CommandK, a startup that provides an autonomous platform for managing enterprise security, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Lightspeed.
Companies collect and store many secrets, such as API tokens, SSH keys, and personally identifiable information. But maintaining that is a complex task and requires modern security capabilities. This unfortunately results in a high cost burden that even mid- to high-end companies avoid taking on – until they experience a serious security breach that affects their business. CommandK, coming out of hiding, believes in solving this problem with a one-stop platform.
The San Francisco-based startup allows companies to deploy the solution in their virtual private cloud to protect their sensitive data and keys without requiring advanced security skills. The startup solution comes as a mix of software development kits and APIs that developers across teams can easily connect to to improve security. The platform’s dashboard acts as a central control panel to report breaches in the system to ensure data protection.
Jayesh Sidhwani and Rohan Prabhu, who previously worked together at Neobank Jupiter, founded Komandke in June last year. Sidwani, who serves as CEO of KomandK, says he’s seen companies struggle to comply with data protection laws — such as Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation or California’s Consumer Privacy Act — in the absence of strict security measures. united states.
Companies sometimes rely on third-party microservices and software-as-a-service tools that spread their sensitive data across multiple platforms, exposing them to a wider attack surface.
Komandke says it solves this limitation by protecting data within the company’s infrastructure.
“Since we’re dealing with sensitive data, we want to make sure the data doesn’t leave your network while you get the best experience,” Siddhani told TechCrunch.
CommandK supports multiple cloud infrastructures, so you can use the platform to protect your organization’s data on AWS, Google Cloud, or both. While KomandK’s platform can be robustly used at any stage of life, he says, most companies feel the pain of requiring strict security measures at a consistent B+ level.
“Until then, it’s usually the VP of engineering who picks the brightest developer on the team and says, hey, please start doing security as well,” Siddhani said.
KomandK is currently in private beta, a stage it plans to stay in for another few months. Sidwani said there is a waiting list of customers who have signed up for the platform where the startup is participating to better understand their problems and add new features.
Over time, Sidwani said, the plan is to go with a subscription model that will help generate revenue.
It’s still early days to be very honest about pricing. However, since we will be deploying on campus, we will be working on a license-based model, the coordinator pointed out.
Komandke has a comprehensive remote team of seven employees, consisting of engineers and one designer. The startup is hiring more senior staff until it’s ready to roll the product out of beta.
“Today, four undeniable shifts are occurring in the enterprise SaaS world: Developers are managing more and more code and microservices; these microservices are deployed in more complex environments on premise and in the cloud. Reliance on third-party services such as Twilio or Stripe is rapidly And it’s growing. And finally, engineering teams not only manage code, but also a lot of backend infrastructure and related configuration files, secrets, API keys, and more. Big companies like Docker, Atlassian, and Github are built on helping developers better manage code and microservices,” says Lightspeed. Partner Hemant Mohapatra said in a prepared statement.
“We believe CommandK will be the company that defines CommandK to help developers better manage their security, privacy and infrastructure with the same agility and security they manage their code today.”
Seed funding from Lightspeed, AllIn Capital and angel investors such as Robin Vasan (Founder Mango Capital, Board Member HashiCorp, Couchbase, InfluxData), Jon Gelsey (Former CEO Auth0), Sundeep Peechu (GP Felicis) and Akash Saxena (Former CTO Disney+) A support round was also involved.
