January 18, 2024 at 10:00AM
Kusari, a software supply chain security startup, has secured $8 million in pre-seed and seed funding led by J2 Ventures and Glasswing Ventures, with support from Unusual Ventures. Founded by members of OpenSSF and CNCF, Kusari aims to provide transparency in the software supply chain with its GUAC tool, reducing incident costs and enhancing security.
Based on the meeting notes, here are the key takeaways:
1. Kusari, a software supply chain security startup, has raised $8 million in combined pre-seed and seed funding.
2. The seed funding round was led by J2 Ventures and co-led by Glasswing Ventures, with participation from previous investor Unusual Ventures.
3. Kusari was founded in 2022 by members of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and CNCF as the original developers of Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC), a tool for visibility into the supply chain.
4. GUAC turns software bills of materials (SBOMs) and other supply chain information into knowledge graphs, with market validation achieved in 2023.
5. Kusari aims to address the lack of transparency in the software supply chain, providing actionable insights to reduce incident costs and secure the software development lifecycle.
6. The new funding will support the continued and accelerated development of Kusari’s supply chain security solutions.
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