Kasada was founded by Sam Crowther.

Who are Kasada's investors?

Kasada's investors include In-Q-Tel, Main Sequence Ventures, OIF Ventures, Our Innovation Fund, Ten Eleven, EQT, Reinventure Group.

How much funding has Kasada raised?

Kasada has disclosed $20M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.

Kasada

9 known investors

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Kasada provides a bot defense and fraud prevention platform that detects and blocks automated bot attacks, account takeover, scraping, and human fraud without relying on CAPTCHAs. Its single detection engine offers connected capabilities including bot defense, account intelligence, AI agent trust management, and fraud prevention for enterprise brands and eCommerce businesses.

Cybersecurity Enterprise Software SaaS

Founders & leadership

Sam Crowther Founder & CEOSam Crowther began his security career while in high school at the Australian Signals Directorate, later held a red team role at Macquarie Bank, and founded Kasada in 2015 to provide bot defense and fraud prevention technology for enterprises.30 Under 30 2024

Investors · 9

In-Q-Tellisted by In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M

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Main Sequence Ventureslisted by Main Sequence VenturesSydney

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OIF Ventureslisted by OIF VenturesDouble Bay · $165K – $3.3M

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Our Innovation Fundlisted by Our Innovation Fund

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Ten Elevenlisted by Ten ElevenBurlingame · $3M – $15M

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EQTreportedNew York

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Reinventure GroupreportedSydney

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Also in the syndicate · 2

Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationReinventure

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$20M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2020–2026

$20MraisedFeb 2026 · 3 sources
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Undisclosed amountSeries CDec 2021
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Undisclosed amountSeries BJun 2020
Ten Eleven Ventures (lead), Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, In-Q-Tel, Main Sequence Ventures, Our Innovation Fund, Reinventure
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

In the news

Kasada Secures $23 Million in Series C Fundingkasada.io · Dec 2021

Frequently asked questions

What does Kasada do?: Kasada provides a bot defense and fraud prevention platform that detects and blocks automated bot attacks, account takeover, scraping, and human fraud without relying on CAPTCHAs. Its single detection engine offers connected capabilities including bot defense, account intelligence, AI agent trust management, and fraud prevention for enterprise brands and eCommerce businesses.
Who founded Kasada?: Kasada was founded by Sam Crowther.
Who are Kasada's investors?: Kasada's investors include In-Q-Tel, Main Sequence Ventures, OIF Ventures, Our Innovation Fund, Ten Eleven, EQT, Reinventure Group.
How much funding has Kasada raised?: Kasada has disclosed $20M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.