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Critical Start: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Critical Start is a network security consulting company focused on helping customers improve security capability. It is a fastest-growing cybersecurity integrator in North America with a mission to protect customer's brand and reduce business risk. They help organizations of all sizes determine their security readiness condition using its framework, the Defendable Network. Critical Start delivers managed security services, incident response, professional services, and product fulfillment.

www.criticalstart.com LinkedIn Plano, United States 101-250 employees
Total raised
$215M
Rounds
1
Latest
Private Equity
Apr 2022

Critical Start has raised $215M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Private Equity of $215M announced in Apr 2022.

That round is above the $6.0M median round size for Information Technology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Critical Start Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$215M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Private Equity
$215M in Apr 2022
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
Plano, United States

Latest funding round on record: Apr 2022.

Critical Start Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Private Equity
$215M

Critical Start Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Rob Davis
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Critical Start team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Critical Start Funding Compared to Other Information Technology Startups

Segment
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Median round

Critical Start's latest round of $215M is above the median round in Information Technology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Critical Start Funding FAQs

What does Critical Start do?

Critical Start is a network security consulting company focused on helping customers improve security capability. It is a fastest-growing cybersecurity integrator in North America with a mission to protect customer's brand and reduce business risk. They help organizations of all sizes determine their security readiness condition using its framework, the Defendable Network. Critical Start delivers managed security services, incident response, professional services, and product fulfillment.

How much funding has Critical Start raised?

Critical Start has raised $215M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Private Equity of $215M announced in Apr 2022.

When did Critical Start last raise funding?

Critical Start's most recent funding round on record is a Private Equity of $215M, announced in Apr 2022.

Who is the CEO of Critical Start?

Rob Davis is listed as CEO at Critical Start.

Where is Critical Start headquartered?

Critical Start is based in Plano, Texas, United States.

How many employees does Critical Start have?

Critical Start is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does Critical Start's funding compare to other Information Technology startups?

Critical Start's latest round of $215M is above the $6.0M median round size for Information Technology companies on FundedIQ across 3,144 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Critical Start Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Critical Start is left off this page rather than filled in.

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