Cloud Computing: Mimecast scores big dough to push beyond email archiving

September 27, 2012 Off By David

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Barb Darrow.

Mimecast, which bills itself as a unified email specialist, has $62 million in new Series C funding from private equity firm Insight Venture Partners. The UK-based company plans to build more applications that tap into customers’ unstructured data and boost its presence in North America.

Mimecast which has built a business around archiving and securing Exchange Server email for law firms and other businesses, now has $62 million in fresh Series C funding to build new applications atop its cloud platform…

The latest round brings total funding to about $95 million and was led by private equity firm, Insight Venture Partners, with existing investor Dawn Capital also participating. This new cash brings total funding to a robust $95 million for the London-based company…

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