Israeli cybersecurity startup Opti this week emerged from stealth mode with $20 million in seed funding.
Founded in 2023 by veteran cybersecurity experts, Opti has built an AI-native identity and access management (IAM) platform.
The company’s solution is powered by a context-aware engine that continuously monitors access and risks across identities and applications, enabling security teams to define, govern, and protect identities.
Using models purpose-built for IAM, Opti delivers increased visibility across entire environments, covering all human, non-human, and agentic identities.
The platform uses AI to interpret identity risks and business context, as well as to recommend least privilege decisions and orchestrate safe access across the environment.
Opti says its solution is already used by large enterprises in the finance, healthcare, retail, and technology sectors.
The startup’s seed investment round was led by Hetz Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and YL Ventures, with additional support from LocalGlobe, Maple Capital, Squared Circle Ventures, and angel investors.
Opti plans to use the funding to accelerate product expansion and fuel global growth.
“Identity has evolved into a massive data ecosystem that enterprises struggle to control. Teams work incredibly hard, but they spend their time managing complexity instead of focusing on strategic opportunities. Opti gives them an intelligence layer that elevates and automates their capabilities – making identity operations faster, clearer, and safer,” Opti co-founder and CEO Barak Perelman said.
Perelman previously co-founded industrial cybersecurity firm Indegy, which Tenable acquired in 2019 for $78 million.
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