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Cyera

Cyera is a data security company founded in 2021 by Yotam Segev and Tamar Bar-Ilian [3]. The company operates an AI-powered platform that helps enterprises discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across cloud environments [2]. Cyera's platform provides contextual insight into data for cyber-resilience and compliance purposes [3]. In July 2026, Cyera agreed to acquire identity-security company Oasis Security for roughly $1 billion, with the deal paid mostly in cash and the remainder in Cyera shares [1]. The acquisition was undertaken to address security risks from proliferating AI agents [1].

Funding

  • Series G, $600MJul 6, 2026

    with Temasek, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital

  • Series G, $300MJun 3, 2026

    with Evolution Equity Partners, Georgian, Greenoaks, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Cyberstarts, Coatue, Accel, Spark Capital

  • Series E, $540M

    with Accel, Alta Park Capital, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Georgian, Greenoaks, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital

Leadership & org chart

Alumni

Recent developments

  • Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for about $1B. Cyera agreed to acquire identity-security company Oasis Security for roughly $1 billion, paid mostly in cash with the remainder in Cyera shares, to address security risks from proliferating AI agents.[1]Jul 28, 2026
  • Cyera agreed to acquire identity-security company Oasis Security for roughly $1 billion, paid mostly in cash with the remainder in Cyera shares, to address security risks from proliferating AI agents.[2]Jul 28, 2026

Alumni

  • Bob WestMember of the Board of Advisors→Strategic Advisor at Cohesity
  • Adam LuddenRegional Sales Director

Funding history

  • Cyera raised a $300M Series G led by Evolution Equity Partners with Georgian, Greenoaks, Lightspeed, Sequoia Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Redpoint, Cyberstarts, Coatue, Accel and Spark Capital participating, bringing total reported equity funding to $1.9B. Founded in 2021 by Yotam Segev and Tamar Bar-Ilan.[4]Jun 3, 2026

Traction

  • Published Cyera customer results include Paramount classifying more than 50 petabytes across 400,000 datastores in under two weeks, Valvoline identifying 12 million unused records, ACV Auctions saving $50,000 a year in cloud storage costs, ChenMed remediating over 32,000 issues, and Cass Information Systems cutting storage 10-30%.[10]

Product

  • Cyera builds an AI security platform that discovers, governs and protects data across cloud, SaaS and hybrid environments. Modules include DSPM as the data security control plane, Omni DLP, Access Trail (tracking which humans and AI systems access which data), Agent Guardian/AI-SPM for shadow-AI discovery and runtime protection of AI agents, and a privacy module for data subject requests. Cyera claims deployment in under a day, scanning 74PB in 7 days, 95%+ classification accuracy and 80% less risk in 3 months.[11]

Customers

  • Cyera's named customers include Paramount, Valvoline, ACV Auctions, ChenMed, Advance Publications, Cass Information Systems, Vetcor and Bill.com.[9]

Backers

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