Cyera

Cyera was founded in early 2021 by Yotam Segev (CEO) and Tamar Bar-Ilan (CTO). Both are graduates of the Israel Defense Forces’ Talpiot program and served in the intelligence and cyber Unit 8200, where they had worked together for a decade.⁠[1][2]

The company website lists Yonatan Itai as a co-founder and VP of R&D.⁠[3]

On March 29, 2022, Cyera emerged from stealth with $60 million in funding led by Sequoia CapitalSequoia CapitalSequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972, investing from the seed stage through the growth stage. Its historical investments include Apple, Cisco, Google, YouTube, Airbnb, and Stripe; in 2021 it introduced the Sequoia Capital Fund structure, which can continue to hold public securities, and in 2023 its regional businesses became independent brands and partnerships.Open the full entry, alongside Accel and Cyberstarts, ten months after the company’s formation, it said. René Bonvanie, CMO Emeritus of Palo Alto NetworksPalo Alto NetworksPalo Alto Networks is an American cybersecurity company that offers network security, cloud security, security operations, identity security, and artificial intelligence security products, and provides threat intelligence, assessment, and incident response services through Unit 42.Open the full entry, also invested and joined the board. The company had more than 50 employees and positioned its product as cloud data security for identifying, securing and remediating risks across cloud data repositories. The release was datelined San Mateo, California, and Tel Aviv, Israel.⁠[4]

On November 17, 2022, Cyera announced an integration with the cloud security platform Wiz, using Cyera’s Data Security Graph to prioritize attack-surface reduction and automate remediation based on sensitive-data exposure.⁠[5]

On June 27, 2023, Cyera announced a $100 million Series B led by AccelAccelAccel is a venture capital firm co-founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz. It invests through regional teams and early-stage, growth and late-stage funds, with operations in the United States, Europe, Israel and India. Its investment history includes Facebook, Flipkart, Atlassian, Slack and other technology businesses. Fundraising totals, regulatory assets under management and portfolio-company transaction values are distinct measures.Open the full entry, with existing investors Sequoia and Cyberstarts and new investor Redpoint Ventures, bringing total funding to $160 million. The company said its revenue had grown 800 percent over the previous year.⁠[6]

On April 9, 2024, Cyera announced a $300 million Series C at a $1.4 billion valuation, led by CoatueCoatueCoatue is a technology- and innovation-focused investment management firm founded by Philippe Laffont in 1999, operating in both public and private markets. Its current website lists Thomas Laffont as co-founder and chief investment officer of private investments; a Form ADV filed on July 29, 2026, disclosed regulatory assets under management of $92,705,722,582.Open the full entry with new investors Spark CapitalSpark CapitalSpark Capital is a U.S. venture capital firm founded in Boston in 2005, with offices in San Francisco, New York and Boston. Its early-stage and growth funds back technology businesses across fintech, enterprise software, AI and consumer products. Investments have included Twitter, Tumblr, Oculus, Plaid and Anthropic.Open the full entry, Georgian and AT&T VenturesAT&T VenturesAT&T Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the US telecommunications company AT&T, investing mainly in early-stage technology companies from seed to Series B in areas including networking and edge computing, the internet of things, robotics and physical AI, cybersecurity, and data and AI.Open the full entry and continued investment from Sequoia, Accel, Redpoint and Cyberstarts, bringing total funding to $460 million. It also appointed Jason Clark, formerly chief strategy officer and CISO of Netskope and an adviser to Cyera through Cyberstarts, as chief strategy officer.⁠[7][1]

At the time the company had 220 employees, with its entire product team based in Israel.⁠[1]

On October 17, 2024, Cyera announced the acquisition of the next-generation data loss prevention (DLP) company Trail Security for $162 million, combining Trail’s DLP capabilities with its core data security posture management (DSPM) platform.⁠[8]

On November 20, 2024, Cyera announced a $300 million Series D at a $3 billion valuation, led by Accel and Sapphire Ventures with participation from Sequoia, Redpoint, Coatue and Georgian, bringing total funding to $760 million.⁠[9]

On June 11, 2025, Cyera announced a $540 million Series E at a $6 billion valuation, led by Georgian, Greenoaks and Lightspeed Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture Partners backs companies from seed through late-stage financing. Its website distinguishes Lightspeed Management Company (LSVP) from Lightspeed India Partners (LSIP): the two are separately operated investment advisers, with the U.S., European, and Israeli offices belonging to LSVP and the India and Southeast Asia offices belonging to LSIP.Open the full entry with Accel, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Redpoint, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital, bringing total funding to more than $1.3 billion. The company said it had nearly 800 employees and operations in 10 countries, and that former Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman had joined its board.⁠[10][3]

On June 26, 2025, Cyera announced the acquisition of Otterize, a platform for securing cloud-native non-human identities and data flows, in a deal estimated at tens of millions of dollars; it had shortly before announced the acquisition of Shape AI.⁠[11]

On January 8, 2026, Cyera announced a $400 million Series F at a $9 billion valuation, led by funds managed by BlackstoneBlackstoneBlackstone is an alternative asset manager serving institutional and individual investors. Its official website states that its assets under management exceeded $1.3 trillion as of June 30, 2026.Open the full entry with all existing investors participating, bringing total funding to more than $1.7 billion. The company had grown to 1,100 employees, with customers including AT&TAT&TAT&T (AT&T Inc.) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Its predecessor was SBC Communications, a regional holding company created in the 1984 breakup of the Bell System; SBC merged with the original AT&T Corp. in 2005 and adopted its name, and it has since operated a nationwide wireless network and fiber broadband, at one time also owning DIRECTV and WarnerMedia.Open the full entry, Peloton, Nordstrom and ChipotleChipotle Mexican GrillChipotle Mexican Grill is a fast-casual restaurant company headquartered in Newport Beach, California, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker CMG). It operates Chipotle restaurants serving mainly Mexican-style food; as of June 30, 2026, it had more than 4,200 restaurants in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Middle East, and nearly 140,000 employees.Open the full entry; in June 2025 it had said its annual recurring revenue had passed $100 million.⁠[12][13]

On April 23, 2026, Cyera announced the acquisition of Ryft, which built a secure, automated data lake for AI agents; in May 2026 it acquired the Israeli startup Genie Security.⁠[14][2]

On June 10, 2026, Cyera announced $600 million in funding at a $12 billion valuation, led by Evolution Equity Partners with participation from Cyberstarts and Temasek and existing investors including Accel, AT&T Ventures, Blackstone, Coatue and Spark Capital, bringing total funding to more than $2 billion. The company said it had shipped more than 100 new product capabilities over the previous year across DSPM, privacy, identity, DLP and agentic security.⁠[15]

On September 3, 2026, Cyera announced it had completed its acquisition of Oasis Security, a non-human identity (NHI) management platform, in a deal valued at $1 billion. Founded in 2022, Oasis now operates as Cyera Identity, the identity pillar of Cyera’s platform; Oasis co-founder and CEO Danny Brickman joined Cyera, whose website lists him as chief business officer.⁠[16][3]

On September 22, 2026, Cyera announced a $400 million investment from Growth Equity at Goldman SachsGoldman SachsGoldman Sachs is an American financial services group headquartered in New York whose businesses include investment banking, securities trading, asset management, and wealth management. It traces its origins to the commercial paper business Marcus Goldman founded in 1869; it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1999 under the ticker GS and became a bank holding company in 2008. David Solomon serves as chairman and chief executive officer.Open the full entry Alternatives as an extension of its Series G led by Evolution Equity; the funds were earmarked for its AI security product roadmap, the federal market and expansion in EMEA and APAC. The company said it was valued at over $12 billion.⁠[17]

Products listed on Cyera’s website include DSPM, Data Loss Prevention, Agent Guardian, Privacy and Identity. The company says its platform secures data at rest, in motion and in use, whether touched by humans or AI agents.⁠[3][16]

The board of directors listed on the website comprises Yotam Segev, Tamar Bar-Ilan, Philippe Botteri (partner, Accel), Pete Chronis (former EVP and CISO, ParamountParamountParamount is a media-group brand spanning film, television, streaming and interactive entertainment. Paramount Global and Skydance Media combined as Paramount Skydance Corporation in 2025; after completing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on October 6, 2026, the group became Skydance Corporation. Its businesses include Paramount Pictures, CBS, Comedy Central, Paramount+ and Pluto TV.Open the full entry), Doug LeoneDoug LeoneDoug Leone is an Italian-born American venture capitalist and partner at Sequoia Capital who was long involved in managing the firm and developing its international business. He began his career in technology sales, joined Sequoia in 1988, and was involved in the development of companies such as Meraki, ServiceNow, and Nubank. In 2026, he continued to focus on AI and enterprise software and serves as chairman of the board of Cresta.Open the full entry (partner, Sequoia Capital), David Schneider (general partner, Coatue), Lior Simon (general partner, Cyberstarts), Frank Slootman and Steffan Tomlinson (CFO, Stripe).⁠[3]

Cyera: Official website: https://www.cyera.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[18]

X: Public account: https://x.com/cyera_io (opens in a new window).⁠[18]

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