Isovalent
Isovalent is the company founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF, building open-source and enterprise software for cloud-native networking, observability and security. Its flagship Cilium project leverages the Linux kernel's eBPF technology to provide highly scalable connectivity, deep flow-level observability (via Hubble), and policy-driven security for Kubernetes and multicloud environments. Isovalent also created Tetragon, an eBPF-based runtime security solution. The company sells Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium and Tetragon to large enterprises including Adobe, Capital One, Datadog, GitLab, Bell Canada and others. Google selected Cilium as the dataplane for GKE Dataplane V2. Isovalent was acquired by Cisco in April 2024 (deal announced December 2023) for a reported ~$650M in cash, and its team joined the Cisco Security Business Group to anchor Cisco's Security Cloud and multicloud networking strategy.
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Overview
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Founded
2017
Employees
51–200
Total Funding
$69M
2 rounds
Funding
Total raised $69M across 2 rounds
Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Last updated 05-21-2026
Latest Round
Type
Series B
Date
September 7, 2022
Amount
$40M
Valuation
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Lead Investors
| Date | Round | Amount Raised | Valuation | Lead Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2022 | Series B | $40M | — | Thomvest Ventures |
| November 10, 2020 | Series A | $29M | — | Andreessen Horowitz, Google |
Prominent Investors
Leadership
Dan Wendlandt
Co-Founder & CEO
Thomas Graf
Co-Founder & CTO (now VP Security, Cisco)
Liz Rice
Chief Open Source Officer
Competitors
Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.
Tigera (Calico)
Creator of Project Calico, the leading open-source Kubernetes networking and security alternative to Cilium; offers Calico Cloud and Calico Enterprise for zero-trust workload security and observability.
Solo.io
Cloud-native API gateway and service mesh provider (Gloo, Istio-based offerings) competing with Cilium Service Mesh for Kubernetes application connectivity.
Sysdig
Cloud security and observability platform (Falco creator) overlapping with Isovalent in eBPF-powered runtime security for Kubernetes and cloud workloads.
VMware (Tanzu / NSX)
Broadcom-owned VMware NSX and Tanzu Service Mesh provide software-defined networking and microsegmentation for Kubernetes, competing with Cilium in large enterprise multicloud deployments.
Aviatrix
Multicloud networking and security platform competing with Cisco/Isovalent in cloud network connectivity and policy enforcement across AWS, Azure and GCP.
Wiz
Cloud-native application protection platform with eBPF-based runtime sensors; overlaps with Isovalent/Tetragon in cloud workload runtime security.
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