Spur raises $200 million after years of bootstrapping internet traffic intelligence

Insight Partners is backing two former Defense Department engineers as bots and proxy networks make IP addresses harder to trust.

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Primary source: TechCrunch

Why it matters

Spur turned specialized IP intelligence into a revenue-funded security operation before taking $200 million. Insight is betting that AI agents and proxy networks will make traffic attribution a core enterprise control.

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Spur Intelligence raised $200 million from Insight Partners on July 28th, giving co-founders Ethan Smith and Riley Kilmer outside capital after years of bootstrapping their internet traffic intelligence operation.…

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