Cybersecurity firm CloudSek raises $7mn

Bengaluru: Cybersecurity firm

CloudSek

has raised $7 million (Rs 50 crore) in its Series A investment led by MassMutual Ventures. The round also saw participation from Omidyar Network India, 100X Entrepreneur, individual investors Firoz Meeran and

Navas Meeran

(Eastern Group), and Cred founder Kunal Shah’s QED Innovation Labs. There were additional investments from pre-Series A investors Exfinity Venture Partners, IDFC Parampara, and Aaruha Technology Fund. This brings the total investment in CloudSek to $10 million.“Humans can accurately predict rain with the help of data sources and mathematical models. CloudSek aims to do something similar in the cyber space. Our technology focus is to predict cyber-attacks even before they occur, by leveraging our AI platform. To achieve this, we have assembled a world class team of engineers, researchers, and cybersecurity experts. This approach has taken us from 6 customers to over 100 customers, and we aim to acquire another 300 customers in the next two years,” said

Rahul Sasi

, founder and chairman of CloudSek. He founded the firm in 2015. It employs unique data sets, proprietary ML models, and non-intrusive techniques to identify, analyse, and

resolve cyber

threats proactively.