Cyera
Worth-Joining Index · Scorecard
v2.1 ALPHA · 2026-08Career Score
62/100
Coverage
95%
Verified
55%
Stage cohort
Growth
Vibe Check
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Latest valuation
$12B (2026-06 round led by Evolution Equity Partners)
Total raised
~$1.7B+ total raised (as of 2026-01), plus $300M round in 2026-06
Team size
~1,100+ employees, growing
Traction · Key numbers
Funding
Total raised
~$1.7B+ total raised (as of 2026-01), plus $300M round in 2026-06
Rounds
4
Valuation pace
$1.4B
$400M
Series F · 2026-01 · valuation $12B (2026-06 round led by Evolution Equity Partners) · led by Evolution Equity Partners
Lead of the latest ($12B) round per TechCrunch
$540M
Series E · 2025-06 · valuation $6B post
$300M
Series D · 2024-11 · valuation $3B post
$300M
Series C · 2024-04 · valuation $1.4B post
▸Four rounds in 18 months and a valuation climb from $1.4B to $9B (with reports of ~$12B in talks) show unusually fast capital conviction that Cyera is becoming the category consolidator in data security — but it also means each new round has to be justified by even faster growth
▸Blackstone leading the F round, with Evolution Equity Partners reportedly leading talks for the next one, signals PE/growth-stage capital betting on predictable scale, not just a growth story
▸ARR went from roughly $10M to ~$150M in about two years, with revenue up ~3.4x in 2025 — if that slope holds, the valuation climb looks earned; if growth cools, there's real markdown risk
Founders
Yotam Segev CEO
Unit 8200 alum; previously built and ran the IDF's cloud security division
Tamar Bar-Ilan CTO
Co-built the IDF's cloud security division alongside Segev in Unit 8200
Reality · Working here
Signals & Risks
Editorial ✎
Good fit for
· Engineers with cloud security / data infrastructure backgrounds — the core hard problem (cross-cloud data discovery and classification) is genuinely technical
· Sales and customer success people who want to test themselves in a crowded-but-clear category — Cyera's playbook is out-executing incumbents like Varonis on speed, not winning on differentiation
· People comfortable with a valuation sprint — four rounds in 18 months means org structure, reporting lines, and equity dilution are all moving fast; good fit for those who like building while running
Not for
· People who want a defensible technical moat rather than a head-on fight with Varonis/BigID/Wiz
· Anyone wary of valuation-bubble risk and the possibility of a down round in a future raise
Ask in the interview
1. Is ARR growth past $150M showing any signs of slowing, and what specific metric (NRR, new logos, or upsell) is supposed to justify the next markup toward $12B?
2. With cloud giants like Wiz bundling DSPM as a free add-on, how long can Cyera sustain standalone pricing?
3. How many times has the org/go-to-market strategy changed in the last 18 months, and is the current setup the final form or another pivot coming?
Data changelog
Community corrections → editorial review → applied, fully on the record
data as of 2026-06 · Source: TechCrunch ↗
data as of 2026-06 · Source: Cyera press release; TechCrunch ↗
data as of 2026-01 · Source: Cyera press release (businesswire) ↗
data as of 2026-01 · Source: Cyera press release (businesswire) ↗
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