Amount Raised
$12 Million
Round Type
Seed
Tel AvivSecurityCyber SecurityCloud InfrastructureNetwork SecurityCloud SecurityInvestors
Description
Sweet Security today announced $12 million in seed funding and the launch of its Cloud Runtime Security Suite. The round was led by Glilot Capital Partners with participation from CyberArk Ventures and angel investors including Gerhard Eschelbeck, former CISO at Google and Travis McPeak, who led product security at Databricks. Sweet was founded by retired Brigadier General, Dror Kashti, former CISO of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), retired Colonel, Eyal Fisher, former head of the Cyber Department at Unit 8200 and Orel Ben-Ishay, former Head of the Cybersecurity R&D center at Unit 81. With a clear vision on how to best raise the bar for cloud defense, they built a cloud-native runtime security suite that enables security teams to stop cloud workload attacks, quickly and with surgical precision.
Quick answer
Sweet Security raised $12 Million in a Seed round, dated August 9, 2023. Investors: Cyber Ark Ventures, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Travis Mc Peak, Who Led Product Security At Databricks, Orel Ben Ishay, Former Head Of The Cybersecurity R&D Center At Unit 81 and Glilot Capital Partners. Sweet Security is based in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel.
- How much did Sweet Security raise?
- Sweet Security raised $12 Million in a Seed round on August 9, 2023.
- Who invested in Sweet Security?
- Cyber Ark Ventures, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Travis Mc Peak, Who Led Product Security At Databricks, Orel Ben Ishay, Former Head Of The Cybersecurity R&D Center At Unit 81 and Glilot Capital Partners are named as investors in this round.
- What does Sweet Security do?
- Sweet Security is redefining enterprise cloud protection.
- Where is Sweet Security based and how big is it?
- Sweet Security is based in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel. Fundz records about 86 employees.
- Who are the decision-makers at Sweet Security?
- Fundz holds 4 contacts at Sweet Security, including the Co-Founder and CEO. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.
Source: Fundz verified event record.
Who else raised in Security and Cyber Security around the same time
Companies in the same sectors as Sweet Security that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.
- Kivera raised $3.5M (Seed) on August 9, 2023.
- Hushmesh raised $5.2M (Funding Round) on August 3, 2023.
- Cyera raised $100M (Series B) on June 27, 2023.
- SpyCloud raised $110M (Funding Round) on August 24, 2023.
- SpyCloud raised $35M on August 16, 2023.
- DynTek raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on August 15, 2023.
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