Welcome to Upwind
We're on a mission to secure the cloud for the world.
Give your security team and AI agents what they need to proactively reduce risk and respond to threats at the speed of AI.
Who we are
Upwind was founded by the team behind Spot.io, the world's first leader in cloud infrastructure optimization (acquired by NetApp).
What we do
Upwind brings deep DevOps and cloud infrastructure experience to the forefront of cloud security, making it easy and simple to secure the cloud and AI.
Our strategy is simple: we listen and work closely with our customers to build the best cloud security product on the planet.
Amiram Shachar
Co-Founder & CEO, Upwind
The Upwind Leadership Team
"Culture eats strategy for breakfast"
Amiram Shachar
Co-Founder & CEO
Tal Zur
Co-Founder & CTO
Lavi Ferdman
Co-Founder & Growth
Tomer Hadassi
COO
Rinki Sethi
CSO
Nardit Hikry
Product
Moran Sher Ronat
People
Max Stevens
Sales
Omer Grossman
CBO
Nadav Naor
Engineering
Moshe Hassan
Product
Dan Yahav
Platform
Jonathan Cohen
Product
Yarin Pinyan
Product
“Cloud security is already one of the largest and fastest growing segments in cybersecurity, and Upwind stood out to us as the right team with the right product in the right time building for where the market is going. Their modern, runtime-first approach, focus on signal over noise, and battle-tested founding team have translated into a company and product that are trusted and loved by security, engineering and platform (DevOps) teams, and used as a true platform. We’re very proud to partner with Upwind as they build the runtime-first cloud security platform for the next generation of enterprises.”
Elliott Robinson
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
What is Upwind?
Up·wind /ˌəpˈwind/
In the opposite direction to that in which the wind is blowing; against the wind.
In the opposite direction to that in which the wind is blowing; against the wind.
In windsurfing, “Upwind” is a basic technique that allows surfers to navigate toward where the wind is coming from and the key skill to come back to where you started. As a runtime security platform, Upwind enables security professionals to navigate effectively toward the root cause of security issues. Providing a powerful context of applications and infrastructure behavior despite the head wind of cloud chaos and alerting noise.
Who we are
Partners
Upwind is proud to partner with World Champions.
We could not have chosen better partners. Upwind backs champions in surf sports where riding “upwind” is fundamental to winning. Windsurfing gold medalist Tom Reuveni and Wingfoil Wave World Champion Cash Berzolla.
See more of Tom and Cash in The Road to Gold
Investors
Backed by the best cyber security investors in the world.
“Greylock co-led the largest seed round we have ever participated in for a software company in Upwind for two simple reasons — securing cloud runtime environments is the single most important problem in cybersecurity, and the Upwind team is a successful repeat entrepreneurial team who’s one of the absolute best we’ve ever backed.”
Saam Motamedi
General Partner, Greylock
Who we are
Our Board
Gili Raanan
Founder & General Partner, Cyberstarts
Gili brings his vast hands-on experience to every investment, having built two enterprise software companies from zero to acquisitions by EMC and IBM. He won the coveted Israel Defense Presidential Prize in 1996 for his decade of service for the Israeli intelligence agency and the Israeli Defense Forces Innovation Award in 1992.
Saam Motamedi
General Partner, Greylock
Saam partners with enterprise software entrepreneurs at the seed and early stages who are focused on new opportunities in intelligent applications, cybersecurity, AI, and data infrastructure.
Gideon Hayden
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Leaders Fund
Gideon is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Leaders Fund, where he works with Upwind, Ada, Drata, Toric, Qwak, CrowdRiff and Spot. He focuses on investing early stage in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and ML/AI.
“Partnering with Upwind was easy—the founding team is earnest, has built a Cloud Infrastructure business before, sold it to NetApp, and has domain experience and ambition to build an important company.”
Gili Raanan
Founder & General Partner, Cyberstarts
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