Root - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding

Q: Where is Root's headquarters?

Root is located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Q: Who invested in Root?

Root has 8 investors including LAMA Partners (fka FXP Ventures) And StepStone Group.

Q: When was the last funding round for Root?

Root closed its last funding round on obfuscated from a Series A round.

Overview

Root

Total Funding

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Heat Score

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Recent Milestones

Raised Funding Round

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About Root

CB Rank

19967

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Founded

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Private

Series A

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

11-50

www.root.io

Apps

Cyber Security

DevOps

Information Technology

SaaS

Software

Web Development

Funding Rounds

Series A

OBF

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Seed

OBF

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Key People

Ian Riopel: Co-Founder & CEO
John Amaral: Co-Founder and CTO
Past Role: CloudLock, Head of Product Delivery

Details

Legal Name

Root.io Inc.

Also Known As

slim.ai, Root.io

Operating Status

Active

Company Type

For Profit

Founders

Benji Kalman, Ian Riopel, John Amaral, Kyle Quest, Mickey Gordon

About the Company

Root gets software containers to Zero Vulns in minutes; no base image changes. We integrate into your pipeline, where we assess, triage, patch automatically & transparently.

Contact Email

info@root.io

Predictions & Insights

Growth Prediction

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Products & Services

Automated Vulnerability Remediation (AVR)

A service that automatically patches vulnerabilities in container images without requiring changes to base images or workflows.

Bring Your Own Image (BYO Image) Support

A feature that allows users to secure and patch their existing container images without switching base images or altering workflows.

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Financials

Company Funding

Funding Rounds

Investors

Total Funding Amount

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Number of Funding Rounds

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Announced Date	Transaction Name	Number of Investors	Money Raised	Lead Investors	Funding Type
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A

Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

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Number of Funding Rounds

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Announced Date	Transaction Name	Number of Investors	Money Raised	Lead Investors	Funding Type
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Root	8	obfuscated obfuscation	Global Venture Capital, Insight Partners, StepStone Group	Series A

Investors

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Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Partners
LAMA Partners (fka FXP Ventures)	—	Series A - Root	Gil Zimmermann
LAMA Partners (fka FXP Ventures)	—	Series A - Root	Gil Zimmermann
LAMA Partners (fka FXP Ventures)	—	Series A - Root	Gil Zimmermann
LAMA Partners (fka FXP Ventures)	—	Series A - Root	Gil Zimmermann
LAMA Partners (fka FXP Ventures)	—	Series A - Root	Gil Zimmermann