Tailscale Secures $160M Series C to Revolutionize Networking with Identity-First Approach
2025-04-08
Tailscale, a networking company focused on simplifying connectivity, announced a $160 million Series C funding round led by Accel, with participation from CRV, Insight Partners, and others. This funding will accelerate their 'identity-first networking' strategy, prioritizing identity over IP addresses for secure connections. Already adopted by numerous AI companies (like Perplexity, Mistral) and large enterprises (like Instacart, SAP) to solve complex networking challenges, Tailscale will use the investment to expand its engineering and product teams and further enhance its free support and backward compatibility promises.