Upwind Secures $250M to Extend CNAPP to AI, Data Security

Series B Round at $1.5B Valuation Backs Push Into AI, Application and Data Security Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • January 26, 2026

A cloud security startup led by a former NetApp executive raised $250 million to build a CNAPP platform that can address a broader set of risks.

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The Bessemer Venture Partners-led Series B funding will help San Francisco-based Upwind shift from building a runtime-based solution to provide a unified stack spanning vulnerability management, CSPM and CDR, said co-founder and CEO Amiram Shachar. The investment will help Upwind take on complex security challenges including misconfiguration, data exposure and identity mismanagement, he said (see: Why Upwind Is Eyeing $250M of Funding at a $1.5B Valuation).

"We realized we're building something way bigger," Shachar told Information Security Media Group. "It's going ...