INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Data security startup Very Good Security has raised $35 million in its latest round of funding.Its Series B, announced Thursday, was led by
Goldman Sachs, with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz — which led its $8.5 million Series A round — and Vertex
Ventures US.Very Good Security’s offering is simple
Instead of other businesses and startups holding onto their own collected user data, Very Good Security stores it in its secured vault, and
gives its business customers the tools to access, edit and process it without any of the liability.The company’s software-as-a-service
offering replaces sensitive data, such as credit card numbers or medical information for example, with an aliased version
The data can be used just like ordinary data but it’s unreadable to humans, rendering it useless to hackers in the event of a data breach
or theft.Businesses that sign up to the data security offering can say they’re “zero data,” a term Very Good Security uses to describe
companies that don’t store their own data
The company says by storing data in its vaults and not their own makes it more difficult for attackers to steal user data, while relieving
companies of the burden of having to maintain a secure data environment themselves.It makes sense, given how startups especially are
notoriously unfocused on security.Mahmoud Abdelkader, co-founder and chief executive of Very Good Security, said his company helps other
businesses and startups launch and grow while “offloading the risk that comes with data custodianship.”The company said it will use the
$35 million round to support its “rapid” growth as its customer base increases
To date, the company has enlisted Brex and Deliveroo as customers, indicating considerable trust in the platform.
