Raven.io, a Palo Alto-based cybersecurity firm focused on real-time application protection, has raised $20 million in a seed funding round led by Norwest. The round also saw participation from RedSeed, UpWest, SentinelOne, Jibe Ventures, Dnipro VC, Unusual Ventures, CyberFuture, and Descope CEO Slavik Markovich. In addition, the company secured a post-seed investment led by Elron Ventures.
The capital will be utilized to accelerate product development, strengthen go-to-market efforts in the United States, and expand Raven’s engineering and research teams.
Founded in 2023 by Guy Franco, Roi Abitboul, and Omer Yair—veterans of elite Israeli cyber units and the team behind Javelin Networks (acquired by Symantec)—Raven.io is designed to secure modern applications at runtime. The platform is built to detect and prevent both known and unknown threats in real time, addressing the increasing need for deeper visibility into cloud-native environments as AI-driven development introduces new classes of vulnerabilities.
Raven’s technology delivers CVE-less behavioral protection without requiring instrumentation or impacting application performance. By focusing on runtime security, the platform enables organizations to defend against emerging attack vectors while maintaining operational efficiency.
The solution is already deployed in production with 11 enterprise customers across sectors such as insurance and financial services, reflecting early traction and real-world applicability of its approach.
With this funding, Raven.io aims to further strengthen its position in the cybersecurity landscape by advancing its technology capabilities and scaling its presence in key markets.
