# Apono Tech

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/apono-tech

- Industry: IT Security/Cybersecurity
- Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Website: www.apono.io/
- Total disclosed funding: $55M
- Latest round: Series B (Nov 18, 2025)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Based in New York, US, and founded in 2021 by Rom Carmel (CEO), and Ofir Stein (CTO), Apono Tech Ltd. is a DevSecOps company, that enables engineers to gain permission and prevent security risk compliance. In November 2025, Apono Tech Ltd. raised USD 34 million in series B funding led by new investor US Venture Partners, with participation from other new investors Swisscom Ventures, Vertex Ventures, and 33N Ventures. Other unspecified investors also participated in the round.

Apono offers an access management tool to assist cloud engineers in securely managing permissions and preventing security and compliance concerns in cloud assets and data repositories. The company's solutions help businesses identify privileged identities, manage cloud assets and sensitive servers, acquire control over cloud data, and monitor and audit compliance rules by automating permission management. Apono Tech Ltd. generates revenue through SaaS subscriptions, tiered pricing, enterprise contracts, and add-on services for AI-driven cloud identity and privileged access management solutions.

The company plans to use the November 2025 funding to accelerate AI-powered access intelligence and policy automation, expand global go-to-market operations, and strengthen engineering and sales teams.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Nov 18, 2025, $34M — US Venture Partners, Swisscom Ventures, Vertex Ventures, 33N Ventures
- Series A, Sep 30, 2024, $16M — RedSeed Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Meron Capital, New Era Capital Partners, SilverTech Ventures, Booster Ventures
- Seed, Mar 22, 2022, $5M — Meron Capital, YYM Ventures, Booster Ventures

## Investors

- Meron Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/meron-capital) — Seed, Series A
- YYM Ventures — Seed
- Booster Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/booster-ventures) — Seed, Series A
- RedSeed Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/redseed-ventures) — Series A
- Mindset Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mindset-ventures) — Series A
- New Era Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/new-era-capital-partners) — Series A
- SilverTech Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/silvertech-ventures) — Series A
- US Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/us-venture-partners) — Series B
- Swisscom Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/swisscom-ventures) — Series B
- Vertex Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/vertex-ventures) — Series B
- 33N Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/33n-ventures) — Series B