Theom Lands $20 Million Series A

<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass"><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN JOSE<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;c212&period;net&sol;c&sol;link&sol;&quest;t&equals;0&amp&semi;l&equals;en&amp&semi;o&equals;4425499-1&amp&semi;h&equals;1504490509&amp&semi;u&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;theom&period;ai&percnt;2F&amp&semi;a&equals;Theom" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Theom<&sol;a>&comma; the first AI-native Data Operations Center &lpar;DOC&rpar; platform that automates AI &amp&semi; data governance and security&comma; has raised <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;20 million<&sol;span> in Series A funding&period; The round was led by Wing VC&comma; with participation from Sentinel One&comma; Snowflake and Databricks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new capital will be used to accelerate product development&comma; scale go-to-market operations&comma; and expand Theom&&num;8217&semi;s team to meet surging enterprise demand for solutions that safeguard sensitive data across cloud&comma; PaaS&comma; SaaS&comma; and generative AI environments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p>As enterprises rapidly adopt Gen AI&comma; they face a critical and often overlooked challenge&colon; ensuring sensitive data remains consistently governed and secured as it moves across data platforms&comma; applications&comma; and models&period; Theom addresses this need decisively&comma; bringing real-time data identity context&comma; data usage and AI-powered prioritization to enterprise security — making data&comma; not infrastructure&comma; the new perimeter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Security has historically focused on infrastructure and access — but in the AI era&comma; data is the new perimeter&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Navindra Yadav<&sol;span>&comma; co-founder and CEO of Theom&period; &&num;8220&semi;Our platform puts data context&comma; usage and risk intelligence at the core of governance and security operations&comma; helping teams move fast without compromising customer trust&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Built for a Data-First World<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Traditional Data Governance and DSPM &lpar;Data Security Posture Management&rpar; tools weren&&num;8217&semi;t designed for today&&num;8217&semi;s dynamic environments&comma; where data moves between different environments&comma; apps&comma; and AI systems&period; Theom is reimagining the category with a platform purpose-built for the modern enterprise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Theom platform automatically&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul >&NewLine;<li>Discovers and classifies sensitive data across structured and unstructured sources<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Monitors real-time data flows across cloud&comma; PaaS&comma; SaaS&comma; and Gen AI environments<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Surfaces business-contextual risk and prioritizes threats based on real-world impact<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Delivers proactive policy enforcement and remediation — before issues become incidents<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Bridges the gap between SOC and Data Operations Teams<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Trusted by Leading Enterprises<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since emerging from stealth&comma; Theom has gained rapid traction with Fortune 500 companies and high-growth enterprises such as FiServ&comma; Grammarly&comma; TradeWeb and JetBlue&period; Customers rely on Theom to ensure continuous compliance&comma; prevent insider threats&comma; enforce least-privilege access&comma; and securely activate their data for AI — even as data is shared across Gen AI tools&comma; third-party apps&comma; and distributed teams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This momentum has drawn the attention of top-tier investors and strategic partners who see Theom&&num;8217&semi;s approach as essential to the future of secure&comma; AI-ready data infrastructure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve spent the last 20 years with category-defining companies in data and security&comma; from FireEye and Ruckus to Cohesity and Shape&comma; and I&&num;8217&semi;ve seen firsthand how each wave of innovation reshapes the stakes&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Gaurav Garg<&sol;span>&comma; Co-Founder and Partner at Wing VC&period; &&num;8220&semi;Traditional governance&comma; compliance and security solutions were never designed for the way AI and agentic applications touch the enterprise data estate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Theom is the first platform I&&num;8217&semi;ve seen that delivers detailed and nuanced access policy and usage-based control over the enterprise data estate&comma; necessary for businesses to use their proprietary and internal data in AI applications&period; Navindra is building the right solution for this new reality&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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