RapidFort raises $42 million to expand automated vulnerability remediation platform
San Francisco cybersecurity firm targets enterprise adoption as software and threat timelines compress
San Francisco-based cybersecurity company RapidFort has raised $42 million in a Series A funding round to expand its platform for automating vulnerability remediation across the software development lifecycle.
The round was led by venture capital firms Blue Cloud Ventures and Forgepoint Capital, with participation from earlier backer Felicis Ventures and several others including Alumni Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Brave Capital, Evolution Ventures, Florida Funders, Gaingels and Mana Ventures.
RapidFort said the investment comes as the pace of software delivery accelerates and attackers shorten the window between public vulnerability disclosures and active exploitation.
“The problem isn’t that organizations don’t know they have vulnerabilities, it’s that they can’t fix them fast enough,” said Mehran Farimani, founder and chief executive of RapidFort. “AI has accelerated software delivery and attacker capability at the same time. The window between disclosure and exploitation has collapsed. RapidFort exists to eliminate vulnerabilities continuously—at machine speed—before they reach production.”
The company’s platform provides hardened, near-zero-CVE (common vulnerabilities and exposures) container images and uses automated rebuilding, intelligent patching, runtime analysis and continuous validation to reduce security exposure.
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“Software teams are shipping faster than ever—and attackers are moving even faster,” said Rami Rahal, managing partner at Blue Cloud Ventures. “RapidFort is building what the market urgently needs: continuous vulnerability remediation that keeps pace with modern development.”
RapidFort said it would use the funding to scale go-to-market operations, advance its platform capabilities, and support enterprise and regulated deployments with deeper integrations and streamlined onboarding.
The Recap
- RapidFort raised $42 million in a Series A round.
- Round led by Blue Cloud Ventures and Forgepoint Capital.
- Funds to expand product, platform and enterprise adoption.
