Jscrambler Raises US$2.3 Million Dollars in Seed Extension Round

Jscrambler raised more than US$2.3 million in a Seed Extension round led by Sonae IM with the co-investment of Portugal Ventures.

Jscrambler is a leader in JavaScript application security and its list of customers includes some of the Silicon Valley giants in sectors such as streaming, e-commerce, and gaming and also Fortune 500 organizations in the banking and healthcare sectors

Lisbon, Portugal. 5th March 2018

The web security startup Jscrambler, today announces that it has raised more than US$2.3 million in a Seed Extension round led by Sonae IM (Bright Pixel Capital) and co-invested by Portugal Ventures.

The investment allows the company to expand its business and develop its portfolio and is an important step in Sonae IM's internationalization strategy.

The Web startup, headquartered in Portugal, works on highly innovative security products to protect Web and Mobile Applications. Its flagship product, Jscrambler, is the world leader in JavaScript Application Security, making applications self-defensive and resilient to tampering and reverse-engineering on the client-side.

Rui Ribeiro, Jscrambler’s CEO, and co-founder, explained that: "This investment will accelerate European and North American market expansion and help more companies prevent and fight attacks that are growing in frequency and complexity but are being detected too late, with serious financial and reputational consequences for organizations”.

"In addition, it will also ensure the continued development of our product portfolio. Jscrambler recently introduced a new webpage integrity module that enables the real-time detection and removal of code injections, MITB attacks, DOM-tampering and data exfiltration on the client-side, and we plan to continue focusing on research and development to ensure the innovation and resiliency of our product line”.

Sonae IM is focused on being a European leader in cybersecurity and has, in the last few months invested in companies in the growth phase, such as Artic Wolf (USA) and Secucloud (Germany). It has also been investing in more Early-stage investments, between Pre-Seed and Series A, with the support and collaboration of Bright Pixel, Sonae’s company builder studio, which incubates the cybersecurity project Probe.ly. The investment in Continuum Security (Spain) and now more recently in Jscrambler are the two most recent examples of their efforts.

Alexandre Santos, Sonae IM’s Head of Venturing and Bright Pixel’s co-founder, says that “the participation in this round represents Sonae IM's largest investment in an early stage project, showing our confidence in Jscrambler’s product and team. More than a trend, digital transformation is a reality that brings with it several challenges for companies and in which user confidence is essential for business success”.

Since 2014, Jscrambler also boasts Portugal Ventures as an investor a company that has supported the internationalization of the product during the last few years. According to Celso Guedes de Carvalho, CEO of Portugal Ventures, "This round will allow the company to accelerate the expansion that has already begun and will continue to allow thousands of users to protect themselves from cyber attacks.”

Jscrambler has users across 150 countries, with the USA representing around 50% of its revenue, with more than 30,000 companies and individuals relying on its product to protect their online assets. These companies include Silicon Valley giants who operate in sectors such as streaming, e-commerce, and video games, as well as Fortune 500 companies in the banking and healthcare sectors.

About Jscrambler

Jscrambler is a Web startup that works on highly innovative security products to protect Web and Mobile Applications.

Its flagship product, Jscrambler, is the leader in JavaScript Application Security and the only client-side RASP solution to make applications self-defensive and resilient to tampering and reverse-engineering.

Recently, a new webpage integrity module was introduced that enables the detection and removal of code injections, MITB attacks, DOM tampering, and data exfiltration on the client-side in real-time.

Jscrambler is used by more than 30.000 companies and individuals, across 145 countries. including Fortune 500 businesses in a number of sectors, including Finance, Broadcasting, e-Commerce, and Gaming.

About Bright Pixel Capital

Bright Pixel Capital (former Sonae IM) is Sonae’s corporate venturing unit, focused on investing in tech-based companies in the telecommunications and retail sectors.

With a flexible investment style and approach, Sonae IM aims to support growth-stage companies, typically series-A and above.

It is currently present in 13 countries, employing over 1,000 collaborators, with a portfolio that includes WeDo, Saphety, Bizdirect, S21SEC, Bright Pixel (a Company Builder Studio), and Movvo.

About Portugal Ventures

Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in seed rounds of Portuguese startups in tech, life sciences, and tourism.

Portugal Ventures manages assets of 260 million through 18 venture capital funds to invest in seed investment rounds.