RapidFort Raises $42 Million in Series A
RapidFort, a San Francisco, CA-based software supply chain security company, has raised $42 million in Series A funding.
The round was led by Blue Cloud Ventures and Forgepoint Capital, with participation from Felicis Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Brave Capital, Evolution Ventures, Florida Funders, Gaingels, and Mana Ventures.
Blue Cloud Ventures (BCV) is a New York-based venture capital firm specializing in growth-stage software investments. Founded in 2012, it invests in B2B SaaS, infrastructure, and open-source software, with investment sizes ranging from $5 million to $30 million. The firm is headquartered in New York City, with an additional European office in Berlin.
Forgepoint Capital is a premier venture capital firm focusing exclusively on cybersecurity, AI, and infrastructure software. Founded in 2015, it primarily leads Series A and B rounds, leveraging a network of over 100 industry advisors to help startups scale. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with a global hub in London, the firm manages over $1 billion in assets.
The company will use the funds to accelerate product innovation, expand go-to-market efforts, and scale enterprise adoption of its continuous vulnerability remediation platform.
Founded by Mehran Farimani, RapidFort provides a software supply chain security platform that helps teams identify, prioritize, and remediate software vulnerabilities. Its platform embeds remediation directly into the software delivery lifecycle, from build through runtime, combining automated rebuilding, intelligent patching, hardened near-zero-CVE container images, and runtime intelligence to dramatically reduce the attack surface. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, RapidFort serves organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises.
Funding Details
Company: RapidFort, Inc.
Raised: $42.0M
Round: Series A
Funding Date: February 2025
Lead Investor: Blue Cloud Ventures, Forgepoint Capital
Additional Investors: Felicis Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Brave Capital, Evolution Ventures, Florida Funders, Gaingels, Mana Ventures
Company Website: https://www.rapidfort.com/
Software Category: Cybersecurity / Software Supply Chain Security