Ryft, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cloud data management platform, has emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding. 

Investors 

The round was led by Index Ventures and included Bessemer Venture Partners, along with backing from members of Wiz’s founding team and executives from Zscaler, CrowdStrike, Confluent, and Cisco. 

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm founded in 1996, with offices in San Francisco, London, and Geneva. It invests in early- and growth-stage technology and life sciences startups. 

Ryft Use of Funds 

The company plans to use the funding to expand its engineering team, grow its partner ecosystem, and accelerate its go-to-market strategy. 

About Ryft 

Founded in 2024 by Yossi Reitblat, Yuval Yogev, and Guy Gadon, Ryft is building a data infrastructure platform based on Apache Iceberg, designed to help enterprises fully own and control their data. Built for the lakehouse era and optimized for Apache Iceberg, Ryft eliminates vendor lock-in by equipping teams with the tools needed to unify, govern, and scale modern data systems—without the overhead. With offices in New York and Tel Aviv, Ryft is already fully deployed with customers in finance, e-commerce, adtech, gaming, and cybersecurity. 

Funding Details 

Company: Ryft Data, Inc. 

Raised: $8.0M 

Round: Seed 

Funding Date: July 2025 

Lead Investor: Index Ventures 

Additional Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Wiz founders, and senior executives from Zscaler, CrowdStrike, Confluent, and Cisco 

Company Website: https://www.ryft.io/  

Software Category: Data Infrastructure / Cloud Data Management 

Source: https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/computers-technology-and-internet/ryft-raises-8m-to-help-enterprises-take-control-over-their-dat a-1047179