
- Asymmetric Capital Partners led the funding round, with additional capital coming from Innospark Ventures and existing seed investor General Catalyst.
- The new Zorus board includes Austin McChord, CEO of Casana and founder of Datto; and Paul Sagan, a senior advisor at General Catalyst, and formerly CEO of Akamai and non-executive chair of Datto.
“Today’s I.T. infrastructure requires an endpoint-first approach. Security starting at the user provides a better level of protection than previous router- or network-based solutions. What we can do to protect users and their businesses on top of the Zorus filtering agent is almost limitless.”
Detection and Response for MSPs: Emerging Security Options
The Zorus funding surfaces during an EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), MDR (managed detection and response) and XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) land grab in the MSSP and MSP markets. Among the factoids to note:- MDR market: Dozens of MDR security companies are in the market, though only a handful -- such as Blackpoint Cyber, Huntress, Netsurion and Stellar Cyber -- truly target MSPs in the SMB sector. Moves to watch include Blackpoint's partnership with Webroot and OpenText. Also, former Microsoft Channel Chief Gavriella Schuster joined Open Systems' board earlier this week amid an MDR business push.
- EDR Market: SentinelOne and CrowdStrike are locked in an enterprise EDR battle, though SentinelOne is working with N-able, ConnectWise and other firms to reach MSPs in the SMB sector.