Edera, a Seattle, Washington-based secure-by-design Kubernetes and AI solution provider, has raised $5 million in seed funding.
Investors
The round was led by 645 Ventures and Eniac Ventures, with participation from FPV Ventures, Generationship, Precursor Ventures, and Rosecliff Ventures. Angel investors include notable names like Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda and Rust expert Filippo Valsorda.
645 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in exceptional founders at the Seed and Series A stages. Leveraging its Voyager software platform, 645 Ventures helps companies scale to the growth stage. With over $550 million in assets under management across five funds, the firm is based in New York and San Francisco and is supported by leading institutional investors.
Founded in 2009, Eniac Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York, New York, that leads seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies. The firm seeks to invest in U.S.-based companies operating in the business-to-business, consumer, enterprise, deep technology, financial technology, healthcare, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cannabis, sustainability, and Web3 sectors.
Edera Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to expand its team and further develop its product offerings.
About Edera
Founded by Alex Zenla, Emily Long, and Ariadne Conill, Edera is a technology company that offers the only secure-by-design Kubernetes and AI solutions. It focuses on addressing security challenges in containerized environments, particularly Kubernetes, by using a type 1 hypervisor to isolate containers at the virtual machine level. Edera's platform uses memory-safe Rust technology to secure workloads, allowing users to run containers securely across public cloud, private cloud, or on-premise environments without specialized infrastructure.
Funding Details
Company: Edera, Inc.
Raised: $5.0M
Round: Seed Round
Funding Date: September 2024
Lead Investors: 645 Ventures, Eniac Ventures
Additional Investors: FPV Ventures, Generationship, Precursor Ventures, Rosecliff Ventures
Company Website: https://edera.dev/
Software Category: AI Security
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