Bugcrowd is a technology company.
Bugcrowd has raised $149.1M across 6 funding rounds.
Bugcrowd has raised $149.1M in total across 6 funding rounds.
Bugcrowd is a crowdsourced cybersecurity platform that connects organizations with a global community of over 275,000 security researchers to identify and remediate vulnerabilities through bug bounty programs, vulnerability disclosure, penetration testing as a service (PTaaS), and attack surface management.[1][2][3] It serves over 600 customers across 30 industries and 43 countries, including major clients like Tesla, Mastercard, and Amazon, by leveraging AI-powered tools and researcher expertise to secure digital assets and enable faster innovation.[1][3][4] The platform has supported 3,500+ customer programs, resulting in the discovery of around 200,000 vulnerabilities, with a mission to proactively keep businesses ahead of cyberthreats.[1][5]
Bugcrowd was founded in Sydney, Australia, in 2012 by Casey Ellis during a flight from Melbourne to Sydney, when ideas about connecting ethical hackers with organizations via bug bounty programs crystallized amid emerging Silicon Valley trends.[3][4][5] The "napkin moment" birthed a platform to harness global "white hat" hackers against cyber adversaries, starting as a simple bug bounty connector.[5] Key milestones include flipping to the US in 2013 with seed funding, launching the Security Knowledge Platform in 2014, securing Series B (2016), C (2018), and D (2020) funding, and being selected by the US Department of Homeland Security in 2019.[4][5] Growth accelerated with offices in San Francisco (HQ), London, and elsewhere; by 2022, the team expanded from 17 to 280+, raising $83M in VC, and in 2024, it acquired Informer for attack surface management and Mayhem Security for AI-augmented testing.[3][5][7] In 2025, Bugcrowd raised $102M in strategic growth funding to scale its AI-powered platform.[9]
Bugcrowd rides the explosive growth of crowdsourced security amid rising cyberthreats, zero-day exploits, and AI-driven attacks, capitalizing on timing as enterprises prioritize continuous testing in SDLCs.[1][4][7] Market forces like regulatory pressures (e.g., financial sector mandates), expanding attack surfaces from cloud/IoT, and talent shortages favor its model, which democratizes elite hacking talent over scarce in-house teams.[3][5] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering PTaaS, standardizing disclosure via open-source initiatives, and partnering with governments/banks (e.g., National Australia Bank), leveling the playing field for organizations against adversaries while fostering a global researcher community.[3][6]
Bugcrowd is poised to dominate modern cybersecurity with its $102M funding fueling AI enhancements and platform expansion, targeting deeper integration of human-augmented automation for proactive threat hunting.[9][7] Trends like AI adversaries, SBOM mandates, and zero-trust architectures will amplify demand for its scalable crowdsourcing, potentially growing its researcher network and customer base further. Its influence may evolve into an industry standard-setter, powering safer digital innovation as cyber risks intensify—reinforcing its origins as the bug bounty pioneer that armed businesses with an unbeatable hacker army.[5][2]
Bugcrowd has raised $149.1M in total across 6 funding rounds.
Bugcrowd's investors include General Catalyst, NCT Ventures, Rally Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Clearvision Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Hack VC, Practical Venture Capital, Tola Capital, Akash Garg, Christian Oestlien, Dheeraj Pandey.
Bugcrowd has raised $149.1M across 6 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $100.0M Series E in February 2024.