Ordr has raised an additional $40 million to
meet the growing need for organizations to understand, manage, and
secure the growing number of connected devices in their environment,
including Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), Internet of Things (IoT),
and Operation Technology (OT). The funding round was co-led by Battery
Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures,
with participation from new investor Northgate Capital and continuing
investors Wing Venture Capital, Unusual Ventures, Kaiser Permanente
Ventures, and Mayo Clinic. Other investors in Ordr's Series C include
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs René Bonvanie, former CMO of Palo Alto
Networks, Dan Warmenhoven, former Chairman and CEO of NetApp, and Dominic Orr, former Chairman and CEO of Aruba Networks. With this funding, Ordr has raised more than $90 million to date.
Ordr addresses two key enterprise initiatives associated with a growing reliance on and adoption of connected devices: digital transformation and Zero Trust.
Each new device connection increases an organization's attack surface,
along with the potential for a breach or ransomware attack. In
industries such as healthcare and manufacturing, a cyberattack impacting
an IoT device can easily disrupt the entire business or become a
life-threatening situation. For organizations to move quickly from
"detection" to "response" requires insights into the compromised device,
where it's located, and what policies can be applied.
Ordr
offers complete and accurate asset visibility, automates and enforces
Zero Trust policies, and accelerates incident response by hours with
insights into devices and risks. As a result, Ordr experienced more than 140% year-over-year growth in new customer revenue in its most recent quarter ending on March 31, 2022, is deployed in 3 of the world's top 6 hospitals, and has been adopted across more than 150 manufacturing sites.
"Ordr
has built a platform that not only solves an important market issue -
the need to definitively understand and protect what is connecting to
your organization's network - but is truly scalable to keep pace with
the speed of today's businesses. We've worked with Ordr's team and seen
firsthand how well they've executed against aggressive goals. This
additional funding will accelerate Ordr's market leadership and success
in the market," said Dharmesh Thakker, general partner at Battery Ventures.
"We
believe the connected device security market needs a strong, open, and
independent player that prioritizes customer success, focuses on
time-to-value, and integrates with all the key components of a
customer's security and network infrastructure. This funding validates
our best-in-class approach and solidifies our leadership in the market,"
said Greg Murphy, Ordr CEO.
Ordr plans to use the Series C funding to accelerate its sales and marketing efforts, especially in vertical markets such as healthcare, where the company has been named a market leader in the Healthcare IoT security industry by
analyst firm KLAS Research for three consecutive years. The company
will also look to further capitalize on steadily increasing demand from manufacturing and financial services, expand its channel and partnership programs, and accelerate investments in customer success.
"In
order to advance their digital transformation goals, every organization
needs to enable the visibility and security of connected devices,
including IoT, IoMT, and OT. Ordr is a much-needed innovator in the
market, with the ability to not only deliver granular visibility into
devices, risks, and behaviors, but also automate and enforce Zero Trust
policies to secure these devices from attacks," said Justin Stebbins, partner, Northgate Capital.
"As
an early investor in the company, I have witnessed Ordr's impressive
product evolution and growing traction within critical sectors,
including healthcare, manufacturing, education, and extended enterprise
IoT. They have developed one of the most scalable and technically robust
platforms in the market, and some of the world's leading organizations
depend on it to fulfill important security needs and deliver business
insights. The time is right to accelerate the company's mission to be
the leader in connected device security. We believe in their success and
look forward to the next chapter." said Alex Doll, Founder and Managing Partner of Ten Eleven Ventures.
Since
its last round of funding, Ordr has experienced tremendous growth,
coinciding with an increased understanding of the organizational risk
represented by unknown connected devices. Some additional highlights
since the last funding round include:
- Named a KLAS Research Healthcare IoT Security Market Leader for an unprecedented three years in a row.
- Named a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Medical Device Security Solutions for the second year in a row.
- Continued product innovation and market leadership in the healthcare industry with the launch of Clinical Defender, streamlining management of connected medical devices.
- Enhanced the company's integrations with Cisco, making it even easier for Cisco customers to roll out Ordr across their network environments.
- Launched the Ransom-Aware Rapid Assessment to help companies quickly and accurately assess their ransomware risks.
- Successfully achieved SOC2 compliance to keep customer data secure.
"Data
privacy and security are imperative IT initiatives within the
healthcare industry with connected device security in particular as a
critical need given the increase in connected devices in health care
facilities. Kaiser Permanente Ventures is pleased to continue its
investment in Ordr as a key technology leader in this space, to help
protect connected devices automatically, preemptively and at scale
across the enterprise," said Chris Stenzel, executive managing director, Kaiser Permanente Ventures.