Cyera

Summary active Updated Jun 3, 2026

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Location New York, NY
Founded 2021
Latest Stage Late Stage
Total Raised $1.6B+
Website https://www.cyera.com
Sector
cybersecurity data-security dspm ai

Investors

Logan Bartlett ~2022 (2022)
Doug Leone Series A ($60M) (2022)
Hila Zigman Seed (2021)
Emily Heath Seed (2021)
Bogomil Balkansky Series A (2022)
Lior Simon Seed (2020)
Benny Peretz Series E (co-led) (2025)
Gili Raanan 2021 (2021)
Accel late-stage (2026)
Coatue Management late-stage (2026)
Greenoaks Capital late-stage (2026)
Redpoint Ventures late-stage (2026)
Sequoia Capital late-stage (2026)
Spark Capital late-stage (2026)
cyberstarts Seed (2021)
Greenoaks Capital Series E (co-led) (2025)

Founders

Yotam Segev CEO & Co-Founder
Tamar Bar-Ilan CTO & Co-Founder

About

Cyera is an AI-powered data security platform that helps enterprises discover, classify, and protect sensitive information across cloud environments, data stores, and SaaS applications 1 2. The company operates in the data security posture management (DSPM) category, mapping where sensitive data lives, classifying it by sensitivity, and flagging exposure — with the goal of enabling enterprises to safely feed data into AI tools while tracking access 2. Cyera was founded in 2021 and is led by CEO Yotam Segev and CTO Tamar Bar-Ilan 1 3. Customers reportedly include roughly one-fifth of the Fortune 500 2.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-06-02 Late Stage $300M Evolution Equity Partners Georgian, Greenoaks, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Cyberstarts, Coatue, Accel, Spark Capital 1 2 3

The June 2026 round was raised at a $12 billion post-money valuation, more than doubling Cyera’s valuation in five months after a $400M January 2026 raise at $9B and a $540M late-2025 round at $6B 2 3. Cumulative funding now exceeds $1.6 billion 1.

What Investors Say

No independently sourced investor quotes found for the June 2026 round at time of profile creation.

What Founders Say

CTO Tamar Bar-Ilan stated that investors “expect far more growth to come,” believing “Cyera will be a company worth tens of billions of dollars within the next three to four years” 1.

Sources

  1. FinSMEs, “Cyera Raises $300M in Additional Funding at $12 Billion Post-Money Valuation,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.finsmes.com/2026/06/cyera-raises-300m-in-additional-funding-at-12-billion-post-money-valuation.html↩↩↩↩↩

  2. TechCrunch, “Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses,” June 2, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/cyera-eyes-12b-valuation-at-80x-arr-multiple-despite-operating-losses/↩↩↩↩↩

  3. SiliconANGLE, “Cyera raises $300M at $12B valuation, doubling its worth in five months,” June 2, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/02/cyera-raises-300m-12b-valuation-doubling-worth-five-months/↩↩↩