Cybersecurity

WatchTowr raises $19M Series A led by Peak XV

October 11, 2024

Watch out! If there’s a way to hack your company, watchTowr will find it. This Singaporean cybersecurity startup just raised a $19M Series A!

Investor check. Peak XV (fka Sequoia India & Southeast Asia) led the round. Existing investors Prosus Ventures and Cercano Management also joined in!

  • Founded in 2021, this takes the company’s total funding to $29M.
  • They last raised a $8M Pre-Series A.

Stay safe

Could your company get hacked today? That’s what watchTowr is here to prevent and respond to.

View it from the enemy's perspective. watchTowr is constantly analyzing to give you a complete, real-time view of your vulnerability and how you can get hacked.

  • They use data analysis and the latest tactics hackers might be using to find out where you're weak.
  • They look into all your assets too, including the cloud services you use, shadow IT, endpoints, and more.

Always-on testing. Testing once in a while isn’t enough anymore. Hackers move fast, and they’re very persistent—you might be too late.

  • They simulate hackers’ behavior, and they identify and validate any weaknesses fast before any real attack can happen.
  • Quickly find an exposure and respond within hours.

💰 What’s with the $$$?

They’ll expand their market initiatives and strengthen their research and engineering capabilities.

  • And grab those resumes, because they’re growing their GTM, research, and engineering teams to push for global growth!

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