Sentra receives $50 million in Series B Series B in Shadow Data Age to Protect AI-powered Enterprises

In a landmark data security moment, Sentra, a pioneer in cloud-native data protection, has raised $50 million in Series B funding, with a total of more than $100 million. The round is led by Key1 Capital, with the ongoing support of top investors such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, Standard Investments and Munich Re Ventures.

This new investment reaches a critical era, with the adoption of AI spanning enterprises and bringing tides of sensitive data and new security risks. Sentra, which has experienced a 300% year-on-year growth and has been rapidly adopted by Fortune 500 companies, is now lowering its mission: empowering organizations to innovate through AI without compromising data security.

The dark side of AI Boom: Invisible risks in “Shadow Data”

While AI opens the door to unprecedented innovation, it also introduces hidden threats – SHADOW data. Data scientists and engineers often copy, move and manipulate data in the environment when companies are eager to leverage the power of Genai. Much of these activities fly under the radar of traditional security tools, resulting in invisible data spread and growing compliance risks.

Gartner predicts that by 2025, Genai will boost its spike in data and application security spending by 15%. That’s where Sentra came in.

What makes Sentra unique?

Sentra’s Cloud Native Data Security Platform (DSP) not only fixes security on existing infrastructure. Instead, it is designed from scratch to discover, classify and protect sensitive data independently – whether it’s living in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, SaaS Apps, on-premises servers, or in an AI pipeline.

The core of the Sentra platform is an AI-driven classification engine that utilizes large language models (LLM). Unlike traditional data scanning tools that rely on fixed rules or predefined regular extensions, Sentra’s LLMS understands the business environment of data. This means that they recognize sensitive information even in unstructured formats such as documents, images, audio or code repositories (such as 95% accuracy).

Importantly, no data leaves your environment. Sentra runs locally in your cloud or hybrid environment, keeping it fully compliant with data residency requirements and avoiding any exposure risks during the scanning process.

Beyond Category: Complete Security Lifecycle

Sentra’s platform combines multi-layer data security into a unified system:

• DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) Continuously evaluate risks such as access control errors, duplicate sensitive data and placement of files.

• DDR (Data Detection and Response) Tagging suspicious activity in real time (such as shedding attempts or ransomware encryption) allows security teams to take action before damage occurs.

• DAG (Data Access Governance) Mapping user and application identities to data permissions and enforcing minimal privileged access is a key principle in modern network security.

This approach translates the once static concept of data protection into a layer of respiratory security as business expands.

Leaded by a world-class cybersecurity team

Sentra’s leadership team reads like characters in Israeli cyber intelligence:

• President Asaf Kochan is the former commander of Unit 8200 of Israel’s elite cyber intelligence.

• CEO Yoav Regev leads the networking department within 8200 units.

• Ron Reiter, CTO is a serial entrepreneur with deep technical expertise.

• Yair Cohen, vice president of product, brings many years of experience with Microsoft and Datadog.

Their shared vision: Reimagine data security in the cloud and artificial intelligence world.

The market agrees. Recently, Sentra was appointed as the leader and fast promoter in Gigaom Radar for Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), highlighting its growing influence in the secure space.

Build a safer future for AI

The $50 million boost will allow Sentra to scale its operations, grow its team of experts, and use new capabilities to secure Genai workloads, AI assistants and emerging data pipelines. These advances will provide security teams with greater visibility and control over sensitive data – actos petabyte-scale stale estates and the Ai ecosystem.

“AI is only as secure as the data behind it,” CEO says Yoav Regev. “Every enterprise wants to leverage AI, but has no confidence in their data security, they are stuck in a fixed pattern. Sentra breaks down barriers and achieves rapid, secure innovation.”

With the accelerated adoption of AI and the intensification of regulatory scrutiny, Sentra’s approach is likely to become a blueprint for modern enterprise data protection. For businesses that want to embrace AI with confidence, Sentra offers something powerful: the security of moving at an innovative speed.