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Ionic Security Closes $9.4M Series A-1 Round

By TechTaffy Desk

Ionic Security  has closed a $9.4 million Series A-1 financing round. The investment was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and included TechOperators. Early investors  Ken Levine and Paul Judge also participated.

The capital will be used to expand Ionic’s engineering team, accelerate enterprise sales and increase awareness of its Fusion platform, says the company.

Ted Schlein , general partner at KPCB, and Tom Noonan , partner at TechOperators, will join the Ionic Security board.

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