Upwind Security

About Upwind Security

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by Upwind Security

All products by Upwind Security reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

UpwindAI Security

Agentless scanning and eBPF runtime sensors in one CNAPP

Pricing on request8.1/10

How Our Review Panel Scores Upwind Security

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Upwind Security's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 1.2 points — The Skeptic was the hardest to convince, The Domain Strategist the most positive.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Upwind Security competes with, and how they differ.

wiz.io8.3/10

Wiz is the market-leading CNAPP built primarily on agentless graph-based scanning, while Upwind differentiates with eBPF-based runtime sensors as the core data source for detection and prioritization rather than an add-on.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.8.3/10

CrowdStrike extends its endpoint/EDR agent heritage (Falcon) into cloud workload protection, competing with Upwind's cloud-native, eBPF-sensor-first CNAPP that was built for cloud runtime from the ground up rather than adapted from endpoint security.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Palo Alto Networks8.2/10

Palo Alto Networks (Cortex Cloud, the successor to Prisma Cloud) offers a broader, enterprise-oriented cloud security suite bundled with its network security portfolio, whereas Upwind is a smaller CNAPP specialist built around runtime data from eBPF sensors.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Upwind Security's history, with sources.

1. Sep 3, 2026Funding

   Series C — $300M led by Bessemer Venture Partners and TCV at $3.8B valuation

   Upwind raised $300 million in a Series C round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and TCV at a $3.8 billion valuation, eight months after its $250 million Series B at $1.5 billion.

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2. Jun 2, 2026Partnership

   Integrated with Cisco Cloud Control at launch

   Upwind integrated its runtime security platform with Cisco Cloud Control, the agentic IT operations platform Cisco unveiled at Cisco Live 2026, as one of the first security platforms to integrate at launch; the MCP-based integration brings Upwind's runtime context into Cisco AI Canvas.

   siliconangle.com
3. Mar 23, 2026Partnership

   Collaborated with Nvidia on AI security research

   Upwind worked with Nvidia on security research around AI systems, reporting that its technology could detect malicious prompts targeting large language models with about 95% precision while maintaining real-time performance.

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4. Jan 26, 2026Funding

   Series B — $250M led by Bessemer Venture Partners, reaches unicorn status

   Upwind raised $250 million in a Series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Picture Capital, achieving a $1.5 billion valuation and unicorn status.

   calcalistech.com
5. Apr 28, 2025Acquisition

   Acquired Nyx Security

   Upwind acquired Nyx Security to expand its application runtime security capabilities.

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6. Dec 2, 2024Funding

   Series A — $100M led by Craft Ventures at $900M valuation

   Upwind closed a $100 million Series A led by Craft Ventures, with TCV, Alta Park Capital and existing investors participating, at a $900 million post-money valuation.

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7. Sep 5, 2023Funding

   Raised $50M, bringing total funding to $80M

   Upwind raised an additional $50 million, bringing its total funding to $80 million within 11 months of founding. Backers named at the time included Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Craft Ventures, Cerca Partners, Sheva and Penny Jar.

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8. 2022Founded

   Upwind Security founded by Amiram Shachar and Spot.io co-founders

   Upwind was founded in 2022 by Amiram Shachar together with Liran Polak, Lavi Ferdman, and Tal Zuri, the same team that previously built Spot.io, which was acquired by NetApp for $450 million in 2020. The company develops runtime-first cloud security software.

   calcalistech.com