VeriSign

VeriSign

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Investment Firm

Overview

Verisign operates the infrastructure for the .com, .net, .tv, .cc, .name, .jobs, .edu and .gov top-level domains, as well as two of the world’s 13 Internet root servers A and J, managing and protecting the DNS infrastructure for some 121 million domain names and processing more than 77 billion Internet queries daily. Verisign’s infrastructure assurance services, including Managed DNS, DDoS Protection and iDefense Security Intelligence, help to ensure online businesses are as available as the Web itself.

Highlights

Founded

1995

Industry

Internet

Employees

1001-5000

Investment

14

Lead Investment

5

Exits

9

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Bluemont, Virginia, United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

VeriSign, established in 1995 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Network Security, Software, Internet, Information Technology, Security, Infrastructure, DevOps, Communication Hardware, Financial Services, Venture Capital. The organization boasts a portfolio of 14 investments, with an average round size of $16.1M and 9 successful exits. Their recent investments include Nominum, Juniper Networks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, The .tv Corporation. The highest investment round they participated in was $17.7B. Among their most notable exits are Nominum and Juniper Networks. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace James Bidzos

James Bidzos

President & Chief Executive Officer

imagePlace Elaine Pruis

Elaine Pruis

Senior Director Naming Operations & Policy

imagePlace Burt Kaliski

Burt Kaliski

Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

imagePlace Thomas Indelicarto

Thomas Indelicarto

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

imagePlace George Kilguss III

George Kilguss III

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

imagePlace Danny McPherson

Danny McPherson

EVP Engineering, Operations, and Security & CSO

Investment portfolio

VeriSign has made 14 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 15, 2016, when Bigstep raised $2.2M.

investments

14

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

5

Number of exits

9

Investments

14

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 02, 2002
Quova Quova
Advertising21.0M
May 06, 2002
Nominum Nominum
Network Security10.0M
Oct 28, 2002
Kollective Technology Kollective Technology
Enterprise Software16.0M
Mar 15, 2016
Bigstep Bigstep
Software2.2M

Exits

9

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

14

Investors

14

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

14

VeriSign has raised 14 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 15, 2016 from a Seed Round - Bigstep round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 02, 2002
Series B - Quova Series B - Quova
-21.0M-
May 06, 2002
Series B - Nominum Series B - Nominum
-10.0M-
Oct 28, 2002
Series B - Kollective Technology Series B - Kollective Technology
-16.0M-
Mar 15, 2016
Seed Round - Bigstep Seed Round - Bigstep
-2.2M-

Investors

18

VeriSign is funded by 18 investor(s). Microsoft and Cisco Kantor are the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
-No
Series C - VeriSign
29.0M
Intuit Intuit
No
Series C - VeriSign
29.0M
Cisco Cisco
Yes
Series C - VeriSign
29.0M
Microsoft Microsoft
Yes
Series C - VeriSign
29.0M

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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