Raven

Name: Raven
Brand: Raven

AI Native

We’re on a mission to help companies protect their cloud native applications by focusing on runtime.

Est 2022|Valuation $42M|Raised $19.6M|7 Ref Customers

LinkedIn 2K|Web traffic 962K|FTEs 20|HQ Palo Alto, California, US

MarketsVulnerability Management Application Security Testing (AST)Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)

- Raven vs Oligo: Both emphasize runtime reality over static SCA noise. Oligo has clearer third-party press describing its runtime approach; Raven’s vendor-published metrics would benefit from independent benchmarks. - Raven vs Upwind: Upwind is positioned more explicitly as CNAPP (posture + runtime) while Raven emphasizes application-inside, function-to-code mapping. Depending on buyer needs, Upwind may fit broader cloud security consolidation, while Raven may appeal to application-centric security engineering. - Raven vs Lacework/Wiz/Prisma Cloud: These are broader platforms with larger market presence and more procurement artifacts. Raven’s differentiation is the function-level reachability narrative; platform buyers may prefer incumbents for procurement maturity and compliance artifacts.

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Raven vs Oligo: Both emphasize runtime reality over static SCA noise. Oligo has clearer third-party press describing its runtime approach; Raven’s vendor-published metrics would benefit from independent benchmarks.
Raven vs Upwind: Upwind is positioned more explicitly as CNAPP (posture + runtime) while Raven emphasizes application-inside, function-to-code mapping. Depending on buyer needs, Upwind may fit broader cloud security consolidation, while Raven may appeal to application-centric security engineering.
Raven vs Lacework/Wiz/Prisma Cloud: These are broader platforms with larger market presence and more procurement artifacts. Raven’s differentiation is the function-level reachability narrative; platform buyers may prefer incumbents for procurement maturity and compliance artifacts.

	Raven	Upwind	Oligo Security
Starting Price	Not publicly listed (sales-led)	Not publicly listed	Not publicly listed
Primary focus	Runtime reachability and in-application prevention	Runtime-powered CNAPP with posture + runtime correlation	Runtime security focused on open source libraries and runtime usage
Key strength	Function-level context mapping execution to code; vendor-reported de-noising results	Broader CNAPP capabilities with runtime correlation (per vendor)	Purpose-built runtime focus for OSS libraries and reducing unused-vuln noise
Key weakness	Limited independent validation and limited public compliance detail; self-host complexity	Vendor marketing and pricing opacity; broad scope may be more than some teams need	May not cover broader CNAPP posture needs; pricing and scope clarity varies