Edera, a strong workload isolation technology pioneer, announced $15 million in Series A funding led by M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), with Mantis VC and In-Q-Tel (IQT) participation. Existing investors Eniac Ventures, 645 Ventures, FPV Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and Rosecliff Ventures also participated in the round.
This funding – three months after Edera’s $5 million seed round – brings total funding to $20 million, validating the company’s breakthrough solution Edera Protect, delivering cloud-native isolation and making containers secure by default across all workloads. This funding round will fund product expansion to include support for AI infrastructure. And by embedding security at the architectural level, Edera enables developers to maintain their existing workflows while automatically ensuring workload isolation and protection from the start.
Along with the funding, Edera launched Edera Protect AI, the industry’s first secure-by-design solution that automates GPU configuration while securing AI infrastructure. Recent vulnerabilities discovered in NVIDIA’s container toolkit highlight the critical need for secure GPU isolation in AI environments.
Edera AI automatically configures and isolates GPUs, eliminating costly manual configuration while protecting AI models from compromises that could pose significant risks to enterprise security and society at large.
Edera reduces cloud computing costs by enabling enterprises to consolidate workloads that traditionally require separate clusters or specialized hardware – including GPU workloads – onto standard cloud instances while maintaining strict isolation. And the multi-cloud compatibility further reduces costs by enabling workload portability and eliminating vendor lock-in, while its proven performance benchmarks show it can be more efficient than standard Docker deployments for specific workloads.
The team is expanding its leadership bench and has hired industry veteran Kaylin Trychon as Chief Marketing Officer (formerly of Google and Chainguard). As Chainguard’s first marketing hire, Trychon was responsible for building the brand and marketing team that led the company to a $1.1 billion valuation after just three years.
KEY QUOTES:
“This funding accelerates our mission to empower engineers to develop with speed and confidence. We’re eliminating the traditional tension between development velocity and security by making isolation intrinsic to the infrastructure. Platform teams can focus on creating value while knowing their workloads are secure from the start – no workflow changes required, no security burden post-deployment, just native security that scales with their applications.”
– Emily Long, CEO and Co-Founder of Edera
“Workload security requires being closer to the hardware than the attacker. Edera’s isolation capabilities provide protection at a technical layer low enough to stop lateral movement, protecting the container and workload sanctity. Workload security increases in importance as GPU and AI become more prevalent. Edera is well positioned to secure these modern systems.”
– Tyler Shields, Principal Analyst, Risk & Vulnerability Management at Enterprise Strategy Group
“AI is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, but without secure, sovereign and sustainable infrastructure, its full potential can’t be realised. As AI adoption accelerates, protecting sensitive workloads from emerging threats is no longer optional – it’s imperative. Edera’s advanced isolation technology provides a crucial layer of protection, preventing lateral movement and ensuring data integrity. In a world where GPU-powered AI is becoming the backbone of innovation, robust security is the foundation of a resilient and trustworthy AI ecosystem.”
– Nick Jones, Head of Engineering at Nscale
“Edera’s technology delivers true workload isolation while maintaining native container-like performance in today’s multi-tenant cloud environments. We provide platform teams with robust isolation boundaries that enhance security without requiring changes to existing infrastructure or sacrificing the speed and agility that businesses depend on. This breakthrough allows organizations to finally achieve both maximum security and peak performance in their cloud operations.”
– Alex Zenla, CTO and Co-Founder of Edera
“Secure, isolated workloads are a bigger priority than ever for the industry. We are encouraged to see innovative approaches like Edera and look forward to collaborating on how to bring this critical technology to the ecosystem.”
– Mandy Andress, CISO at Elastic
