Cribl.io is an American company developing a data platform for information technology and security operations teams.[1] Their core function revolves around simplifying and managing the massive amount of data generated by various software systems within an organization.[2][3] Founded in 2018 by Clint Sharp, Ledion Bitincka, and Dritan Bitincka, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its mascot is a goat named Ian.[4][5] In October 2022, Splunk filed a lawsuit against Cribl, alleging that the company based its business on stolen intellectual property.[6]
History
Cribl.io was established in San Francisco, California, in July 2018 by Clint Sharp, Ledion Bitincka, and Dritan Bitincka.[4][7]
In February 2019, the company secured $4 million in seed funding; by October of the same year, it launched Cribl Stream 2.0. Cribl completed its Series A funding round in April 2020, securing $7.4 million, and its Series B funding round in October 2020, raising $35 million, led by Sequoia Capital.[8] That same year, it launched Cribl.Cloud for onboarding data to SaaS logging tools, metric databases, and cloud data warehouses.[9]
Cribl.io launched AppScope, an Apache-licensed, open-source, black-box instrumentation technology, in April 2021.[12] The company's Series C funding of $200 million in August 2021 was led by Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures, joined by new investor IVP, with participation from Sequoia, CRV, and Citi Ventures.[13][14] Cribl also earned the AWS Rising Star ISV Partner of the Year in November 2021.[15]
In 2022, it was named on CRN's Cloud 100 Company list, CNBC's Top Startups for the Enterprise, Forbes' list of America's Best Small Employers, and CNBC's first-ever Top Startups for the Enterprise.[16][5][1] In May 2022 Cribl secured $150M in Series D funding led by Tiger Global Management and joined by existing investors IVP, CRV, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia, and Greylock.[17][13][4] This round brought total funding to $400 million.[18][19]
In October 2022, Splunk, an American technology company, filed a lawsuit against Cribl.io, alleging that the company based its business on stolen intellectual property. Cribl released a public statement denying Splunk's allegations.[20] In 2023, Cribl was listed in Forbes Cloud 100 and America's Best Startup Employers 2023 lists,[21][22] as well as Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies.[23]CrowdStrike introduced CrowdStream in cooperation with Cribl.[24]
In October 2023, Cribl.io became the fourth-fastest infrastructure company to reach centaur status ($100 million annual recurring revenue).[25][26]
In December 2023, Cribl.io was named in Fortune's Inaugural Cyber 60 List of Top Private Cybersecurity Companies.[27]