Vali Cyber's flagship product, ZeroLock, is described as the industry’s first runtime Hypervisor Ransomware Protection platform for VMware ESXi and other Linux-based hypervisors. ZeroLock combines exploit prevention, virtual patching, and advanced runtime controls to stop ransomware and exploits at runtime without causing downtime. The company says demand is surging as high-profile groups such as Scattered Spider expose weaknesses in hypervisors and cause significant damages across industries. Vali Cyber plans to use the new funding to scale engineering, threat intelligence, and go-to-market teams and to expand partnerships with government and enterprise customers. Leadership frames ZeroLock as making hypervisors “resilient by design” and is prioritizing rapid expansion to meet urgent customer needs. The funding close was announced from New York. Vali Cyber builds Linux-focused cybersecurity products centered on its ZeroLock security platform. ZeroLock, developed from DARPA-funded research at MIT and CMU, offers comprehensive lockdown capability and threat detection using behavioral and AI/ML techniques while consuming far fewer resources than legacy Linux tools. The platform also automates recovery, including automatic file rollback, and the company claims it can detect and fully roll back ransomware attacks in milliseconds. Founded in 2020, Vali Cyber intends to expand operations and continue advancing Linux cybersecurity across cloud-to-edge systems. The firm targets both commercial and defense needs and emphasizes addressing gaps left by predominantly Windows-focused testing and tools. Vali Cyber recently closed a financing round to accelerate growth and product development.

Total raised

$15M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Sep 2023