ShieldX builds APEIRO, a cloud-native security platform that combines network-based security concepts with application and infrastructure innovations to deliver scalable, automated threat prevention and micro-segmentation across multi-cloud environments. The product emphasizes fast deployment, fully automated security controls, on-demand micro-segmentation and cost-effective operation for enterprises. ShieldX cites growing customer adoption and lists customers and trials including Alaska Airlines, Iowa State University and Park Holidays. The company says it has seen strong revenue growth this year and has received its first foundational patent from a portfolio of 19 filed. Leadership highlights include CEO Dr. Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, and the company was named a Gartner 2017 Cool Vendor in Cloud Security and an "Innovator" in a MarketsandMarkets microsegmentation report. ShieldX is based in San Jose, California and was founded in 2015; it plans to use funding to expand marketing and sales while continuing product development with increased automation and intelligence across popular cloud environments.

Total raised

$25M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Dec 2017