Sumo Logic

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Sumo Logic, Inc.
Company type Private
Nasdaq: SUMO (2020–2023)
Industry
Founded2010;16 years ago (2010)
Founders
  • Kumar Saurabh
  • Christian Beedgen
Headquarters Redwood City, California, U.S.
Key people
Mark Ties (CEO)
Russell Rosa (CRO)
Keith Kuchler (Chief Product & Technology Officer)
Services IT operations, security analytics, cloud SIEM, data analytics
Owner Francisco Partners
Number of employees
800 [1]
Website sumologic.com

Sumo Logic, Inc. is a cloud-based data analytics company, focusing on cybersecurity, security analytics and observability. [2] It provides log management and analytics services based on artificial intelligence. [3]

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Sumo Logic's service is powered by its patented technologies, including AI/ML, Sumo Logic Log Analytics Platform, and Sumo Logic security innovations. [4] Sumo Logic was taken private by investment firm Francisco Partners in May 2023. Francisco Partners acquired the company for $1.7 billion. [5] As of 2025, its CEO is Mike Ties. [6]

History

Sumo Logic was founded in 2010 by ArcSight veterans Kumar Saurabh and Christian Beedgen.

While Sumo Logic remained in stealth mode for two years, it unveiled its cloud-based log management platform with Series B funding of $15 million in January 2012. [7]

Sumo Logic closed a Series E funding round in June 2015, bringing its total VC backing to $160.5 million. [8]

In 2016, Sumo Logic launched a data analytics platform that unifies logs and metrics to analyze structured metrics data and unstructured log data in real-time through graphical, interactive dashboards. [9]

At the AWS 2017 conference, Sumo Logic presented its machine data analytics service which combines the analytics of Docker and Kubernetes. The service streamlines data ingestion for Sumo Logic's machine data analytics service hosted on Amazon Web Services. [10]

On June 27, 2017, the company closed its Series F round for $75 million. [11]

In 2018, Sumo Logic announced its integration expansion with Google Cloud Platform, GCP applications and TensorFlow. [12] In September 2018, Sumo Logic announced the addition of cloud SIEM to its platform. [13]

In May 2019, Sumo Logic announced a $110 million Series G investment. [14] [15]

On September 17, 2020, Sumo Logic debuted on the NASDAQ stock exchange in its initial public offering as a public company. [16]

In 2021, evidence showed that, while Sumo Logic was neither a party to the criminal case nor any charges or claims were ever made against the company, former advisor Michael Kail intentionally misled Sumo Logic into believing there was no conflict of interest between Kail and Netflix. The US Department of Justice convicted Kail on a number of counts related to the kickback agreements received amongst multiple vendors, Sumo Logic being one. [17] [18]

In February 2023, investment firm Francisco Partners agreed to acquire Sumo Logic for $1.7 billion. [19] The transaction finalized and the company was taken private in May 2023. [20] [21]

Prior to going private, Sumo Logic received funding from Accel Partners, DFJ Growth, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, angel investor Shlomo Kramer, Battery Ventures, Tiger Global Management and Franklin Templeton. [22] [23]

Technology and acquisitions

In 2019, the company acquired JASK to combine its security operations center (SOC) with Sumo Logic's security information and event management (SIEM) services. [24] In April 2019, Sumo Logic launched a bidirectional integration for Atlassian’s OpsGenie incident alert service, [25] allowing users to create and analyze alerts and incident data. [26]

It expanded into security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) technology and monitoring workflow software with the acquisitions of DFLabs and Sensu in 2021. [27] [28] That same year, the company announced DevSecOps tools on its platform. [29]

Sumo Logic's architecture features an elastic exabyte [30] scale platform that collects, manages, and analyzes enterprise log data, reducing millions of log lines into operational and security insights in real time. [31] Its elastic processing is used to collect, manage, and analyze log data, regardless of type, volume, or location. [32] A cloud-based approach overcomes the inherent problems of premises-based solutions, including limits on scalability, inefficient or haphazard analysis, and uncontrolled costs. [33] Sumo Logic is built around a globally distributed data retention architecture that keeps all log data available for instant analysis, eliminating the need for an enterprise to manage the cost and complexity of data archiving, backups and restoration. [33] The service is entirely cloud-based and maintenance-free. [34]

In 2025, Sumo Logic Dojo AI, an agent-powered security operations service, was launched. Dojo AI uses three agents (Mobot, Query Agent and Summary Agent) to automate routine tasks and streamline security operations. [35] [36]

References

  1. ↑ "Sumo Logic". Forbes. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sumo Logic: Solution Overview, Limitations and Alternatives". Exabeam. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ Rcik Whiting (April 21, 2025). "Meeting The Data Needs Of The AI World: The 2025 CRN Big Data 100". CRN. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Patents". Sumo Logic Patents. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sumo Logic to be taken private by Francisco Partners in $1.7 bln deal". Reuters. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  6. ↑ "Our leadership team" . Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  7. ↑ Taft, Darryl (January 31, 2012). "Cloud Analytics Startup Sumo Logic Exits Stealth, Raises $15M". EWeek. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013.
  8. ↑ Haskins, Caitlin (June 1, 2015). "Sumo Logic Secures $80 Million Investment to Support Continued Customer Growth and Platform Expansion". Market Wired.
  9. ↑ Moore, Madison (12 April 2016). "Sumo Logic's new platform powered by machine learning technology" . Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Mike Vizard (27 November 2017), Sumo Logic Combines Docker and Kubernetes Analytics
  11. ↑ Miller, Ron (June 27, 2017). "Sumo Logic lands $75 million Series F, on path to IPO". TechCrunch.
  12. ↑ Mark Cox (23 July 2018), Sumo Logic lights up Google Cloud Platform with expanded application, TensorFlow integrations
  13. ↑ Jan Stafford. "Sumo Logic breaks security data silos with cloud SIEM". Techtarget. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  14. ↑ Deutscher, Maria (8 May 2019). "Sumo Logic joins the unicorn club with $110 million funding" . Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  15. ↑ Miller, Ron (8 May 2019). "Sumo Logic announces $110M Series G investment on valuation over $1B" . Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. ↑ Volkman, Eric (2020-09-17). "Following Snowflake, Sumo Logic Stock Starts Trading on the Nasdaq Today". The Motley Fool. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  17. ↑ "Netflix IT exec forced employees to use products from vendors that bribed him". 4 May 2021.
  18. ↑ "Former Netflix Executive Convicted Of Receiving Bribes And Kickbacks From Companies Contracting With Netflix". 30 April 2021.
  19. ↑ Mathews, Eva (February 9, 2023). "Sumo Logic to be taken private by Francisco Partners in $1.7 bln deal". Reuters.
  20. ↑ "Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of Sumo Logic". Cision PR Newswire (Press release). May 12, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of Sumo Logic". Securites and Exchange Commission. May 12, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  22. ↑ Nicora, Hope (January 31, 2012). "Sumo Logic Raises $15M Series B Round for Next Generation Log Management and Analytics". Market Wired.
  23. ↑ Ron Miller. "Sumo Logic announces $110M Series G investment on valuation over $1B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  24. ↑ Miller, Ron (4 November 2019). "Sumo Logic acquires JASK to fill security operations gap". TechCrunch.
  25. ↑ Fay, Joe. "Sumo Logic claps hands, gets bidirectional with Atlassian's Opsgenie" . Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  26. ↑ Sargent, Jenna (11 April 2019). "Atlassian Summit: SmartBear's new integrations, Sumo Logic's Opsgenie integration, and Adaptavist's partnerships" . Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  27. ↑ Vizard, Michael (24 August 2021). "Sumo Logic delivers on SOAR promise it made by acquiring DFLabs". VentureBeat.
  28. ↑ Preimesberger, Chris (2 June 2021). "Sumo Logic acquires Sensu to expand observability suite". ZDnet.
  29. ↑ Ghoshal, Anirban (1 October 2021). "Sumo Logic enhances observability suite for app, infrastructure performance". InfoWorld.
  30. ↑ Dan K. Anderson (November 25, 2024). "Innovator Spotlight: Sumo Logic". Cyber Defense Magazine. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  31. ↑ Rao, Leena (January 31, 2012). "Log Data Management And Analytics Startup Sumo Logic Raises $15M From Greylock And Others". TechCrunch.
  32. ↑ Kepes, Ben (February 21, 2014). "Sumo Logic Delivers Enterprise Security Analytic Product". Forbes.
  33. 1 2 Klump, Bill (February 14, 2012). "Disruptor of the Day: Sumo Logic – Harnessing the Power of Big Data for Real-Time IT". Daily Disruption.
  34. ↑ Mitroff, Sarah (January 31, 2012). "Sumo Logic raises $15M, drops its stealthy status". VentureBeat.
  35. ↑ Duncan Riley (September 22, 2025). "Sumo Logic introduces Dojo AI to bring agentic intelligence to security operations center teams". Silicon Angle. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  36. ↑ Suparna Chawla Bhasin (September 22, 2025). "Sumo Logic Dojo AI on AWS Brings Agentic Automation to the SOC". MSSP Alert. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
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