RapidFort has raised $42 million in Series A financing to expand its platform for continuously analyzing, remediating, hardening, and protecting software artifacts across the delivery lifecycle. The round was led by Blue Cloud Ventures and Forgepoint Capital, with participation from prior lead investor Felicis Ventures. Additional investors included Alumni Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Gaingels, and others.
The company is positioning the raise as a response to an AI-accelerated software economy in which code ships faster and exploitation windows continue to tighten. RapidFort argues that traditional approaches that emphasize periodic patching, manual triage, and detection-first workflows leave organizations exposed as the time between disclosure and exploitation compresses. Citing Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report, the company points to vulnerability exploitation accounting for 20% of breaches, close to credential abuse at 22%, as evidence that vulnerability management must move from reactive discovery to continuous elimination.
RapidFort is framing its approach as a new category focused on machine-speed remediation, built directly into CI/CD and carried through runtime. The company says it combines automated vulnerability remediation with a broad catalog of hardened, near-zero CVE container images across major Linux distributions, aiming to reduce security debt quickly without requiring code changes. It also highlights runtime intelligence capabilities, including behavioral analytics and image optimization that remove unused components to reduce attack surface, alongside automated hardening and validation intended to maintain consistent security from build through production.
The company says the funding will be used to accelerate go-to-market expansion, broaden product innovation, and support deeper enterprise adoption, especially in regulated environments. RapidFort describes its platform as compliance-ready, supporting programs and frameworks such as FedRAMP, CMMC, ATO, CRA, and NIS2, and emphasizes continuous risk reduction and auditable controls as adoption grows in highly regulated industries.
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“Software teams are shipping faster than ever—and attackers are moving even faster. RapidFort is building what the market urgently needs: continuous vulnerability remediation that keeps pace with modern development. Their end-to-end platform doesn’t just surface risk—it eliminates it. We’re excited to partner with RapidFort as they define the next era of software supply chain security.”
Rami Rahal, Managing Partner, Blue Cloud Ventures
“The problem isn’t that organizations don’t know they have vulnerabilities, it’s that they can’t fix them fast enough. 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.”
Mehran Farimani, Founder and CEO, RapidFort
“RapidFort represents the evolution of software supply chain security from reactive to proactive. In an AI-accelerated threat landscape, detection alone is table stakes. What matters is elimination. RapidFort is the only platform that combines comprehensive profiling, automated rebuilding, intelligent patching, and continuous validation at enterprise scale. We’re thrilled to partner with Mehran and the team as they define the new standard for software supply chain security.”
Ernie Bio, Managing Director, Forgepoint Capital
“What’s compelling about RapidFort is that it treats software artifacts as infrastructure. By hardening and validating images continuously, the platform creates a security foundation that scales across teams, tools, and environments—without forcing developers to change how they build.”
Jimmy Park, Vice President, Forgepoint Capital
