💰The Funding Letter #1652: April 18

ExaForce, Goodfire, Toku, and more...

April 18, 2025

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ExaForce has developed a cloud security platform that offers real-time visibility into security posture, risk assessment, and incident response, enabling customers to proactively detect and respond to security threats, significantly enhancing their cloud security posture. View on: LinkedIn.com | Sales Navigator.

New Funding Raised: $75M, Series A

Round Investors: Khosla Ventures (lead), Mayfield (lead), Thomvest Ventures (lead)

🚀Growth Focus: Accelerate the product development of its Agentic SOC Platform and enhance its multi-model AI engine.

HQ: San Jose, CA 

Industry: Computer and Network Security

Employee Count: 46 (⚡12% increase in last 6 months)

Goodfire has created a tool that uses interpretability research to help developers understand and edit AI model behavior, enabling them to debug AI systems by gaining insights into their internal workings. View on: LinkedIn.com | Sales Navigator.

New Funding Raised: $50M, Series A

Round Investors: Menlo Ventures (lead)

🚀Growth Focus: Support its expansion, research initiatives, and the development of its flagship interpretability platform, Ember, in partnership with customers.

HQ: San Francisco, CA

Industry: Software Development

Employee Count: 11 (⚡38% increase in last 6 months)

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