A new cloud security startup called Native came out of stealth mode on Tuesday, announcing $42 million in funding to build what it describes as a “control plane” for cloud security.
The funding includes a $31 million Series A round led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, YL Ventures, and Merlin Ventures. Phil Venables, former chief information security officer at Google Cloud and venture partner with Ballistic, has joined the company’s board.
Native aims to help companies better secure complex, multi-cloud environments as cyber threats accelerate in the age of AI.
The company, which has Fortune 100 enterprises as customers, lets teams define security policies once and automatically enforce them across platforms like AWS,…
