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Crux

San Francisco, California, United States Software & Technology Acquired

Crux is an external data automation platform that simplifies data integration, transformation, and observability of third-party data. The company's platform automates development of data pipelines, validates data quality, and manages operations between data suppliers, consumers, and cloud platforms at scale. Crux provides discovery and preview of 20,000+ data products from 300+ vendors, reducing external data onboarding from months to days.

Acquired

Crux has been acquired

Acquired by Parabellum Investments Jun 30, 2026 Undisclosed

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2017

Employees

103–126

Total Funding

$127M

5 rounds

Latest Valuation

$1B

Jan 15, 2023

Secondary Signals (Note: SetterVC does not verify the accuracy of these)

1 signal
M&A Recent 2026-06-30

Acquired by Parabellum Investments; terms not disclosed in the announcement.

Change of control; existing secondary shares likely cashed out or converted.

Funding

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Total raised $127M across 5 rounds

Last updated 10-07-2026

DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
Jan 15, 2023 Series B Extension $50M $1B Two Sigma, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Jan 27, 2021 Convertible Note $36M — Not disclosed
Oct 15, 2018 Series B Press release $20M — Two Sigma

Valuation Trajectory

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

$500M $1B 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Crux

Entry · Corporate / Strategic

$670M

Mar 2018

Crux today

$1B

Jan 2023 · latest mark

Crux multiple

1.5x

valuation uplift since first round

Y-axis is logarithmic. Hollow dots = estimated valuations. Does not represent realized investor returns.

Prominent Investors

QED via Bolt Overture New System Ventures Lowercarbon Capital Ardent Venture Partners

Leadership

  • William Freiberg

    Chief Executive Officer

    LinkedIn
  • Lawrence E. Leibowitz

    Co-Founder, President, Strategic Advisor, and Board Director

  • Philip Brittan

    Founder & CEO (former)

  • Eric Goldstein

    Chief Revenue Officer

  • Naggi Asmar

    Chief Technology Officer

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Alteryx

    Data integration and analytics platform providing data engineering and analytics capabilities

  • Informatica

    Enterprise data integration and management platform

  • Talend

    Cloud data integration platform for analytics and data management

  • Fivetran

    Cloud data integration and ETL platform

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