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Cloud content collaboration and security platform unifies file sync, share, storage, and content management for mid-market & enterprise.
Egnyte is a Menlo Park, California-based cloud content collaboration and security platform that enables mid-market and enterprise businesses to manage, share, and secure their files across distributed environments. Operating strictly on an enterprise subscription model rather than utilizing consumer-focused freemium tiers, the company generates over $300 million in annual enterprise sales revenue while serving a global client base of approximately 23,000 customers. The organization maintains a workforce of more than 1,400 employees operating across 112 countries to support its unified data governance, compliance, and IT management tools. Egnyte has raised $137.5 million in total funding from prominent venture capital and private equity firms, including Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, GI Partners, and TA Associates. The company was originally founded in 2007 by chief executive officer Vineet Jain alongside three additional technology industry co-founders.
Egnyte has raised $137.0M across 5 funding rounds.
Egnyte has raised $137.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Egnyte has raised $137.0M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $75.0M Other Equity in October 2018.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2018 | $75M Venture Round | Holger Staude | — | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2013 | $30M Series D | — | Cisco Investments, GV, IVP, Menlo Ventures, Mkt1 Capital, Neotribe Ventures, Polaris Partners, RRE Ventures, True Ventures, Chris Schaepe, Glenn Winokur, Centurylink, Kleiner Perkins, Brent Jones, Polaris Partners, Rocky Pimentel | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2012 | $16M Series C | GV | Cisco Investments, IVP, Menlo Ventures, Mkt1 Capital, Neotribe Ventures, Polaris Partners, RRE Ventures, True Ventures, Chris Schaepe, Glenn Winokur, Matt Murphy, Polaris Partners | Announced |
| Feb 1, 2011 | $10M Series B | Kleiner Perkins | Floodgate, IVP, M34 Capital, Menlo Ventures, Neotribe Ventures, Chris Schaepe, Polaris Partners | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2009 | $6M Series A | — | Floodgate, Polaris Partners, RRE Ventures | Announced |
Egnyte is an American software company that provides an AI-powered Content Cloud platform for secure content collaboration, governance, data security, and compliance, serving over 22,000 businesses worldwide.[1][2] It targets enterprises handling mission-critical content, particularly in industries like architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), financial services, life sciences, and media & entertainment, solving problems such as ransomware threats, compliance risks, data sprawl, and inefficient collaboration across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.[2][3][4] The platform integrates with tools like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Box, Slack, AWS, and Salesforce, enabling features like real-time co-editing, malware scanning, sensitive data discovery, and AI-driven insights while reducing IT complexity and boosting productivity.[1][2][3]
Egnyte has shown strong growth, reporting over $100 million in annual recurring revenue by 2019 with 16,000+ customers, and now serving 22,000+ businesses as a leader in G2 rankings for cloud content collaboration, data security, and governance.[1][2]
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Egnyte began as a provider of modernized cloud and on-premises file servers to replace traditional systems.[1] The company evolved by adding collaboration and security features, shifting focus to cloud content governance for businesses, and in 2020 unified its core products—Egnyte Protect (security) and Egnyte Connect (collaboration)—into a single platform for managing, governing, and securing data across repositories.[1]
Backed by prominent investors including GV (formerly Google Ventures), Kleiner Perkins, Caulfield & Byers, and Goldman Sachs, Egnyte scaled to protect content from threats like ransomware and IP theft while supporting productivity in multicloud setups.[6] Early traction came from addressing enterprise needs for secure file sharing and compliance, growing to thousands of customers by emphasizing a unified solution over fragmented tools.[1][6]
Egnyte rides the wave of exploding business content volume, multicloud adoption, and rising cyber threats like ransomware, where traditional tools fail to unify security, compliance, and collaboration.[3][6] Its timing aligns with AI integration in enterprise software and regulations like GDPR, SEC, and GxP demanding proactive data governance, positioning it to consolidate legacy systems amid hybrid work shifts.[1][2][4]
Market forces favoring Egnyte include demand for "data-centric security" over perimeter defenses, cost pressures on IT (e.g., storage optimization), and AEC/life sciences digitization; it influences the ecosystem by enabling 22,000+ firms to work securely across apps/clouds, reducing risks while powering AI-driven decisions in high-stakes industries.[2][6][7]
Egnyte is poised to expand its AI capabilities, deepening industry-specific automations and threat prevention as multicloud complexity grows and regulations tighten.[2][3] Trends like generative AI for content synthesis, zero-trust security, and AEC's BIM evolution will shape its path, potentially driving further market share in underserved sectors like media and finance.[2]
Its influence may evolve toward full content intelligence platforms, blending governance with predictive analytics to help enterprises turn data risks into productivity gains—cementing its role as the secure backbone for mission-critical collaboration in an AI-everywhere world.[3][6]
Egnyte has raised $137.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Egnyte's investors include Holger Staude, Cisco Investments, GV, IVP, Menlo Ventures, MKT1 Capital, Neotribe Ventures, Polaris Partners, RRE Ventures, True Ventures, Chris Schaepe, Glenn Winokur.