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Opti raises $20M Seed for IAM
Announced 24 November 2025 · Recorded 8 September 2026 · Last verified 8 September 2026
Opti, an IAM company based in New York, United States, raised $20M in a Seed announced on 24 November 2025, led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Hetz Ventures with 4 others. Its disclosed equity funding is now $20M across 1 round.
- Amount
- $20M
- Round
- Seed
- Announced
- 24 November 2025
- Lead investors
- YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hetz Ventures, Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, Maple Capital, Shlomo Kramer
- Sources on record
- 1prnewswire.com
From the source
Opti Raises $20M Seed to Redefine Enterprise Identity Security with AI-Native Automation
Opti, an AI-native identity security platform founded in 2024, has secured $20M in seed funding led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Hetz Ventures, with participation from Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, Maple Capital, and angel investor Shlomo Kramer. The platform uses domain-specific LLMs and agentic AI to automate identity risk detection, least privilege recommendations, and access orchestration for enterprises.
prnewswire.com · 24 November 2025 ↗The Mandos read
What the record says about Opti
- Momentum 38 / 100 · Coolinglocked →
pillars in the platform
- 40 employees · 1 open roleslocked →
history and breakdowns in the platform
- Exit Readiness: Lowlocked →
Tested against 751 past exits in the Mandos record: 43% sat in Watch or Elevated 2 years before. Companies in Elevated exited at 3.1× the record's rate.
- Buyers most often compare Opti with Lumoslocked →
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Funding history
Opti funding on record
Opti has raised $20M in priced equity. Its most recent round was a Seed in November 2025.
Latest round on record: Seed, Nov 2025.
Opti funding on the profile →Related rounds
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Questions people ask
- How much did Opti raise in its Seed?
- Opti raised $20M in a Seed announced on 24 November 2025.
- Who invested in Opti's Seed?
- The round was led by YL Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hetz Ventures, Squared Circle Ventures, LocalGlobe, Maple Capital, Shlomo Kramer.
- What does Opti do?
- Opti is a cybersecurity company specializing in IAM, founded in 2024 and headquartered in New York, United States.
