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Upwind

Cloud security platform combining posture management with runtime context
Cybersecurity 📍 Tel Aviv, Israel Founded 2022
Current Valuation
$1.5B
as of 2026-Q1
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Upwind going public?
No. Upwind is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Upwind's valuation in 2026?
Upwind is valued at $1.5B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Series B ($250M, Jan 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Upwind filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Upwind.
Who are Upwind's investors?
Upwind's investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock, Craft Ventures, TCV, Cyberstarts, Alta Park.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Upwind is an Israeli cloud-security startup founded in 2022 by Amiram Shachar (ex-Spot.io). Its CNAPP platform combines posture management with live runtime context — letting security teams prioritize alerts against what's actually exploitable in production. The company joined the unicorn club in January 2026 with a $250M Series B at a $1.5B valuation led by Bessemer.

Company Profile

CEO
Amiram Shachar
Founded
2022
HQ
Tel Aviv, Israel
Total Raised
$430M
Last Round
Series B — $250M (Jan 2026) · Lead: Bessemer Venture Partners
IPO Status
none

Fundraising Status

Series B · $250M · 7 mo ago
noneTotal raised $430M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series B$250MJan 2026Bessemer Venture Partners—

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
121
via careers page
Product-build share
46%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
product-led hiring — 46% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month121Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM46Security29Engineering16Marketing9Research9Support6Ops & People3Product2Finance & Strategy1
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
AI Agentic Pack\\ \\ Upwind’s agentic security solutionIaC SecuritySupply Chain Security (SCA & SBOM)Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)Cloud Infrastructure \\ Entitlements Management (CIEM)Vulnerability Management
Counted from Upwind's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Amiram Shachar

Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners · Greylock · Craft Ventures · TCV · Cyberstarts · Alta Park

Products

  • Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
  • Runtime-aware cloud security posture management
  • Container and Kubernetes runtime protection
  • API security

Competitors

Wiz · Orca Security · Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Cloud) · CrowdStrike
CybersecurityCloud SecurityUnicornIsrael
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.