Cloud Security Startup Native Raises $42 Million in Funding for Cybersecurity Solutions
Cloud Security Startup Native Emerges from Stealth Mode with $42 Million in Funding
A cloud security startup, Native, has emerged from stealth mode with a substantial $42 million in total funding. The company’s mission is to address the growing challenge of enforcing consistent security policies across multi-cloud environments.
Funding and Leadership
This latest funding round, a $31 million Series A, was led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, YL Ventures, and Merlin Ventures. Phil Venables, former Chief Information Security Officer at Google Cloud and current venture partner at Ballistic Ventures, has joined Native’s board of directors.
Platform and Solution
Native’s platform is designed to translate a company’s security policies into provider-specific controls that can be enforced across major cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Unlike traditional approaches that rely on additional monitoring or detection tools, Native’s platform utilizes the native enforcement mechanisms already built into these cloud providers.
The need for Native’s solution stems from the common struggle organizations face in deploying and maintaining consistent security controls at scale in multi-cloud environments. Inconsistent configurations across accounts and services are a prevalent issue, and complexity only increases as cloud footprints expand. Native’s approach centers on providing security teams with a single layer to express policy intent, which the platform then converts into the appropriate configurations for each cloud provider.
Key Features and Benefits
To mitigate the risk of disrupting production workloads, the platform includes safeguards such as impact simulation before deploying changes, staged rollout mechanisms, and structured approval workflows.
Founders and Team
Native was co-founded in 2024 by three cloud security veterans: CEO Amit Megiddo, previously the leader of Amazon GuardDuty at AWS; CPO Gal Ordo, who worked on AWS Security Hub; and CTO Eyal Faingold, formerly the VP of cloud security at Check Point. The company currently employs 41 people across Israel and the US, with plans to expand to around 90 employees by the end of 2026.
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