Position in SVTR
Snapshot 2026-10-25- Startup SignalsTop 10%–
- Security & Compliance#5of 152
- CloudTop 50%
About
Upwind, founded in 2022 with offices in Israel and San Francisco, uses runtime data to provide real-time visibility into cloud security threats.
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Capital graph
Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 4
Funding history
- 2026-09-04Series C$300M
Investors · Bessemer Venture Partners, TCV, Salesforce Ventures, Greylock Partners, Craft Ventures, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Alta Park CapitalSource · bloomberg.com ↗
- 2026-02Series B$250M
Investors · TCV, Picture Capital, Greylock Partners, Cyberstarts, Salesforce Ventures, Craft Ventures, Leaders Fund, Bessemer Venture PartnersSource · SVTR Weekly #142 ↗
- 2024-11New funding round$100M
Investors · Sheva Fund, Penny Jar Capital, Leaders Fund, Greylock Partners, Cyberstarts, Craft Ventures, Bessemer Venture PartnersSource · SVTR Weekly #078
Comparable companies· by market
This company
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Upwind
Runtime-first cloud and AI security platform
Series C · $750M · 2026-09
$750M
United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Wiz
Helps enterprises identify security risks in their cloud environments
Series D+ · $1.0B · 2024-05
$1.0B - RAD Security
Cloud-native security: runtime telemetry and eBPF behavioral detection + AI agents VulnBot (posture), CloudBot (detection/response), GRCBot (compliance reporting), Ask RADBot (investigation Q&A), plus AgentKeeper for AI agent governance; for security and compliance teams at enterprises on Kubernetes/cloud-native infrastructure, addressing alert fatigue and false positives with real-time threat detection and automated response.
$6M
$6M - Operant AI
Runtime protection for cloud-native applications, securing APIs and Kubernetes environments
Series A · $10M · 2024-09
$10M
Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Maze
Uses AI agents to monitor and remediate cloud security vulnerabilities
Series A · $25M · 2025-06
$25M - Dawnguard
Helps engineering and security teams design secure cloud systems and generate infrastructure code
Pre-Seed · $6M · 2026-07
$6M - Tracebit
Detects, locates and contains intruders by planting decoy data and systems in cloud environments
Series A · $25M · 2026-03
$25M
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Act Security
"Action-centric" cloud security platform that systematically removes unused cloud access for employees, workloads and AI agents to shrink the access surface.
Series A · $40M · 2026-07
$40M - Aryon Security
Enforces security policies at the cloud infrastructure layer to keep vulnerabilities out of production
Series A · $38M · 2026-06
$38M - Modelyo
Modelyo (Modelyo Technologies Ltd.), founded in 2024 in Tel Aviv, builds a Sovereign Confidential Cloud that combines confidential computing (Intel SGX/TDX), hardware-based encryption, continuous attestation and zero trust so regulated organizations in government, defense, finance, healthcare and critical infrastructure can run workloads and AI on public cloud while keeping their own keys; data stays encrypted at rest, in transit and in use. Its Confidential AI offering runs inference, agents and RAG inside sealed environments. It holds 20+ patents and applications.
2026-10
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