WideField Security, a cybersecurity startup providing complete visibility and protection for the identity lifecycle, has raised $11.3 million in a Series A round led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, with participation from Engineering Capital and other investors.
The company will use the new funding to accelerate product development and expand go-to-market efforts. WideField’s platform provides full-spectrum identity security—covering human, machine, and AI identities—while addressing the growing threat of post-authentication attacks such as session hijacking and token theft.
Founded by Abhay Kulkarni and Kartik Kumar, both formerly of Netskope, WideField uses AI to detect vulnerabilities beyond traditional authentication, providing organizations with visibility across the entire identity attack surface in cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments.
KEY QUOTES:
“Identity compromise is the root cause of too many breaches. This funding enables us to accelerate our mission to reduce data breaches stemming from identity compromises. We’re grateful for the support of our investors as we make identity security comprehensive and effective.”
Abhay Kulkarni, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, WideField Security
“Most identity security solutions stop at authentication, leaving enterprises vulnerable to post-authentication threats like session hijacking and token theft. WideField’s comprehensive approach to securing the full identity lifecycle closes the post-authentication gap that’s responsible for many of today’s most damaging breaches. We are proud to back the WideField team.”
Zach Siverston, Managing Director, Crosspoint Capital Partners
“Like many enterprises, we had good authentication controls in place, but limited visibility into what happened after users and services authenticated. WideField immediately put eyes on our entire identity attack surface, including the machine identities. It’s rare to deploy a security tool and immediately see value. WideField delivered from day one.”
John McLeod, Chief Information Security Officer, NOV
