ICYMI: Edera Announced $5M in Seed Funding for the World’s Only Secure-By-Design Kubernetes and AI Solution

Tl;dr

Last week, we announced that Edera raised $5M in seed funding to bring the world’s only secure-by-design Kubernetes and AI solution to market. This funding round was led by 645 Ventures and Eniac Ventures, with participation from FPV Ventures, Generationship, Precursor Ventures, and Rosecliff Ventures, as well as a group of prominent angel investors including co-creator of Kubernetes Joe Beda, Go cryptography maintainer Filippo Valsorda, and Elastic CISO Mandy Andress.

What People Are Saying

• Our founders spoke with TechCrunch about the inspiration of Edera Protect and our goals to truly secure Kubernetes and AI workloads.
• Edera CEO Emily Long spoke with GeekWire about the core of Edera’s business and leadership philosophy.
• Joe Beda, angel investor in Edera and co-creator of Kubernetes said, “The original design goals for Kubernetes were for ‘soft’ multi-tenancy where there was a level of trust between users of a cluster. But as Kubernetes has found its way into more domains, the need for stronger security protections has become apparent. Edera fills this gap by using virtualization to both reduce risks and, ultimately, reduce costs. It allows Kubernetes to go places it has never gone before!”
• Hadley Harris, Eniac Ventures said, “Real innovation is rare. It’s more than a new application or gadget. Real innovation is born inside the brains of amazing humans who see a better way to do things, who crack the code and solve the puzzle. That’s what is happening at Edera. They’ve assessed hypervisor technologies and new memory-safe principles and the Rust programming language to actually solve one of the biggest security challenges of this era. We couldn’t be more excited to support this work.”
• Mendy Yang, 645 Ventures said, "What's most exciting about Edera is the power of the technology itself. It can not only solve immediate, long-standing pain points like container escapes but can also be a game changer in the increasingly complex and changing world of securing and managing AI workloads."
• Check out the full story here.

So What Is Edera?

The Problem

Decade-old container security issues, patchwork solutions, and retroactive security measures are not sustainable in today’s fast-paced, highly complex environments. Running secure multi-tenancy workloads remains an unsolved problem that’s costing companies millions of dollars.

The Solution: Edera Protect

At Edera, we’ve tackled these issues head-on by leveraging Type-1 hypervisor technology to isolate workloads at the container level. Our secure-by-design approach eliminates the possibility of container escapes, offering enterprises peace of mind while they deploy multi-tenancy workloads at scale.

Key Features:

🔒 Container-Level Isolation: By treating each container as a virtual machine guest, we eliminate shared kernel state between containers, making container escapes impossible.

🗝️ Memory-Safe Rust Control Plane: Our control plane, built using Rust, provides memory-safe security that protects containers from both traditional and AI-based attacks.

💰 Cost Savings: Companies can save millions in cloud costs by running secure Kubernetes and AI workloads across cloud, on-premise, and private environments—all without requiring complex virtualization extensions or additional infrastructure.

🌍 Plug-and-Play Solution: Edera is simple to use and integrates effortlessly into existing systems, making it accessible for businesses of all sizes.

Join Us on This Journey

We’re just getting started. Edera for Containers and Edera for AI Agents are available to try now. Edera for GPUs is in development and accepting design partners. Edera also hosts Krata, a set of open source components written in Rust for secure hypervisor technologies.

To learn more or to get involved, get in touch. We’re ready to change the world of Kubernetes and AI security, and we’d love for you to join us!

About Edera

Edera is revolutionizing Kubernetes and AI security with the world’s only secure-by-design solution that eliminates container escapes, saves millions in cloud costs, and delivers a plug-and-play experience for businesses. With an all-female founding team and a commitment to diversity, Edera is more than just a tech company—it’s a movement toward a more inclusive, secure, and innovative future.