RAVEN , a cybersecurity startup that protects cloud-native applications at runtime, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in combined seed and post-seed funding. The rounds were led by Norwest and Elron Ventures, with additional support from CyberFuture, Dnipro VC, Jibe Ventures, RedSeed, SentinelOne, Unusual Ventures, UpWest, and angel investors.
Founded in 2023 by Israeli cyber intelligence veterans, Raven is Palo Alto, California-based and has built a platform that observes applications at runtime to detect anomalous behavior and block it. By analysing code behaviour within running applications, the startup says the platform can stop exploits and malicious code in real time, even if no known vulnerabilities exist.
The platform also uncovers AI agents in production, monitors them for risky behaviour, and can block unsafe actions while giving security teams visibility into agents’ owners, code changes, and authors. Raven plans to use the funding to accelerate product development, grow its research and engineering teams, and scale its go-to-market efforts, according to the company.