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Twistlock

https://www.twistlock.com/

Last activity: 12.05.2025

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Categories: AppEnterpriseProductionSecurityVirtual

Twistlock is the industry’s first enterprise security suite for virtual container security. The suite addresses risks on the host and within the application of the container, enabling enterprises to consistently enforce security policies, monitor and audit activity and identify and isolate threats in a container or cluster of containers. Twistlock’s mission is to provide a full, enterprise-grade security stack for containerized applications, so organizations can confidently adopt and maximize the benefits of containers in their production environment.

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Location: United States, California, San Francisco

Employees: 51-200

Total raised: $60M

Founded date: 2015

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Investors 2

Date	Name	Website
-	Ten Eleven...	1011vc.com
-	ICONIQ Cap...	iconiqgrow...

Funding Rounds 3

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
15.08.2018	Series C	$33M	-
25.04.2017	Series B	$17M	-
06.07.2016	-	$10M	-

Mentions in press and media 26

Date	Title	Description
12.05.2025	YL Ventures: How This VC Firm Helps Cybersecurity Entrepreneurs Scale Their Businesses	YL Ventures is an early-stage firm that funds and supports visionary cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to scale to help them evolve transformative ideas into market-leading companies. Pulse 2.0 interviewed YL Ventures partner Justin Som...
13.09.2024	Kubernetes attacks are growing: Why real-time threat detection is the answer for enterprises	Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Over the last year 89% of organizations experienced at least one container or Kubernetes security incident, makin...
14.11.2019	Race to lock down cybersecurity vendors intensifies as more technologies at risk, says Hampleton Partners’ M&A report	IoT network expansion grows potential entry points for cyber-attackers London, 14 November 2019 - The cybersecurity sector’s largest ever deal, Broadcom’s landmark acquisition of Symantec for $10.7 billion, set the tone for an uptick in tra...
10.07.2019	Palo Alto Networks Closes Acquisition of Twistlock, for $410M	Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), a Santa Clara, Calif.-based global cybersecurity company, completed its acquisition of Twistlock, the leader in container security, for approx. $410m. This acquisition will further advance the company’s abil...
31.05.2019	Foursquare Buys Location Data Company Placed From Snap: Term Sheet	CHANGING LOCATION Good morning, Term Sheet readers — I’m back! Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraHop Foursquare plans to merge Placed with its own ad-effectiveness-measurement product and rebrand it as “Place...
29.05.2019	Palo Alto Networks to acquire container security startup Twistlock for $410M	At KubeCon last week in Barcelona, container security was a hot topic, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Palo Alto Networks announced today that it was buying container security startup, Twistlock for $410 million. The company also an...
15.08.2018	Term Sheet — Wednesday, August 15	IPO COMING SOON Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop According to a Bloomberg report, the company could raise as much as $3 billion in a public offering. Bitmain’s CEO plans to fil...
15.08.2018	Cloud Native Security Company Twistlock Secures $33M	Twistlock, a Portland, Oregon-based leader in container and cloud native cyber security, raised $33m in Series C funding. The round, which brought total funding to $63m to date, was led by Iconiq Capital, with participation from existing in...
14.01.2018	The state of Israel’s cybersecurity market	Ofer Schreiber Contributor Ofer Schreiber is partner and head of Israel Office at YL Ventures, where he seeds and accelerates cybersecurity startups. More posts by this contributor Israel’s cybersecurity startup scene spawned new entrants i...
22.10.2017	The big opportunities in serverless computing	Serverless computing is a type of cloud service where the hosting provider allocates adequate resources for you on the fly rather than making you pay for dedicated servers or capacity in advance. It’s a major technological breakthrough, and...
22.10.2017	The big opportunities in serverless computing	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Serverless computing is a type of cloud service w...
28.06.2017	The next generational shift in enterprise infrastructure has arrived	Michael Yamnitsky Contributor Michael Yamnitsky is venture partner at NYC-based venture fund Work-Bench. More posts by this contributor Why Startups Will Dominate The AI-Powered Apps Landscape AI Is About To Go Mainstream And Reshape The Wo...
18.05.2017	YL Ventures, Interview with Senior Analyst Iren Reznikov	Some days ago, YL Ventures, a San Francisco, CA- and Tel Aviv, Israel-based seed stage venture capital firm with a meaningful list of successes, mainly in the cybersecurity field, closed its third fund, at $75m. Following, it, Iren Reznikov...
25.04.2017	Twistlock Raises $17M in Series B Funding	Twistlock, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of cloud container security solutions, raised $17m in Series B funding. The round was led by Polaris Partners with participation from existing investors YL Ventures, TenEleven and Rally Ventures...
25.04.2017	Polaris Partners Leads $17M Series B for Twistlock	Twistlock, the leading provider of cloud container security solutions, today announced it raised $17 million in Series B funding, led by Polaris Partners, designed to support continued innovation and market leadership in the container secur...
25.04.2017	Term Sheet — Tuesday, April 25	MONEY-LOSING HOUSE OF HORRORS Contrarian: The message around Cloudera’s IPO, which is expected to price on Thursday after the market closes, has been yikes. The company was last valued at $4.1 billion; its share pricing values the company a...
17.04.2017	Twistlock delivers enhanced security and compliance for container environments	In recent years containerization has seen increased popularity thanks to its ability to deliver an agile, flexible environment in which software can be reliably moved from development to testing to live, or from in-house to the cloud. But t...
23.01.2017	Trends in Israel’s cybersecurity investments	Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor Yoav Leitersdorf is the Silicon Valley-based Managing Partner at YL Ventures, where he accelerates cybersecurity startups in the U.S. market. More posts by this contributor Israel’s cybersecurity startup scene s...
06.07.2016	Virtual Container Security Platform Twistlock Closes $10M Funding	Twistlock, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of security solutions for virtual containers, completed a $10m round of funding. The round was led by TenEleven Ventures with participation from Rally Ventures, YL Ventures and a strategic ventu...
12.05.2016	New solution targets threats to containerized apps	Running applications in containers is increasingly popular, but whilst it offers benefits in terms of the flexibility to run apps anywhere, it raises fresh challenges for keeping them secure. A new set of automated capabilities that defend ...
29.02.2016	Innovations In Cybersecurity At RSA 2016	Mahendra Ramsinghani Contributor Mahendra Ramsinghani founded Secure Octane Investments, which includes Demisto, CyberGRX and 16 other infrastructure and cybersecurity companies. Mahendra authored "The Business of Venture Capital"...
24.01.2016	The Startup Landscape For Cybersecurity Companies In Israel	Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor Yoav Leitersdorf is the Silicon Valley-based Managing Partner at YL Ventures, where he accelerates cybersecurity startups in the U.S. market. More posts by this contributor A look back at the Israeli cybersecuri...
10.11.2015	Twistlock strengthens container security for enterprises on Google Cloud	More and more businesses are adopting a container strategy but this leads to problems for operations and security staff seeking to maintain control and visibility. Container security specialist Twistlock released its Container Security Suit...
10.11.2015	Google Updates Its Container Services With Focus On Speed, Scaling And Authentication	With its Docker Registry and Container Engine, Google has made a big bet on containers for its Cloud Platform this year. Today, the company is launching updates to both of these services. The Container Engine, Google’s service for automatic...
16.09.2015	IT decision makers worry about the security of containerized applications	Containerization makes deploying applications faster and more cost-effective than using traditional means. As a result container technologies have become more popular with Docker rising rapidly in popularity and market share. But a new surv...
29.07.2015	Securing Virtual Container-Based Applications	Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor Yoav Leitersdorf is the Silicon Valley-based Managing Partner at YL Ventures, where he accelerates cybersecurity startups in the U.S. market. More posts by this contributor Israel’s cybersecurity startup scene s...

Twistlock

Investors 2

Funding Rounds 3

Mentions in press and media 26

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