Upwind Welcomes Chief Security Officer Rinki Sethi
Over the past year, Upwind has grown faster than we could have imagined. As companies race to secure dynamic cloud environments and GenAI workloads, it’s clear that the old ways of doing security with static tools, reactive alerts, fragmented context – just don’t work anymore. That’s why I’m so excited to welcome Rinki Sethi as our new Chief […]
Why I’m Joining Upwind By Rinki Sethi
Over the past several years, I’ve had the honor of serving as both CISO and CIO at publicly traded companies, operating at the intersection of security, technology and business. I have led global security teams through high-stake incidents, built programs from the ground up, and navigated the complexity of modern enterprise environments where risk moves […]
Upwind Named to Redpoint’s InfraRed 100 for the Second Year in a Row
We’re honored to share that Upwind has been named to Redpoint Ventures’ 2025 InfraRed 100, a list that recognizes the most promising private companies driving innovation in cloud infrastructure. This is our second year in a row receiving this recognition, and we’re incredibly humbled to be included alongside so many trailblazers in the space. The InfraRed 100 highlights […]
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 […]