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Upwind

Cybersecurity · US

Real-time cloud security platform based on runtime signals, a Wiz challenger.

Founders

Amiram Shachar (Israel · ♂) — After founding cloud-cost optimizer Spot.io and selling it to NetApp for $450M, he founded Upwind in 2022 with his Spot.io partners to build runtime-first cloud security.
Liran Polak (Israel · ♂) — A Spot.io founding partner who reunited with Shachar to build Upwind's runtime cloud security platform.
Lavi Ferdman (Israel · ♂) — A Spot.io alum who co-founded Upwind in 2022.
Tal Zuri (Israel · ♂) — A Spot.io alum who co-founded Upwind in 2022.
Rinki Sethi
Tal Zur

Team & hubs

People & leadership

Tal Zur Co-Founder & CTO at UpwindAmiram Shachar Co-Founder & CEO at UpwindLavi Ferdman Co-Founder & SVP of Growth at UpwindJanie Ly Founding Account Executive, Upwind Security Liran Polak Co-Founder & Chief Architect at Upwind SecurityDavid Citron 🇮🇱 Tech Investor (here for the memes) | ex-Chief Umbrella Officer to Elon MuskRinki Sethi CISO & CSO at Upwind Security | 4x CISO | Founding Partner at Lockstep | Former Board Member at StrongDM, ForgeRock and Vaultree | Former VP & CISO at Twitter, Rubrik, BILL | Speaker | Investor

In the network

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Anthropic 2 Legora 2

Funding history

Date	Round	Amount
Jan 2026	Series B Upwind closed a $250 million Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing the total to $430 million, for its real-time cloud security platform.	$250M

Investors

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Bessemer Venture Partners Picture Capital Salesforce Ventures

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