Aporeto, Inc., an innovation leader in cloud-native security, announced today that it has completed its Series A funding round of $11.2 million led by Norwest Venture Partners. Matthew Howard, a managing partner at Norwest, has joined the company’s board of directors alongside Peter Wagner, founding partner of Wing Venture Capital. This new funding round follows a $3.3 million seed round led by Wing, with participation from Data Collective Venture Capital and private individuals.
The new investment will accelerate the delivery of Aporeto’s products and services that enable the secure deployment of applications in any cloud environment. The company’s solution, tested and scheduled for production deployment later this year, significantly strengthens and simplifies security operations, speeding up new enterprise software deployments.