Funding record · 2026 / 03

Raven raises $20M Seed for application security
Announced 18 March 2026 · Recorded 8 September 2026 · Last verified 8 September 2026
Raven, an application security company based in Palo Alto, United States, raised $20M in a Seed announced on 18 March 2026, led by Elron Ventures, Norwest and CyberFuture with 7 others. Its disclosed equity funding is now $20M across 1 round.
- Amount
- $20M
- Round
- Seed
- Announced
- 18 March 2026
- Lead investors
- Elron Ventures, Norwest, CyberFuture, Dnipro VC, Jibe Ventures, Redseed, SentinelOne, Slavik Markovich, Unusual Ventures, UpWest
- Sources on record
- 1prnewswire.com
From the source
RAVEN.IO Raises $20 Million in Seed Funding to Prevent Cyberattacks as AI-Generated Exploits Make CVE-Based Security Obsolete
Raven.io, a cybersecurity company specializing in runtime application security, announced a $20 million seed funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. The funding will accelerate product development, expand go-to-market activities in the U.S., and grow engineering and research teams. The company's platform detects and prevents both known and unknown attacks in real time by analyzing application behavior at runtime without relying on CVE signatures or code instrumentation.
prnewswire.com · 18 March 2026 ↗The Mandos read
What the record says about Raven
- Momentum 54 / 100 · Steadylocked →
pillars in the platform
- 23 employees · up 5% last monthlocked →
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 Raven with JetStream Security, StepSecurity and SCANOSSlocked →
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Funding history
Raven funding on record
Raven has raised $20M in priced equity. Its most recent round was a Seed in March 2026.
Latest round on record: Seed, Mar 2026.
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FAQ
Questions people ask
- How much did Raven raise in its Seed?
- Raven raised $20M in a Seed announced on 18 March 2026.
- Who invested in Raven's Seed?
- The round was led by Elron Ventures, Norwest, CyberFuture, Dnipro VC, Jibe Ventures, Redseed, SentinelOne, Slavik Markovich, Unusual Ventures, UpWest.
- What does Raven do?
- Raven is a cybersecurity company specializing in Application Security, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Palo Alto, United States.












