Akamai Technologies
VC Fund
Cambridge, United States
Akamai Technologies is a VC fund in Cambridge focused on Software and Information Technology. Akamai is the provider of cloud services for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. If you've ever shopped online, downloaded music, watched a web video or connected to work remotely, you've probably used Akamai's cloud platform.Akamai helps enterprises accelerate innovation inthe hyperconnected world by removing the complexities of technology so you can focus on driving your business faster forward. We enable enterprises to capitalize on market opportunities presented by trends like mobile and cloud while overcoming the challenges presented by security threats and the need to reach users globally.The Akamai Intelligent Platform™ reaches globally and delivers locally, providing unmatched reliability, security and visibility into your online business.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Akamai Technologies invests in
Stages Akamai Technologies invests in
Countries Akamai Technologies invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (30%)
- Information Technology 8 (27%)
- Cyber Security 6 (20%)
- Internet 5 (17%)
- Cloud Computing 5 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 10 (33%)
- Funding Round 7 (23%)
- Seed 4 (13%)
- Series B 3 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (10%)
Country
- United States 18 (60%)
- Israel 7 (23%)
- Japan 1 (3%)
- Spain 1 (3%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ariel Zeitlin
VP, CTO Enterprise Security
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VP, CTO Enterprise Security | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Loh Ching Soo
Director of Asia Pacific & Japan, Enterprise Cybersecurity
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Director of Asia Pacific & Japan, Enterprise Cybersecurity | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Robert Blumofe
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
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Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Stephen Ludin
Chief Architect
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Chief Architect | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Steven Scopellite
Member of Board of Directors
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Member of Board of Directors | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Hush Security
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Hush Security is a cybersecurity company specializing in eliminating static secrets like API keys and credentials by replacing them with just-in-time, policy-based access controls for machine identities. | $30M / Series A / Jul 28, 2026 | |
pgEdge
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pgEdge offers distributed PostgreSQL that is optimized for the network edge in order to reduce data latency and achieve ultra-high availability. | $4.2M / Seed / Mar 11, 2025 | |
Rad Security
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RAD Security offers a complete AI-driven platform that empowers organizations to secure their AI workloads and cloud infrastructure with real-time, behavior-driven defense. Building on its battle-tested Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) platform, RAD enhances its capabilities to help enterprises safeguard their AI systems as they grow and adapt.With a focus on proactive security and continuous adaptation, RAD Security enables businesses to confidently navigate the complexities of AI security while maintaining seamless, scalable protection. | $14M / Series A / Feb 24, 2025 | |
Nearby Computing
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NearbyComputing commercializes NearbyOne, an Edge IT fabrics orchestration platform that seamlessly manages the lifecycle of infrastructure, the VNFs and the applications, controlling their deployment and associated resources. NearbyOne addresses all these orchestration issues in a holistic and intertwined way. Applications and VNFs provided bythird party ISVs are onboarded to create a rich ecosystem of pre-integrated services, that get deployed in one-click. Service assurance and KPI monitoring are natively integrated into the platform to automatically control service SLAs. Infratructure, Network, Apps and KPIs are managed from a single pane of glass, and smart placement and configuration policies dynamically adjust service levels. | $7.1M / Series A / Jul 18, 2024 | |
Hushmesh
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Hushmesh provides automated cryptography for employees, partners, and customers. | $5.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 03, 2023 | |
Macrometa
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Macrometa is an information technology company. Macrometa helps enterprise developers build real-time apps and APIs in minutes - not months. It delivers a global data mesh with multi-model data store, a complex event processing engine, and compute runtimes across more than 175 worldwide edge data centers.The company was founded in 2017 and isheadquartered in San Mateo, California. | Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 09, 2022 | |
Valence Security
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Valence enables security teams to find and fix SaaS risks. As SaaS complexity and distributed management present security challenges, the Valence SaaS security platform provides unparalleled and actionable insights into configuration, identity, data, SaaS-to-SaaS integration, and GenAI risks. The Valence platform offers comprehensive SaaS securityposture management (SSPM), risk remediation, and identity threat detection and response (ITDR). Valence’s unique remediation by choice capabilities allow security teams to leverage manual remediation, automated workflows and business user collaboration to scale their risk reduction and proactively secure their SaaS. Leading organizations leverage Valence to empower their business to securely adopt SaaS. | $25M / Series A / Oct 26, 2022 | |
BastionZero
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Commonwealth Crypto is developing technology to allow traders to maintain custody of their coins while trading at a cryptocurrency exchange. Their technology ensures that no one, even a compromised or hacked exchange, has the power to take custody of a trader’s digital assets. Instead, traders can keep their coins securely housed in their wallet orcustodial service, even as they trade.Their technology is compatible with top cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and ZCash. | $6M / Seed / Mar 02, 2022 | |
Inrupt
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Inrupt is delivering Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision of a web of shared benefit, for everyone.We are a worldwide team of inventors, investors, entrepreneurs, developers and academics who believe in Sir Tim’s vision for the web.Inrupt’s technology puts individuals in control of their data, gives organizations new opportunities to createvalue for customers, and allows developers to thrive in an open marketplace of innovation. | $30M / Series A / Dec 09, 2021 | |
ShieldIOT
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ShieldIOT delivers innovative cybersecurity solutions that protect edge devices from security threats and operational risks. Their application-agnostic software solution enables device manufacturers and network operators to automatically secure existing and new devices, across multiple industries, with no need for any development resources orsecurity expertise. | $7.4M / Series A / Nov 19, 2021 | |
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FAQ
What does Akamai Technologies invest in?
Akamai Technologies invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Cyber Security startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Akamai Technologies?
The team at Akamai Technologies includes Ariel Zeitlin (VP, CTO Enterprise Security), Loh Ching Soo (Director of Asia Pacific & Japan, Enterprise Cybersecurity) and Robert Blumofe (Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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