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GiantLeap Capital Invests in Fortanix alongside Goldman Sachs to Accelerate Growth in Company's Data First Cybersecurity and Privacy Software Platform
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GiantLeap Capital, a fundamental, research-driven private investment firm, focused on partnering with companies at the convergence of physical and digital infrastructure, today announced that it has invested in Series C funding of Fortanix, the leader in confidential computing cybersecurity market.
Fortanix, the pioneering data-first, multi-cloud security company, helps businesses secure private data by leveraging confidential computing and cryptographic services as they migrate to public clouds such Amazon's AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Its disruptive technology, backed by strong IP, provides an elegant approach to secure data, wherever it is. Fortanix also allows organizations to credibly conform to privacy laws and regulatory requirements including GDPR, Schrems II, HIPAA, PCI, ITAR, and others.
"Privacy regulations and data breaches are driving the need for data-first security in public and multicloud environments. Fortanix provides enterprises across multiple critical industries a comprehensive data security platform that can seamlessly bridge private, public, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments to prevent data breaches and comply with continually evolving global privacy regulations. We believe Fortanix has tremendous revenue growth opportunity ahead of it by pioneering fourth pillar of modern enterprise security along with identity, endpoint, and network security," said Himanshu Sekhar, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at GiantLeap.
As the industry's first and largest provider of confidential computing solutions, Fortanix decouples data security from network infrastructure to keep data secure even when the infrastructure has been compromised. Fortanix solutions further empower organizations with centralized controls to secure data spread across clouds, applications, SaaS, databases, and data centers. Over a hundred enterprises worldwide, especially in privacy-sensitive industries like healthcare, financial services, government, aerospace, and manufacturing, trust Fortanix for data security and privacy.
"GiantLeap Capital will be a valuable strategic partner to Fortanix as we lay the foundation for our next stage of growth. We have a strong and growing number of Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies as customers who trust us to deliver security solutions needed to protect their most critical data," said Fortanix's CEO, Ambuj Kumar. "GiantLeap's strategic and operational resources will strengthen our partnerships and our world-class team, positioning us for even greater expansion. I look forward to leveraging GiantLeap's extensive private and public company relationships and their proprietary value creation (S.T.E.P.S.) and ESG (S.E.E.D.S.) programs as we continue to grow."
"The Fortanix team has built a business with an unrivaled value proposition to companies in our most critical industries including financial services, healthcare, and government & defense," said Samir Parikh, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at GiantLeap. "We look forward to working with Goldman Sachs and the Fortanix team as they continue to expand their mission-critical security services in this increasingly important cybersecurity segment."
About GiantLeap Capital
GiantLeap Capital is a next generation private investment firm focused on investing in technologies that are transforming critical industries at the convergence of physical and digital infrastructure. The firm takes a long-term, thematic approach to provide flexible capital focused on idiosyncratic investment opportunities across growth stages. For more information, please visit https://www.giantleapcapital.com/
About Fortanix
Fortanix secures data, wherever it is. Fortanix helps businesses of all sizes to modernize their data security solutions on-premises, in the cloud and everywhere in-between. Enterprises worldwide, especially in privacy-sensitive industries like healthcare, fintech, financial services, government, and retail, trust Fortanix for data security, privacy and compliance. Fortanix investors include Goldman Sachs, Foundation Capital, Intel Capital, GiantLeap Capital, In-Q-Tel, and Neotribe Ventures. Fortanix is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. For more information, please visit https://www.fortanix.com/
GiantLeap Capital Invests in Federated Wireless to Accelerate Innovation and Development of Private 5G Wireless Networks for Critical Industries
NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Giantleap Capital, a fundamental research-driven investment firm, focused on partnering with companies at the convergence of physical and digital infrastructure, today announced that it has invested in a Series D funding of Federated Wireless, the leader in shared spectrum and CBRS technology.
Private wireless is a disruptive technology that is disrupting how businesses build their enterprise network. It harnesses a ubiquitous resource called shared spectrum, also known as CBRS - an innovative technology that delivers the best attributes of traditional wireless and Wi-Fi, with lower fixed cost, higher quality, and greater efficiency and scale.
"With digital transformation, businesses have to embrace enterprise agility and mobility – the ability to share data and information across multiple devices at speed and scale. This ability is critical not only to keep up with customers' needs, boost efficiency, but also to help businesses benefit from the full potential of the connected economy," said Himanshu Sekhar, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Giantleap.
As the first to market with a Spectrum Access System ("SAS"), Federated Wireless is the nationwide leader in enabling, commercializing, and driving adoption of shared spectrum. With more than 350 customers and over 85,000 connected devices across the United States and territories, the company serves a customer base spanning defense, government, manufacturing, telecommunications, utilities, real estate, and education, with a wide range of use cases ranging from network densification and mobile offload to private wireless and industrial IoT.
"Giantleap Capital is an ideal partner for our next chapter of growth. We look forward to continuing to support our customers and investing in our products to deliver the private wireless and shared spectrum solutions needed to power impactful transformation at the enterprise edge," said CEO Iyad Tarazi. "Giantleap brings significant resources and experience in building market-leading businesses, as well as a commitment to support Federated's growth initiatives."
"Iyad and the Federated Wireless team have built an exceptional business that provides an unrivaled value proposition to critical industries including government and defense," said Samir Parikh, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Giantleap. "We look forward to partnering with the Federated team as they continue to expand their platform to deliver a differentiated solution focused on the unique needs of their customer base."
About GiantLeap Capital
Giantleap Capital is a fundamental research-driven investment firm focused on investing in technologies that are transforming critical industries at the convergence of physical and digital infrastructure. The firm takes a long-term thematic approach to invest in idiosyncratic investment opportunities across private, public, and special situations.
For more information, please visit https://www.giantleapcapital.com/
About Federated Wireless
Founded in 2012, Federated Wireless is the leading innovator of private wireless and shared spectrum services. The company's partner ecosystem includes more than 50 solution and edge partners, all of which are dedicated to collaboration in advancing the development and deployment of shared spectrum services. Federated Wireless' customer base includes companies spanning the telecommunications, logistics, manufacturing, energy, hospitality, education, retail, office space, municipal and other verticals, with use cases ranging from Private Wireless and Industrial IoT to network densification and mobile offload.
For more information, please visit https://www.federatedwireless.com/