Sift Security was a cloud infrastructure security startup founded in 2014 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Its flagship product, Cloud Hunter, used machine learning, advanced analytics, and graph visualization to detect, correlate, and respond to threats across Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platforms including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was acquired by Netskope in 2018 to enhance Netskope's IaaS security capabilities.
Sift Security has been acquired
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Founded
2014
Total Funding
$3.25M
2 rounds
Total raised $3.25M across 2 rounds
Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Last updated 06-25-2026
Latest Round
Type
Acquired (M&A)
Date
July 16, 2018
Amount
Not disclosed
Valuation
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Lead Investors
| Date | Round | Amount Raised | Valuation | Lead Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2018 | Acquired (M&A) | Not disclosed | — | Netskope |
| July 2016 | Seed | $3.25M | — | Freeman Group |
Neil King
Founder & CEO
Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.
Netskope
Cloud security platform (acquirer of Sift Security); offers SASE, CASB, and IaaS security.
Lacework
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Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Cloud)
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Wiz
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