Road to Gold – with Champion Windsurfer Tom Reuveny
Olympic Gold medalist Tom Reuveny was joined by our CEO Amiram Shachar at the beach for an inspiring conversation just before they headed out to surf – or as we like to say, go Upwind. Tom shared the story behind his journey to gold: the discipline, resilience, and relentless drive it took to reach the […]
Upwind Acquires Nyx to Redefine Application Runtime Security
Today, I’m excited to announce that Upwind has acquired Nyx Security, a breakthrough startup specializing in real-time application-layer threat detection. This marks Upwind’s first acquisition – and a major leap forward in delivering end-to-end cloud security across both the infrastructure and the applications running on top of it. Application-Layer Runtime Changes Everything Runtime threats are […]
From Maui to Medals: Why We’re Backing Israeli Olympian Tom Reuveny
It’s not every day that a surf session in Maui turns into a sponsorship. But that’s exactly how we met Tom Reuveny—Israel’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist in iQFoil windsurfing and now, the newest member of the Upwind family. After his historic win at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Tom did what any world-class athlete might do: […]
A Year in Review: Looking Back at Upwind in 2024
This year has been one of market penetration, expansion and innovation for Upwind. From exiting stealth in September 2023 to a little more than a year later, we expanded our global presence with offices in the UK, Iceland, Israel and the US, held a Series A, maintained a robust schedule of product innovation, and had […]
Upwind Makes Waves at AWS re:Invent 2024
It has been a big week for Upwind here at AWS re:Invent 2024! Our team has been on the ground in Las Vegas, Nevada this week for AWS’s largest annual conference. Here’s a quick look at what we’ve been up to. Monday, December 2. We announced our $100 million Series A, which was featured in […]
The Upwind Cloud Security Platform is now available in the EC2 Image Builder on AWS
December 4, 2024 — Upwind, the next-generation cloud security platform, announced today that the Upwind Cloud Security Platform is available as a software component in the EC2 Image Builder console of Amazon Web Services (AWS). EC2 Image Builder is a fully-managed service that simplifies the customization, testing, distribution, and lifecycle management of Amazon Machine Images […]
Upwind Secures $100M to Power Next-Generation Cloud Security
Customers have always been our north-star. Being “Driven By Customers” is not just a paragraph written on our Careers page – it’s the way we operate on a daily basis. It is how we hire, promote, and give each other feedback at Upwind. It is also how we build products, prioritize features, and think about […]
How Petrofac Leverages Upwind for AKS Protection
In a multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud reality, Upwind provides comprehensive cloud security to accelerate productivity and empower their development, security and DevOps teams to innovate within a secure and efficient environment, including managed Kubernetes services like Microsoft’s AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service). Upwind customer Petrofac leverages Upwind to protect their AKS resources across a number of areas: […]
Upwind is Named in Fortune’s 2025 Cyber 60
We are excited to announce that Upwind has been named by Fortune and Lightspeed Venture Partners in the 2025 Fortune Cyber 60. This list recognizes the 60 fastest-growing cybersecurity startups, highlighting our commitment to innovation and delivering an industry-leading cloud security platform. This is the second year in a row that Upwind has been named […]
Upwind Named In The Information’s 50 Most Promising Startups for 2024
Upwind has been named by The Information as one of the most promising startups in the SaaS & Security category, highlighting our commitment to building an industry-leading cloud security platform. The Information’s annual list focuses on 50 companies that have the potential to be the most valuable businesses in their categories, based on their revenue, […]