When was SlashNext founded?

SlashNext was founded in 2014 and raised its 1st funding round 3 years after it was founded.

Where is SlashNext located?

SlashNext is headquartered in Pleasanton, United States. It is registered at 6701 Koll Center Parkway Suite 250 Pleasanton CA 94566.

How many employees does SlashNext have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at SlashNext is 68.

Is SlashNext a funded company?

SlashNext is a funded company, having raised a total of $43M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Apr 04, 2017.

When was the latest funding round of SlashNext?

SlashNext's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Oct 28, 2021, with participation from 5 investors. Its primary sector is Cybersecurity. In United States, the Cybersecurity sector has seen $7.01B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does SlashNext rank among its competitors?

SlashNext ranks 3rd amongst 151 active competitors, of which 21 are funded. It stands 5th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Stamus Networks, which secured $2.41M in Sep, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of SlashNext?

SlashNext's top competitors include ExtraHop, Corelight and Lumu. Among them, Stamus Networks secured the most recent funding round in September, 2025.

SlashNext - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Cloud based platform that probes the infrastructure by making use of every data point available during the attack life cycle including IP, payload request, payload delivery and subsequent callbacks. Data collected is fed to a learning engine for identifying zero day exploits, phishing attempts and malware. Solutions are available as a hardware appliance for the enterprise, multiple branch and cloud uses cases. The appliance attaches to the backbone switch SPAN port off to the side of the main network path to monitor the network and communicates with the SlashNext cloud.

Website: slashnext.com
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Registered Address: 6701 Koll Center Parkway Suite 250 Pleasanton CA 94566

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2014

Location

Pleasanton, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$43M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Oct 28, 2021, $*****

Investors

Wing Venture Capital & 5 more

Ranked

3^rd among 151 active competitors

Employee Count

68 as on Jul 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Corelight & 157 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Varonis (Sep 02, 2025)

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SlashNext is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
Slashnext, Inc. CIN: 47-1354925 , United States, Active	Jun 10, 2014	-	12 (As on Dec 31, 2020)	-

SlashNext got acquired by Varonis on Sep 02, 2025.

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SlashNext has raised a total funding of $43M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 04, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Oct 28, 2021 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. SlashNext has 5 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of SlashNext:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 28, 2021	1537207	Series B	9306663	3260429	3305367	6376051
Apr 04, 2017	4662869	Series A	5560227	6788787	Wing Venture Capital & 1 more	7015646

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SlashNext's Board of Directors

SlashNext's board has 4 active members. Gaurav Garg, David Stevens, Promod Haque and Atif Mushtaq are independent board members.

Here is the list of SlashNext's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Gaurav Garg	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 5m
piu{dtr	Independent board member	-	Current	7y 5m
ydyqcit	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 7m
dlstqed	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 5m

SlashNext's employee count trend

SlashNext has 68 employees as of Jul 26. Here is SlashNext's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of SlashNext include ExtraHop, Corelight and Lumu. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of SlashNext, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	ExtraHop 2007, Seattle (United States), Acquired	Provider of IT operations analytics and network incident response solutions	$162M	Meritech, TCV & 5 others	66/100
2nd	Corelight 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Provider of criminal intelligence andd analytics platform for public safety	$310M	Accel, Energy Impact Partners & 15 others	64/100
3rd	SlashNext 2014, Pleasanton (United States), Acquired	Cloud based network traffic analytics and threat detection platform	$43M	Telia Company, Wing Venture Capital & 4 others	63/100
4th	Lumu 2018, Miami (United States), Series B	Network intrusion detection solutions provider	$39.5M	Panoramic Ventures, ForgePoint Capital & 8 others	58/100
5th	Attivo Networks 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of network security and threat detection solution provider	$44M	Bain Capital Ventures, Macnica & 11 others	57/100
6th	Awake Networks 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Network traffic analytics based security & operations	$80M	Greylock Partners, Evolution Equity Partners ... & 5 others	56/100
7th	NetWitness 2006, Herndon (United States), Acquired	Provider of network security monitoring and traffic analysis solution	$5.69M	Summit Partners, India Venture Partnership ... & 4 others	55/100
8th	Stamus Networks 2014, Paris (France), Series A	Provider of network threat detection and response solutions based on Suricata	$11M	Elevate Ventures, First Analysis & 3 others	55/100
9th	SS8 1994, Milpitas (United States), Acquired	Network security analytics & forensics solution for threat detection & remediation	$27.4M	Goldman Sachs, Woodside Fund & 9 others	53/100
10th	Venari Security 2017, London (United Kingdom), Series A	Cloud based encrypted traffic analysis solution provider	$5.84M	Techstars, Montara Point & 49 others	53/100