Wiz
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About
Wiz is a cloud security platform founded in January 2020 by Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Roy Reznik, and Yinon Costica — four former leaders of Microsoft’s Cloud Security Group who previously co-founded Adallom (acquired by Microsoft in 2015) 1. The company provides agentless security across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, enabling organizations to identify vulnerabilities and prevent breaches 2. Wiz crossed $1 billion in annual recurring revenue in 2025 and was acquired by Google (Alphabet) for $32 billion in cash in March 2026 — Google’s largest acquisition ever 3.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Co-investors |
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| Feb 2020 | Seed | $21M | $67M post | Cyberstarts | Index Ventures 4 |
| Dec 2020 | Series A | $100M | — | Index Ventures, Sequoia, Insight Partners, Cyberstarts | 1 |
| Mar 2021 | Series B | $130M | $1.7B | Advent International | Greenoaks, Index, Sequoia, Insight, Cyberstarts 5 |
| May 2021 | Series B ext. | $120M | — | Salesforce | Blackstone, Greenoaks, Advent, Sequoia, Insight 6 |
| Oct 2021 | Series C | $250M | $6B | Greenoaks, Insight Partners | Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures 7 |
| Feb 2023 | Series D | $300M | $10B | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Greenoaks, Index Ventures, Blackstone, G Squared 2 |
| May 2024 | Series E | $1B | $12B | a16z, Lightspeed, Thrive Capital | Greylock, Wellington, Cyberstarts, Greenoaks, Index, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures 8 |
| Mar 2025 | Acquisition | $32B | — | Google (Alphabet) | — 3 |
Angel investors Bernard Arnault and Howard Schultz participated in the Series C and Series D rounds 27.
What Investors Say
“Wiz’s growth in the enterprise market is astounding. When you have a proven leadership team like this that’s built a game-changing product, you bet big.” — Jeff Horing, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Insight Partners 7
“Wiz has built a comprehensive cloud-native platform that gives customers actionable insights within minutes.” — Patrick Backhouse, Partner, Greenoaks 2
“Wiz has grown into the gold standard for cloud security with customer love typically reserved for consumer apps.” — Arsham Memarzadeh, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners 2
“With every company now a software company, more and more business is shifting to the cloud — creating a massive market opportunity for Wiz.” — Bryan Taylor, Managing Partner, Advent International 5
What Founders Say
“When our founding team was leading the Microsoft Cloud Security Group, we saw firsthand how security teams struggled with the complexity of existing approaches to securing the cloud.” — Assaf Rappaport, CEO & Co-Founder 6
“Wiz’s biggest success to date has been bringing together the most talented and accomplished individuals onto one team.” — Assaf Rappaport, CEO & Co-Founder 5
Sources
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Wiz Blog, “Wiz comes out of stealth with $100M Series A funding to reinvent cloud security,” December 2020. https://www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-comes-out-of-stealth-with-100m-series-a-funding-to-reinvent-cloud-security↩↩
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PR Newswire, “Cloud Security Leader Wiz Announces $300 Million Series D Financing Round at $10 Billion Valuation,” February 2023. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cloud-security-leader-wiz-announces-300-million-series-d-financing-round-at-10-billion-valuation-301756228.html↩↩↩↩↩
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TechCrunch, “Google wraps up $32B acquisition of cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz,” March 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/google-completes-32b-acquisition-of-wiz/↩↩
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Calcalist Tech, “The venture capital jackpot: How investors made billions from Wiz,” March 2025. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkqqcd93kg↩
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Wiz Blog, “Wiz becomes fastest growing security startup ever with new $1.7B valuation,” March 2021. https://www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-fastest-growing-security-startup-ever-with-new-valuation↩↩↩
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NoCamels, “Israeli Startup Wiz Adds $120M To Series B Round Led By Salesforce,” May 2021. https://nocamels.com/2021/05/wiz-israel-us-cloud-security-funding/↩↩
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NoCamels, “Wiz Raises $250M Series C Round At Staggering $6B Valuation,” October 2021. https://nocamels.com/2021/10/wiz-series-c-valuation-billion/↩↩↩
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TechCrunch, “Wiz raises $1B at a $12B valuation to expand its cloud security platform through acquisitions,” May 2024. https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/wiz-raises-1b-at-12b-valuation-expanding-through-acquisitions/↩