Israel’s Upwind Security: Real-Time Cloud Infrastructure Protection for Modern Enterprises

Upwind Security is an Israeli startup that develops a security platform that protects cloud infrastructure in real time. The first raised $100 million in a Series A round of funding led by Craft Ventures. Upwind has now raised a total of $180 million to date and with this raise the company tripled its valuation to $900 million.

Upwind seeks to streamline the overwhelming volume of alerts generated by threat detection tools, aiming to reduce them by 90%. This reduction allows security operations teams to concentrate on genuine threats, enabling quicker understanding and response times.

Founded by Amiram Shachar and his founding partners from Spot.io (sold to NetApp for $450 million), Liran Polak, Lavi Ferdman, and Tal Zuri, Upwind Security says that its mission is to empower organizations to run cloud environments and accelerate their businesses by focusing on what is next — helping make cloud-native security simple, effective, and easy to consume.

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Upwind empowers its customers to run secure and efficient cloud environments. This focus on security and efficiency allows businesses to accelerate their operations and dedicate resources to future endeavors. Founded by the team behind Spot.io, the industry leader in cloud infrastructure optimization (acquired by NetApp), Upwind boasts that it brings unparalleled expertise in cloud infrastructure to the realm of cybersecurity.

In a multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud reality, Upwind provides comprehensive cloud security to accelerate productivity and empower their development, security and DevOps teams to innovate within a secure and efficient environment, including managed Kubernetes services like Microsoft’s AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service).

“Cloud security is becoming more complex, and organizations need smart solutions to help them move fast, without breaking anything,” said Amiram Shachar, founder and CEO of Upwind. “This investment reflects the growth and confidence we’re seeing from enterprise customers and allows us to give customers tools that make a real difference. Our platform is reshaping cloud security by tackling the constantly changing factors enterprises face in real-time. By offering clear cloud topologies and better visibility, we help teams focus on their most critical threats, not theoretical risks & false alarms, fostering stronger collaboration between security and DevOps while enabling faster, safer growth.”