Atmosec has raised $6.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Atmosec's investors include 10D, AngelList, Cyberstarts VC, DST Global, Entrée Capital Ventures, Flint Capital, Founders Fund, Fuel Ventures, Glilot Capital Partners, Greycroft, Hetz Ventures, Insight Partners.
# Atmosec: High-Level Overview
Atmosec is a SaaS security platform company that addresses a critical gap in enterprise cloud infrastructure—the security of interconnected SaaS applications[1]. Founded in January 2021 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Atmosec built an automated security solution designed to monitor, assess, and protect hyperconnected SaaS ecosystems as they evolve[1][2].
The company solves a specific but increasingly urgent problem: as organizations adopt multiple SaaS applications that communicate with each other, they lose visibility into these connections and become vulnerable to malicious SaaS-to-SaaS communications, misconfigurations, and unauthorized data flows[2]. Atmosec's platform uses machine learning to identify anomalies, automatically discover malicious applications, and enforce security controls—all without requiring manual intervention at scale[1][2]. The company demonstrated strong early traction, raising $6M in funding before being acquired by Check Point Software Technologies in September 2023[1][2].
# Origin Story
Atmosec emerged in 2021 at a pivotal moment when SaaS adoption was accelerating but security practices had not kept pace[1]. The founding team, based in Tel Aviv's thriving cybersecurity ecosystem, identified that traditional security tools were blind to the risks posed by third-party SaaS applications interacting within enterprise environments[2]. By the time of its acquisition announcement in September 2023, the company had grown to 17 employees and had already gained recognition as an innovative early-stage startup[2]. The rapid path to acquisition—less than three years from founding—reflected both the urgency of the market problem and the quality of the solution.
# Core Differentiators
Atmosec's platform stood out through several key capabilities:
# Role in the Broader Tech Landscape
Atmosec rode the wave of SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) consolidation, a market trend where security vendors integrated multiple capabilities—internet access, zero-trust private access, SaaS security, and SD-WAN—into unified platforms[1]. The timing was critical: as remote work normalized and cloud-native architectures became standard, the attack surface expanded dramatically, and SaaS security became a board-level concern rather than a technical afterthought.
Check Point's acquisition of Atmosec, announced alongside the acquisition of Perimeter 81, reflected a strategic shift in the cybersecurity industry toward comprehensive cloud security[1]. By integrating Atmosec into Check Point Infinity, the acquirer positioned itself to address the specific blind spots that traditional network-centric security tools could not see—the lateral movement and data exfiltration risks within SaaS ecosystems themselves.
# Quick Take & Future Outlook
Atmosec's acquisition by Check Point validates that SaaS security is no longer a niche concern but a core pillar of enterprise security architecture. The company's technology is now embedded within Check Point Infinity, where it will be incrementally released to the broader customer base[2]. Rather than remaining an independent startup, Atmosec's impact will be amplified through Check Point's established enterprise relationships and distribution channels.
The broader implication: as organizations continue to adopt more SaaS applications and build increasingly complex integrations between them, the visibility and automation capabilities that Atmosec pioneered will become table stakes for any serious enterprise security platform. The company's journey from founding to acquisition in under three years underscores how quickly market urgency can translate into strategic value in cybersecurity.
Atmosec has raised $6.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $6.0M Seed in December 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2021 | $6.0M Seed | 10D, AngelList, Cyberstarts VC, DST Global, Entrée Capital Ventures, Flint Capital, Founders Fund, Fuel Ventures, Glilot Capital Partners, Greycroft, Hetz Ventures, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mars Growth Capital, NFX, Norwest Venture Partners, OurCrowd, Presight Capital, UpWest, Valar Ventures, Abhinav Asthana, Ariel Maislos, Assaf Hefetz, Ben Bernstein, Danny Hadar, Erik Podzuweit, Florian Prucker, Gil Shai, Marty Weiss, Mato Peric, Ofir Ehrlich, Oliver Jung, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Prescott Watson, Shai Morag, Yair Weinberger, Yevgeny Dibrov |
