ... |
| 24.01.2022 | Virtru Closes $60M Financing Round | Virtru, a Washington, DC-based data protection company, raised $60M in Growth funding.
The round was led by ICONIQ Growth and new investor Foundry Capital with participation from Tiger Global, MC2, Bessemer Venture Partners and New Enterpri... |
| 21.01.2022 | Virtru lands $60M | Virtru has raised $60 million in a round co-led by Foundry Capital and Iconiq Capital. The Washington, DC-based company offers a data protection platform that helps organizations secure and manage sensitive information.
Additional Investors... |
| 20.01.2022 | Virtru Closes $60M Growth Financing Round Co-Led by ICONIQ Growth and Foundry Capital, with Participation from Tiger Global and MC2 | As the world migrates to a Zero Trust cybersecurity model, investors back Virtru to make Trusted Data Format (TDF) the open standard for sharing and protecting sensitive data
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virtru, a leader in... |
| 20.01.2022 | Virtru raises $60M to bring data protection standard used by the NSA to enterprises
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community ... | Data protection startup Virtru Corp. is hoping to establish its Trusted Data Format standard in the enterprise after closing on a $60 million round of funding today.
The Series C round was co-led by existing investor Iconiq Growth and new b... |
| 20.01.2022 | Virtru Closes $60M Growth Financing Round Co-Led by ICONIQ Growth and Foundry Capital, with Participation from Tiger Global and MC2 | WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virtru, a leader in data protection and inventor of the open TDF standard, today announced that it has raised $60 million in growth financing co-led by existing investor ICONIQ Growth and new in... |
| 20.01.2022 | Money Moves: DC cyber firm Virtru just landed a $60M Series C, with plans to double headcount | Money Moves is a column where we chart the funding raises of tech companies across the region. Have a tip? Email us at dc@technical.ly.Virtru, a DC-based cybersecurity firm specializing in data protection, just raised $60 million in growth ... |
| 20.01.2022 | Virtru raises $60M to bring zero trust security to data sharing | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Data security and privacy firm Virtru, which toda... |
| 20.01.2022 | Virtru raises $60M to bring zero trust security to data sharing | Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
Data security and privacy firm Virtru, which today announced raising a $60 million series C funding round, said that ... |
| 24.10.2021 | Virtru launches zero-trust key management for entire Google ecosystem | Virtru, a well-known name in data encryption and privacy, has launched an external zero-trust key-management solution expressly for admins of the Google Cloud Platform (GCPs).
Virtru’s cloud-based software protects data throughout its lifec... |
| 24.10.2021 | Virtru launches zero-trust key management for entire Google ecosystem | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Virtru, a well-known name in data encryption and ... |
| 14.10.2021 | Virtru Delivers Enterprise Data Security Across Google Cloud Platform | Virtru is the only external key management provider whose data protection spans the entire Google portfolio.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) October 14, 2021
Virtru, a leader in data protection and privacy, today announced its external key management (E... |
| 23.09.2021 | Virtru Releases File-Sharing Solution for Secure Collaboration | Virtru, a leader in data protection and privacy, announced Secure Share, an end-to-end encrypted file-sharing solution that accelerates secure collaboration.
With Secure Share, Virtru customers can simply and securely collect sensitive, pri... |
| 23.09.2021 | Virtru Releases File-Sharing Solution for Secure Collaboration | We’re proud that Virtru’s Secure Share solution can empower organizations to safely collect the data they need, meanwhile protecting them from vulnerabilities that can lead to data breaches. -Rob McDonald, EVP of Platform, Virtru
WASHINGTON... |
| 11.09.2021 | 20 years later, unchecked data collection is part of 9/11’s legacy | John Ackerly Contributor
Share on Twitter
John Ackerly is co-founder and CEO of Virtru Corporation. Previously, he was an investor at Lindsay Goldberg LLC, served as a technology policy adviser at the White House and was the Policy and Stra... |
| 21.06.2021 | Virtru Launches Microsoft Outlook Data Encryption for Enterprises | Virtru's New Microsoft 365 Outlook Add-In Integrates Directly Within Outlook "Cyber attacks, like those impacting Colonial Pipeline and Microsoft Exchange Server, are becoming increasingly sophisticated and frequent. It’s critical that... |
| 10.03.2021 | Global Sales Executive Joins Virtru to Advance Enterprise Strategy and Growth | Bill Smith, Chief Sales Officer, Virtru Bill’s dynamic leadership and vision will be immensely valuable to our customers and industry partners, as well as to the Virtru team, as we realize our mission: to unlock the power of data by creatin... |
| 01.03.2021 | “Hey, what’s your password?” How to encourage cyber-safe behaviour at work | Source: Unsplash/Alesia Kazantceva.
Business etiquette has one golden rule: treat others with respect and care. The same is true for encouraging cyber safety at work, on everything from password security to keeping valuable information such... |
| 14.12.2020 | Virtru Expands Partnership with Google Cloud After Surpassing 3,500 Joint Customers | Virtru In today's working environment, secure collaboration has never been more important, and capabilities like those Virtru provides will enable us to further accelerate adoption of cutting-edge cloud applications and infrastructure while... |
| 06.05.2020 | Why big data tracking and monitoring is essential to security and optimization | https://d1rytvr7gmk1sx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200225-Sonmez-Part3-Dan.mp4 Big data: More must-read coverage
Best ETL tools and software 2022
Power BI vs. Tableau: BI tools comparison
Surveys: Data literacy can’t keep up... |
| 15.03.2020 | UPDATED: Get Your Free Cybersecurity Tech To Cope With Your Coronavirus Chaos | A man from a company based in North Brabant is working from home and watching the Coronavirus ... [+] statistics. A small passel of cybersecurity companies are now offering some tools for free to deal with the sudden rise in remote workers.... |
| 13.02.2020 | Selectively revealing yourself to the world -- Privacy in the 21st century | Fifteen years ago, if you wanted to join Facebook (then The FaceBook), you needed a valid college email address and the site did not offer much more than study group meetups or a place to chat and share pictures with high school friends. To... |
| 12.08.2019 | Virtru launched a new platform to centralize data protection tools | D.C.–based data security startup Virtru announced the launch of a new portal to centralize data protection capabilities.
With the Virtru Developer Hub, we aim to reduce the friction that often accompanies the translation of privacy requirem... |
| 31.01.2019 | Power Moves: GoKart Labs promotes a new director of client services, Quantum Xchange bolsters advisory board | Power Moves is a column where we chart the comings and goings of talent across the region. Got a new hire, new gig or promotion? Email dc@technical.ly and let us know.
GoKart Labs, a tech, design studio and digital agency working in healthc... |
| 21.12.2018 | Why the Public Still Doesn’t Fully Trust Cloud Computing (and What We Can Do) | There are thousands of apps that rely on cloud computing to store important information and files from their customers, but the general public still doesn’t fully trust the nature of the “cloud.” This can manifest in a number of ways. For e... |
| 05.10.2018 | Why Consumers Often Miss Simple Techniques to Resist Cybercrime | The majority of cyberattacks aren’t large-scale, coordinated efforts to break through tough defenses and acquire valuable data; instead, they’re simple and opportunistic. A “hacker” might stumble upon someone’s password because they left it... |
| 25.07.2018 | Virtru teams up with Google to bring its end-to-end encryption service to Google Drive | Virtru, which is best known for its email encryption service for both enterprises and consumers, is announcing a partnership with Google today that will bring the company’s encryption technology to Google Drive.
Only a few years ago, the co... |
| 01.06.2018 | DC data protection startup Virtru raises $37.5M, led by San Francisco–based Iconiq | D.C.–based data security startup Vitru announced $37.5 million in Series B funding this week.
The round was led by San Francisco–based Iconiq Capital, according to a news release. Also participating were Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enter... |
| 01.06.2018 | Virtru Holds Initial Close of $37.5M Series B Financing | Virtru, a Washington, DC-based provider of end-to-end data protection and data privacy solutions to more than 8,000 organizations, held the initial closing of a $37.5m Series B financing.
The round was led by Iconiq Capital with participati... |
| 31.05.2018 | Data encryption startup Virtru raises $37.5 million to target enterprise security | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Virtru, a provider of email encryption and data p... |
| 31.05.2018 | Bessemer Joins $37.5M Series B for Virtru | WASHINGTON, May 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virtru, a trusted provider of end-to-end data protection and data privacy solutions to more than 8,000 organizations, today announced the initial closing of a $37.5 million Series B preferred sto... |
| 31.05.2018 | Virtru Closes $37.5 Million Series B Investment Led by ICONIQ Capital | WASHINGTON, May 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virtru, a trusted provider of end-to-end data protection and data privacy solutions to more than 8,000 organizations, today announced the initial closing of a $37.5 million Series B preferred sto... |
| 31.05.2018 | Data encryption startup Virtru raises $37.5 million to target enterprise security | Virtru, a provider of email encryption and data protection solutions, announced today that it has raised a $37.5 million round of funding. Iconiq Capital led the round and was joined by existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, New Ente... |
| 31.05.2018 | NEA Joins $37.5M Series B for Virtru | WASHINGTON, May 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virtru, a trusted provider of end-to-end data protection and data privacy solutions to more than 8,000 organizations, today announced the initial closing of a $37.5 million Series B preferred sto... |
| 31.05.2018 | Virtru secures $37 million Series B led by Iconiq | Virtru, the security startup that came out of research at the NSA, announced a $37 million Series B financing round today led by Iconiq Capital.
The company also announced the formation of Virtru Labs, an entity to be led by company co-foun... |
| 05.03.2018 | Virtru’s new API brings encryption tech built by ex-NSA engineer to third-party developers | Virtru co-founder Will Ackerly developed the company’s underlying encryption technology while he was working as an engineer at the NSA, so it’s fair to say he knows a thing or two about the subject. The company has been delivering encryptio... |
| 12.01.2018 | The Startups D.C. VCs and Investors are Watching in 2018 | Each year, we publish our own list of the local startups to watch in the coming year. Now, D.C. area VCs and investors are weighing in.
DC Inno reached out to a handful of local investors asking them to send a list of the startups they're w... |
| 08.03.2017 | Two DC-area companies made CNBC’s ‘Upstart 25’ list | The “Upstart 25,” a new list of promising startups from CNBC, names 25 “companies that are building brands and breaking industry barriers on the path to becoming tomorrow’s household names.”
And wouldn’t ya know it — two local companies are... |
| 24.08.2016 | Email encryption startup Virtru raises $29 million Series A | Virtru, a D.C.-based encryption and privacy startup, announced on Monday that the company has secured $29 million in Series A financing. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
Virtru was founded in 2014 by brothers John and Will Ac... |
| 23.08.2016 | BVP Leads $29M Series A for Virtu | Virtru, a trusted provider of encryption and data protection to thousands of organizations around the world, today announced that it has secured $29 million in Series A financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) with New Enterprise As... |
| 23.08.2016 | NEA Joins $29M Series A for Virtu | Virtru, a trusted provider of encryption and data protection to thousands of organizations around the world, today announced that it has secured $29 million in Series A financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) with New Enterprise As... |
| 23.08.2016 | Virtru Raises $29M Series A | Virtru, a trusted provider of encryption and data protection to thousands of organizations around the world, today announced that it has secured $29 million in Series A financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) with New Enterprise As... |
| 22.08.2016 | Data privacy startup Virtru secures $29 million | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Bessemer Venture Partners led a $29 million inves... |
| 22.08.2016 | Email and file encryption service Virtru, built by ex-NSA engineer, raises $29 million | Talk about being at the right place and at the right time. Following revelations of government spying, data breaches, malicious hacking, identity theft and other online threats, the email and file encryption application Virtru has now grown... |
| 22.08.2016 | Virtru Closes $29M Series A Round |
WASHINGTON, DC, Trusted provider of encryption and data protection to thousands of organizations around the world, has secured $29 million in Series A financing.
>> Click here for more funding data on Virtru
>> To export Vir... |
| 22.08.2016 | DC Cybersecurity Startup Virtru Raises $29M to Protect Your Emails | Washington, D.C. encryption software startup Virtru has closed a $29 million funding round. The new funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, which previously led a $6 million round for Virtru back in 2014.
Virtru is the latest in a rec... |
| 22.08.2016 | Virtru Closes $29M Series A Funding Round | Virtru, a Washington DC-based provider of encryption and data protection to thousands of organizations around the world, secured $29m in Series A financing.
The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) with New Enterprise Associates... |
| 22.08.2016 | Data privacy startup Virtru secures $29 million | Bessemer Venture Partners led a $29 million investment for data privacy startup Virtru, the Washington, D.C.-based security software developer announced today. The series A capital will help Virtru build new products and scale worldwide.
“W... |
| 08.03.2016 | 4 big questions for aspiring entrepreneurs | I’ve spent a lot of time interviewing entrepreneurs who are in the middle of building businesses, to better understand their motivations, concerns and paths to entrepreneurship.
I collected a number of lessons in interviews with 16 entrepre... |
| 31.10.2015 | 4 ways to adapt to the EU’s new data rules | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
On October 6, the EU ruled that the 15-year-old S... |
| 31.10.2015 | 4 ways to adapt to the EU’s new data rules | On October 6, the EU ruled that the 15-year-old Safe Harbor Agreement between the U.S. and Europe is invalid. The agreement had allowed American companies to move the data of European citizens freely to the U.S. under the rationale that Ame... |
| 13.03.2015 | DC tech people at #SXSW 2015 | Before the great migration begins for the SXSW (March 13 to 22), here are a couple of resources for local folks interested in keeping it local in Austin.
(If you’re staying here, though, check out our #notatSXSW party on March 16 at 7:00 p.... |
| 02.01.2015 | Offshoring Data Won’t Protect It From The NSA | Timothy H. Edgar Contributor
Tim Edgar is a visiting fellow at Brown University. He served in the Obama White House as the first-ever Director of Privacy and Civil Liberties for the National Security Staff and has been a privacy lawyer for ... |
| 20.06.2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 6/20/14 | Instacart, Saltside, Greycroft, Shasta, Algolia, ForgeRock, Puppet Labs, NIMBOXX, ProjectManager, Yo
Seed stage
Calm.com, an that provides mini-relaxation sessions, raised $578,000 from Launch fund, AngelList syndicate, Matt Mullenweg, and ... |
| 17.06.2014 | Email Encryption Startup Raises $6 Million | D.C.-based email encryption software startup Virtru announced that it had raised $6 million in a funding round on Tuesday. That's a total of $10.3 million for the company and its platform that lets you set expiration dates, prevent forwards... |
| 17.06.2014 | Virtru, A Secure Email App Built By An Ex-NSA Engineer, Raises $6M | Revelations about how the NSA tracks users online, the growth of malicious hacking and a general move towards people wanting more privacy in their online interactions have all contributed to a surge of apps that offer users ways to control ... |
| 17.06.2014 | Virtru Raises $6M | Virtru, a Washington, DC-based email encryption startup, raised $6m in financing.
The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP). In conjunction with the funding, BVP Partner David Cowan, who co-founded VeriSign, Good Technology and D... |
| 01.05.2014 | Born in the NSA! | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
National Security Agency alumni are coming to a t... |
| 10.03.2014 | Email encryption player Virtru proud of its NSA roots — and its crypto security | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Former National Security Agency security cloud ex... |
| 10.02.2014 | A Surprisingly Easy Tool for Encrypting Email, Courtesy of an Ex-NSA Employee | Screenshot via Virtru
Thinking of sending some strictly confidential, top secret information over email? A degree of hesitation would seem appropriate, as most forms of digital communications, be they email, text messaging, social network c... |
| 21.01.2014 | Funding Daily: Snowed under | While our San Francisco colleagues enjoyed their balmy, 64-degree commutes, the VentureBeat New York crew huddled indoors as a half-foot of snow blanketed the city.
But in between cups of tea and prayers to Ullr — the only god cool enough t... |
| - | Manage your consent preferences
DC Cybersecurity Startup Virtru Raises $29M to Protect Your Emails | - |
| - | Virtru | “Virtru provides easy-to-use data security for information shared through email, files, and SaaS apps. End-to-end encryption and access control safeguard data wherever it travels.” |
| - | Virtru Recently Raised $60 Million In Growth Financing | Virtru recently announced it raised $60 million in growth financing. These are the details.
Virtru — a leader in data protection and inventor of the open TDF standard — recently announced that it has raised $60 million in growth financing c... |
| - | Manage your consent preferences
D.C.'s Virtru secures $50M in Series D funding | - |
