Why Cyera?

Rare is the startup, the new business venture that exhibits eye-popping product-market fit coupled with tremendous velocity right out of the chute. 

Cyera is such a company, a bright star on the firmament of new technology entries. In my years as CEO of hyper growth companies, I have struggled with many challenges, but none as vexing as the elusive product-market fit. Everybody wants it, few have it. 

Cyera does. 

By comparison, the remaining challenges are more narrow, defined, and manageable. And, therefore an opportunity for people like myself to bring experience, context, and sometimes direction to the thresholds of growth that are to be navigated in times to come. 

On Product-Market Fit

Cyera is operating at the intersection of two realities: the explosion of data across enterprises and the growing urgency to understand it and secure it. At Snowflake and ServiceNow, we saw firsthand how enterprises struggle to manage, mobilize and secure their data. Data can be extraordinarily valuable provided we can trust and unlock its insights. The specter of AI has massively upped the ante on that. But security cannot be left behind by the promise of intelligence.

Enterprises need security controls that move at the speed of innovation—not as an afterthought, but as a fundamental enabler. That’s Cyera. Their AI-native approach provides organizations with the visibility, control, and resilience to unlock the intelligence data without compromise. This is not just an evolution of data security—it’s the reinvention of it.

On Cyera

Cyera is at an enviable time and place. Its adoption is on a tear, and the focus on cyber generally has never been greater. The company has been spearheaded by a tremendous team, and has the foresight to steadily engage resources it will need to help fulfill the promise it has created. The Cyera team is a potent blend of technology vision coupled with operational rigor. When you pair good operators with a good opportunity, we expect superlative outcomes. 

Velocity is what separates the new bright stars from the also-rans. The proof is in Cyera’s growth—an astonishing 26x surge in revenue in just two years—and their ability to make bold, strategic moves like the acquisition of Trail, introducing Adaptive Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to their platform. 

It already has seen a heck of a ride, but most is yet to come!

Frank Slootman recently joined Cyera’s Board of Directors