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Indegy raises $18M

By TechTaffy Desk

Industrial cyber security company Indegy has closed an $18 million Series B round of financing. The investment was led by Liberty Technology Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Liberty Media, with participation from Centrica, O.G. Tech Ventures and existing investors Shlomo Kramer, Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures and Aspect Ventures.

Indegy also announced the appointment of two new executives to its management team: Joe Scotto from BAE Systems joins as chief marketing officer, and Todd Warwick from Imperva takes over as vice president of Sales, Americas.

Indegy is headquartered in New York, with a R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel.

[Image courtesy: Indegy]

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