Aserto is a technology company.
Aserto has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round.
Aserto has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Aserto has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Aserto's investors include Amplify Partners, Catapult Capital, Coatue, Costanoa Ventures, DFJ, Harrison Metal, Heavybit, H.I.G. Capital, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Owl Rock Capital Partners.
Aserto is a cloud-native authorization service that enables developers to add fine-grained, scalable access controls—such as RBAC, ABAC, PBAC, and ReBAC—to SaaS applications quickly and securely.[1][2][3] It serves SaaS companies and software teams managing complex permissions, solving the challenge of implementing enterprise-grade authorization without building it from scratch, which allows focus on core features while ensuring real-time decisions, compliance, and scalability.[1][2][4] Customers include Metrikus, Heroku, Heavybit, Replicated, Netlify, and GitHub, reflecting strong adoption among cloud platforms.[1]
Founded in 2020, Aserto emphasizes speed (~1ms authorizations), flexibility across models and clouds, and ease of integration via SDKs, APIs, and pre-built connectors for identity providers and tools.[2][4] Its growth includes a $5.1M seed round in 2021 from Costanoa Ventures, Heavybit, and others, positioning it for expansion in developer tools.[5]
Aserto was founded in 2020 by Omri Gazitt (CEO) and Gert Drapers (CTO), industry veterans with decades of experience in developer products and identity at Microsoft, HP Cloud, Splunk, Hulu, NEON, and Puppet.[5][6] They met at Microsoft working on .NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Azure, and Active Directory; this marks their fourth venture together, sparked by discussions on modern authorization for SaaS and cloud eras.[6]
The idea emerged from gaps in authorization solutions post their identity work on SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID, leading to a "policy-as-code" service using Open Policy Agent (OPA).[5] Early traction came via launch in August 2020, seed funding, and building on open-source Topaz authorizer for real-time checks.[5][7] Based in Washington, US, the team started small (six employees across continents) with a diversity focus, including immigrant founders and female lead investors.[3][5]
Aserto rides the shift to fine-grained, real-time authorization in cloud-native apps, where SaaS scales demand beyond basic auth to policy-driven controls amid rising breaches and regulations.[1][2][6] Timing aligns with microservices, edge computing, and zero-trust models, as developers avoid custom auth plumbing—market forces like CNCF projects (OPA) and Zanzibar accelerate adoption.[2][5][7]
It influences the ecosystem by externalizing auth (decoupling from code), enabling secure supply chains for policies, and promoting least-privilege via real-time checks—lowering barriers for enterprise SaaS while boosting compliance.[4][7] As auth-as-a-service grows (e.g., vs. Oso), Aserto's open foundation and integrations strengthen developer tools, aiding cloud platforms' maturity.[1][5]
Aserto is poised to expand as authorization becomes table stakes for enterprise SaaS, with next steps likely including deeper AI-driven policies, broader ecosystem integrations, and potential Series A scaling post-seed.[5] Trends like zero-trust mandates, multi-cloud sprawl, and regtech will propel demand, evolving its role from niche service to infrastructure layer.
Tying to its origins, Omri and Gert's vision of "modern authorization" positions Aserto to transform how teams secure apps at scale, much like identity tools did before.[6]
Aserto has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Seed in June 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2021 | $5.0M Seed | Amplify Partners, Catapult Capital, Coatue, Costanoa Ventures, DFJ, Harrison Metal, Heavybit, H.I.G. Capital, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, Owl Rock Capital Partners, Relay Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Techstars, Threshold Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, True Ventures, Tuesday Capital, UpHonest Capital, Adam Wiggins, Chung Ng, Eric Ries, Hiten Shah, Varsha Rao |