Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Distil Networks Gets $21M For Bot Blocking Software

San Francisco-based cybersecurity software developer Distil Networks, which develops bot detection and mitigation tools, said Tuesday that it raised $21M in a Series B financing round. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Foundry, TechStars, ff Venture Capital, Idea Fund and Correlation Ventures. BVP's David Cowan joins the board. Distil networks is led by Rami Essaid. The company's software detects and blocks Internet traffic from bot networks. More information »