Ockam

Ockam

Provides encrypted access to private databases

Overview

Ockam provides secure data access solutions for enterprises, focusing on protecting private databases and data streams so applications can access them safely from anywhere. It enables encrypted connections between apps and data sources without exposing databases to the public internet, using tools like the Ockam Orchestrator and TCP portals. Data in motion, including Kafka streams, is encrypted to protect authenticity and integrity from producers to consumers. The company earns recurring revenue via a subscription model and aims to help enterprises securely enable seamless data access and communication while guarding against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

About Ockam

Simplify's Rating
Why Ockam is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Cybersecurity

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$21.4M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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What believers are saying

  • Redpanda partnership launched world's first zero-trust streaming platform May 31, 2024.
  • Ockam Orchestrator achieved near-perfect uptime over past 90 days.
  • Fastest-growing open-source project on GitHub pre-Series A funding.

What critics are saying

  • Cloudflare Zero Trust bundles mTLS tunnels with CDN, capturing enterprise share.
  • Snowflake Horizon's internal zero-trust features strand Ockam Connectors post-June 2025.
  • No funding since 2022 Series A exhausts cash, forces downround by 2026.

What makes Ockam unique

  • Ockam enables networkless secure access to private databases without VPNs or firewalls.
  • Ockam provides secure-by-design Rust-based encryption and mutual authentication for apps.
  • Ockam launched eight Zero Trust Connectors on Snowflake Marketplace November 8, 2024.

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Funding

Total Funding

$21.4M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Below Average

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Company News

PR Newswire
Nov 8th, 2024
Ockam Launches Zero Trust Connectors On Snowflake Marketplace

Snowflake customers can now connect every application, data source, and service in their enterprise to the AI Data Cloud with Ockam.SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ockam today announced the launch of eight new Connectors on Snowflake Marketplace. Ockam's Snowflake Connectors will make it possible for joint customers to extend their AI Data Cloud to any federated application, data source and API across their enterprise. "The Snowflake Native App Framework and Snowflake Marketplace infrastructure is a game changer,"  said Matthew Gregory, Founder and CEO, Ockam. "I was part of the inception of the Heroku and Azure marketplaces and have experienced how open platforms build unifying ecosystems and strong communities. It's been a long time coming, but now there's an AI Data Cloud that's committed to breaking silos to connect enterprise applications - everywhere."

Williams-Grand Canyon News
Nov 8th, 2024
OCKAM LAUNCHES ZERO TRUST CONNECTORS ON SNOWFLAKE MARKETPLACE

Ockam launches zero trust connectors on snowflake marketplace.

PR Newswire
May 31st, 2024
Ockam And Redpanda Partner To Launch The World'S First Zero-Trust Streaming Data Platform

Redpanda Connect with Ockam is the only enterprise-scale, zero-trust, streaming data platform that is simultaneously easy to deploy, secure-by-design, and highly performant.SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ockam teamed up with Redpanda to launch Redpanda Connect with Ockam: the first zero-trust streaming data platform. This is a natural partnership because both companies have the same ethos; to enable every developer to build distributed systems, at scale, with simple tools. Both companies' products are based on popular open source projects and are built by veteran, high-performing teams."Enterprise executives tell me that their high value streaming applications take a long time to build and to ship," said Matthew Gregory, Ockam's CEO. "Their biggest obstacle is the construction of secure streaming data connections across their siloed enterprise, and between partner companies. Secure data streaming is now simple to set up, trivial to maintain, and almost impossible to mess up. We've unlocked data so application development can move fast."Enterprise Kafka product vendors defer zero-trust implementation details to their customers

Data Centre Magazine
Apr 6th, 2023
Latest PR News in the Data Center & Cloud Industry | Data Centre Magazine

SAN FRANCISCO, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ockam, a first of its kind suite of developer tools to empower every developer at every business with the simple tools they need to create applications that can trust data, announced the general availability of its Enterprise offering, Ockam Orchestrator.

Channel Angels
Feb 19th, 2022
SineWave Ventures invests into OCKAM in $12.5M

Ockam, a Zero Trust Application Security startup, has raised $12.5 million in Series A funding from Craft Ventures, Future Ventures, SineWave Ventures, OCV and Okta Ventures, among others.

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