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.
By Ryan Merket · Published
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.

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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