We are on a mission to build the world’s best cloud security platform.
Upwind was founded by the team behind Spot.io, the world's first leader in cloud infrastructure optimization (acquired by NetApp). Upwind brings deep DevOps and cloud infrastructure experience to the forefront of cloud security—making it as easy to secure cloud and AI as it is to consume it.
The Team
Taking our history of innovation & success in cloud to new heights.
Amiram Shachar
CEO
Liran Polak
Chief Architect
Tal Zur
CTO
Lavi Ferdman
SVP, Growth
Joshua Burgin
CPO
Rinki Sethi
CSO
Tomer Hadassi
Chief of Staff
Yarin Pinyan
Field CTO
Max Stevens
VP of Sales
Vik Rozenshtrom
Director of People
Denise Ashur
Head of Marketing
Cloud and AI are reshaping security. Securing modern cloud environments has become a challenge that spans across security, engineering, and DevOps teams. Our strategy is simple: we listen and work closely with our customers to build the best cloud security product on the planet.”
Upwind is proud to partner with Olympic and World Champion, Gold Medalist Tom Reuveni (Windsurfing iQFoil)
In a cosmic way, we couldn’t have chosen a better partnership— Upwind is backing a World Champion in windsurfing, where “upwind” is the most crucial technique in the sport.
What is Upwind?
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.
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.”
Backed by the best cyber security investors in the world
Our Board
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 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 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.”
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