May 7, 2024 at 11:00AM
Cloud security company Wiz raised $1 billion at a $12 billion valuation in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Thrive Capital. The company’s platform offers various security capabilities, with a focus on cloud security posture management and infrastructure entitlement management. Wiz aims to continue innovating and expanding its customer base, with plans to eventually go public.
Based on the meeting notes, the following key takeaways can be summarized:
1. Wiz, a cloud security company, raised $1 billion at a $12 billion valuation, bringing the total raised to $1.9 billion. The funding was led by several prominent investors and included participation from various venture capital firms and individuals.
2. The company’s cloud security platform offers comprehensive capabilities such as cloud security posture management (CSPM), cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM), vulnerability management, compliance, code security, container and Kubernetes security, supply chain security, cloud-native application protection (CNAPP), data security posture management (DSPM), detection and response, cloud workload protection (CWPP), and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning.
3. Wiz reported $350 million in annual recurring revenue in 2023 and claims to work with 40% of the Fortune 100 companies.
4. The CEO and co-founder of Wiz, Assaf Rappaport, emphasized the company’s commitment to innovation and expanding its capabilities to address customers’ cloud security challenges.
5. Additionally, Wiz expressed its intent to pursue an eventual IPO and recently acquired Gem Security, a company specializing in cloud detection and incident response technologies.
6. Noteworthy related developments include Wiz being sued by Orca over alleged cloud security patent violations and the company’s announcement about a significant percentage of AWS environments being exposed to Zenbleed exploitation.
These takeaways highlight Wiz’s significant financial growth, expanding client base, strategic acquisitions, and long-term goals regarding an IPO, as well as ongoing industry-related legal and technical developments.
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