UPDATED 09:00 EDT / APRIL 27 2021

SECURITY

Endpoint management startup Automox raises $110M to expand enterprise features

Endpoint management startup Automox Inc. revealed today that it has raised $110 million in new funding to expand the enterprise featurese of its platform.

The Series C round was led by Insight Partners and included funds managed by Blackstone, Koch Disruptive Technologies and TechOperators.

Founded in 2015, Automox provides a cloud-native, cross-platform endpoint management platform designed to keep users continuously connected to all local, cloud-hosted and remote endpoints. The company’s service has a focus on enabling corporate users to inventory all hardware and software, manage and apply operating systems and third-party patches, enforce security configurations and deploy software and scripts.

Automox’s service is said to consolidate information technology operations into a single console that offers the visibility, insights and control organizations need to manage their highly distributed environments. Using what the company refers to as “Worklets,” Automox empowers security and IT ops to create, automate and enforce any custom take. Based on PowerShell and Bash scripting, Worklets are reusable tasks that can be applied across Windows, Linux and macOS devices irrespective of location or domain membership.

The company also offers Automox Alive, a community where experts converge in a knowledge exchange between trusted peers facing similar challenges. Users come together to share Worklets they have created, insights on best practices and ask for input on use cases. It’s described as a “place where the power of crowdsourcing meets an extensible platforms.”

Automox claims 2,000 customers across 30 countries, up more than threefold since June 2019. Notable customers include Rapid7 Inc., Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd., Ariat International Inc., M247 Ltd., Inductive Automation LLC, University of Colorado Law School and Inside Track Inc.

“Enabling our customer’s journey to the IT Operations Cloud began with simplifying endpoint management and tackling the huge issues of software deployment, managing patches and updates, and managing configuration settings,” Jay Prassl, chief executive officer of Automox, said in a statement.

Including the new funding, Automox has raised $152 million to date. According to data from Crunchbase, previous investors include CrowdStrike, CRV, Tahoma Ventures and Blue Note Ventures.

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