Let’s talk about ClearVector, and the $13M Series A that just dropped like a zero-day in a CISO (s) inbox.
Founded by John Laliberte a man who’s been deep in the cyber trenches from National Security Agency R&D to FireEye, Inc. / Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) CTO, ClearVector didn’t emerge from a whiteboard fantasy or some Gartner-fueled pitch deck. It was born from frustration. Billions spent. Breaches still landing. Security tools chirping like a casino floor, but no one knowing which alarm is real. Laliberte saw the mess. Then built the mop.
ClearVector’s answer? Flip the defense game on its head. Instead of chasing alerts across 15 consoles and praying for correlation, they started mapping identity behaviors in real time. Think 1B nodes, 4B edges, and one hell of an identity graph that doesn’t just watch the door, it watches what you do once you’re in. That’s the ClearVector edge. And it cuts deep.
This $13M round, led by Scale Venture Partners with the legendary Ariel Tseitlin stepping in, comes with backing from Okta Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, and repeat believer Menlo Ventures. That’s not just money. That’s a lineup of strategic artillery. You don’t raise from identity OGs like Okta unless your tech plugs in post authentication like a scalpel, not a sledgehammer.
With real-time detection, anomaly analysis, and the infamous “Big Red Button” that lets a security team shut it all down in seconds, ClearVector isn’t just adding to the noise. They’re turning down the volume and dialing in on signal. Combine that with Andrew Davis as Chief Architect, ex-Mandiant, reverse engineering savant. and Phillip Puleo, who’s been leading UI like a symphony across FireEye and Northrop Grumman, and you’ve got a squad that doesn’t miss.
They're not chasing every threat on the planet. They’re tracking every identity in your cloud, from humans to AI, contractors to CI / CD pipelines. That’s not hype. That’s runtime attribution at scale. And when you factor in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace distribution, FedRAMP® Moderate compliance, and 11 patents (yes, eleven), you realize this isn’t a startup testing the waters. This is a warship turning toward the fight.
Enterprise breaches are still running up seven figures. But ClearVector’s customers? They’re seeing a 72% drop in alert fatigue and an 83% faster investigation cycle.
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