Cohesity
AI-powered data security and management
Data / Infra
📍 Santa Clara, California
Founded 2013
Current Valuation
$4.7B
as of 2024-Q4
UNICORN
Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management that provides a unified platform for data protection, cyber resilience, and data insights. Founded in 2013 by Mohit Aron (co-founder of Nutanix), the company offers comprehensive solutions including backup, disaster recovery, ransomware defense, and AI-driven data analytics through its flagship Cohesity Data Cloud platform. In December 2024, Cohesity completed its landmark merger with Veritas' enterprise data protection business, becoming the world's largest data protection software provider with over $1.7 billion in revenue and serving more than 13,000 customers globally.
Company Profile
HQ
Santa Clara, California
Est. Revenue
$1.7B (2024-Q4)
Growth
Fastest data protection company to cross $1.5 billion in revenue; completed merger with Veritas in December 2024 to become world's largest data protection software provider; valued at $7 billion; serves over 13,000 customers including 70% of Global 500
Last Round
Series H-1 — $28M (Dec 2024)
IPO Status
Private, eyeing 2026 IPO
Founders & Key People
Mohit Aron
Investors
Sequoia Capital · SoftBank Vision Fund · Wing Venture Capital · Premji Invest · Madrona · DFJ Growth · Foundation Capital · Greenspring Associates · Baillie Gifford · Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Cisco Investments · IBM · NVIDIA · Haveli Investments · Coatue · Sapphire Ventures · Dragon Fund · The Carlyle Group · Google Ventures · Qualcomm Ventures · Artis Ventures · Accel · Battery Ventures · Trinity Ventures · Morgan Stanley · Sozo Ventures · DHVC · Irving Investors · Steadfast Capital Management
Products
- Cohesity Data Cloud
- DataProtect
- Cohesity Gaia
- DataHawk
- FortKnox
- Helios
- SmartFiles
- DMaaS
- DRaaS
- SiteContinuity
- IT Analytics
- Veritas NetBackup
- Veritas Alta
Competitors
Rubrik · Veeam · Commvault · Druva · VAST Data
Data ManagementData SecurityBackupDisaster RecoveryCyber ResilienceAI-powered SecurityCloud Data ManagementRansomware ProtectionEnterprise SoftwareHybrid CloudSaaS
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.