CommandK, a startup that provides a purpose-built platform for managing enterprise security, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Lightspeed.
Companies accumulate a lot of sensitive data and store secrets such as API tokens, SSH keys, and personally identifiable information. But securing it is a complex task and requires state-of-the-art security capabilities. Unfortunately, this can incur significant costs that many mid- to late-stage companies avoid until they face a major security incident that hits their business. CommandK has just emerged from stealth mode, but believes it has a one-stop platform to tackle this problem.
The San Francisco-based start-up allows companies to deploy its solution within a virtual private cloud to protect sensitive data and keys without requiring advanced security skills. The startup’s solution is delivered as a combination of software development kits and APIs that existing developers in your team can easily interact with to enhance security. The platform’s dashboard acts as a central control panel that tells you what’s broken in your system to ensure data protection.
Jayesh Sidhwani and Rohan Prabhu, who previously worked together at neobank Jupiter, founded CommandK last June. CommandK CEO Sidhwani says companies struggle to comply with data protection laws such as the European General Data Protection Regulation and California’s Consumer Privacy Act in the absence of stringent security measures. He said he saw the situation firsthand. America.
Enterprises may rely on third-party microservices and software-as-a-service tools that spread sensitive data across multiple platforms, exposing it to a wider attack surface.
CommandK says it addresses this limitation by securing data within its infrastructure.
“We work with sensitive data, so we wanted to ensure that the data never left the network while still getting the best possible experience,” Sidhwani told TechCrunch.
CommandK supports numerous cloud infrastructures, so you can use this platform to protect your company’s data on AWS, Google Cloud, or both. CommandK’s platform can be used at every stage of an enterprise, but most enterprises are starting to feel the pain of requiring stringent security measures at the Series B+ level, he said.
“Until then, the VP of Engineering would usually pick the best developer on the team and say, ‘Let’s start with security,’” says Sidhwani.
CommandK is currently in private beta and will remain in this stage for a few more months. Sidhwani said there is a waiting list of customers who have signed up for the platform where the startup is involved to better understand the problem and add new features accordingly.
Sidhwani said that over time, the company plans to adopt a subscription model to help generate revenue.
“It’s still early days for us to be very honest about pricing.
CommandK has a fully remote team of seven employees, consisting of an engineer and one designer. The startup is also hiring more senior staff to further enhance the product from beta to availability.
“There are four undeniable changes taking place in the enterprise SaaS world today. Developers are managing more and more code and microservices. environment, with a rapidly increasing reliance on third-party services such as Twilio and Stripe.Finally, engineering teams not only manage code, but a lot of backend infrastructure and associated configuration files , secrets, API keys, etc. Big companies like Docker, Atlassian, and Github were built by helping developers better manage their code and microservices,” said Lightspeed’s Partner Hemant Mohapatra said in a prepared statement.
“We believe CommandK will be the definitive company to help developers better manage their security, secrets and configuration infrastructure with the same efficiency and security that they manage their code today. .”
Alongside angel investors such as Lightspeed, AllIn Capital, Robin Vasan (Founder MangoCapital, HashiCorp, Couchbase, InfluxData Director), Jon Gelsey (Former CEO Auth0), Sundeep Peechu (GP Felicis), Akash Saxena (Former CTO Disney+) Also participated in a seed funding round.
