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UpGuard: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

UpGuard's proprietary technology tests an organization's IT infrastructure both internally and externally and calculates the potential risk for future intrusions and outages. Upon evaluating the ongoing configuration state of every server and network device, companies are given an easy-to-understand score called CSTAR — a single number which indicates to IT staff as well as their executives their risk level for data breaches. An organization's CSTAR score can even be used by corporate insurers in creating a cybersecurity insurance policy. Thousands of companies, including ADP, E*TRADE, and Cisco Systems, use UpGuard to validate infrastructure, continuously detect risks, and procure cybersecurity insurance. UpGuard is headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Portland, Oregon.

www.upguard.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 51-100 employees
Cyber Security Enterprise Software Insurance Intelligent Systems Software Test and Measurement
Total raised
$94.0M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series C
Feb 2026

UpGuard has raised $94.0M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series C of $75.0M announced in Feb 2026.

That round is above the $5.7M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

UpGuard Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$94.0M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series C
$75.0M in Feb 2026
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: Feb 2026.

UpGuard Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series C
$75.0M
Undisclosed round
$19.0M

UpGuard raised $19.0M in an undisclosed round announced in Jun 2021.

4.7 years later, a Series C of $75.0M was announced in Feb 2026.

UpGuard Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Mike Baukes
CEO

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

UpGuard Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,795
$7.5M
1,822
$58M

UpGuard's latest round of $75.0M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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UpGuard Funding FAQs

What does UpGuard do?

UpGuard's proprietary technology tests an organization's IT infrastructure both internally and externally and calculates the potential risk for future intrusions and outages. Upon evaluating the ongoing configuration state of every server and network device, companies are given an easy-to-understand score called CSTAR — a single number which indicates to IT staff as well as their executives their risk level for data breaches. An organization's CSTAR score can even be used by corporate insurers in creating a cybersecurity insurance policy. Thousands of companies, including ADP, E*TRADE, and Cisco Systems, use UpGuard to validate infrastructure, continuously detect risks, and procure cybersecurity insurance. UpGuard is headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Portland, Oregon.

How much funding has UpGuard raised?

UpGuard has raised $94.0M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series C of $75.0M announced in Feb 2026.

When did UpGuard last raise funding?

UpGuard's most recent funding round on record is a Series C of $75.0M, announced in Feb 2026.

Who is the CEO of UpGuard?

Mike Baukes is listed as CEO at UpGuard.

Where is UpGuard headquartered?

UpGuard is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does UpGuard have?

UpGuard is in the 51-100 employee band.

How does UpGuard's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?

UpGuard's latest round of $75.0M is above the $5.7M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,234 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's UpGuard 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 UpGuard is left off this page rather than filled in.

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