Cybersecurity startup Cloudsek raises $19 million in funding led by Tenacity Ventures, Commvault
cybersecurity
Cloudsek has raised $19 million in a fresh funding round led by
Tenacity Ventures
and Commvault. Others participating in the round include Inflexor Ventures, MassMutual Ventures and Prana Ventures, along with some strategic investors.
Founded in 2015 by Rahul Sasi,
Cloudsek
uses its artificial intelligence (AI)-backed stack with 18 applications to predict and mitigate
cyber threats
.
The startup will use the capital for product innovation,
global expansion
and doubling down on existing international markets like the US, UAE and Asia Pacific, cofounder and CEO Rahul Sasi told ET.
"Today, most of the cyber threats originate from human beings. In the next few years, they will be orchestrated and planned by AI. So, humans would need smarter solutions to defend against them," Sasi said.
Cloudsek's technology identifies initial attack vectors, such as leaked credentials, exposed APIs or compromised vendors, as opposed to tools that respond after a cyberattack incident. "Our version of threat intelligence is predictive, not forensic," he explained.
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The startup has over 250 customers, including
Fortune 500
companies, across banking, healthcare, technology and the public sector. It has so far raised $30 million. "Today, over 60% of our net new revenue comes from international markets, with the US emerging as our fastest-growing region. We have achieved this scale while staying cash flow positive," Sasi said, adding that Cloudsek is growing 70% year-on-year.
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It also uses an AI-backed command centre, Nexus, trained on open source data and streamlines it in one place. Through this platform, security teams can access and analyse intelligence in real time and identify attack patterns and vulnerabilities across their digital ecosystem.
The AI platform, trained via large language models and multi-language models, also provides cyber risk quantification through which companies can assess potential financial losses and regulatory impacts.
Sasi said the rise of cybercrime is related to geopolitical tensions as well. "There are wars happening right now. You will see every time the economy goes down, cybercrime goes up," he said.
He added that the preventive cybersecurity market was earlier dominated by American or Israeli companies, however, India has now come to play a significant role in it.
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