Prelude Security, a next-generation endpoint protection platform, secured an additional $16 million investment. Brightmind Partners led the round, with existing investors Sequoia Capital and Insight Partners also participating. This round brings the total funding to $45 million.
The company will use this capital to commercialize runtime memory protection. This technology detects and stops malicious code at execution. It also plans to expand platform support and customer deployment.
Modern cyberattacks increasingly operate exclusively in-memory. These in-memory attacks evade traditional detection methods. Prelude's hardware-level telemetry approach intercepts attackers at code execution.
This innovative approach fundamentally restructures endpoint protection. It leverages novel, hardware-level telemetry to detect out-of-context code execution in user mode. This aligns with Microsoft’s Windows Resiliency Initiative. Traditional EDR solutions like CrowdStrike and SentinelOne often struggle with these advanced threats.
Prelude’s user mode agent provides a robust defense layer. It augments existing defenses against memory-resident techniques and process injection. This capability stops ransomware and hands-on-keyboard activity faster than current tools. The shift to AI advancement also drives new threat vectors.