Latham & Watkins Advises Bessemer Venture Partners in US$250 Million Series B Investment in Upwind Security

Upwind, the runtime-first cloud security leader, has announced that it has raised US$250 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to US$430 million. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital. Existing investors include Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Craft Ventures, TCV, Alta Park, Cerca Partners, Swish Ventures, and Penny Jar Capital. The Series B marks the beginning of what Upwind calls “The Next Wave,” its next phase of growth focused on scaling runtime-first cloud security to enable a new era of AI and real-time cloud applications for enterprises globally.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Bessemer Venture Partners in the transaction with a team led by Bay Area partner Brian Patterson, with associates Eduard Grigoryan and Jaime Fong.