TWINE SECURITY IS NAMED ONE OF 20 RISING STARS AS PART OF FORBES' CLOUD 100 LIST

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Twine Security, which brings AI Digital Employees to cybersecurity teams, starting with IAM (Identity and Access Management), has been named to the 20 Rising Stars as part of the tenth annual Forbes 2025 Cloud 100 list, the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, published by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners.

The 20 Rising Stars represent young, high-growth, and category-leading cloud companies that have raised up to $30 million to date and are poised to join the Cloud 100 ranks.

"We're incredibly honored to be recognized as a Rising Star in Forbes' 2025 Cloud 100 List", said Benny Porat, Twine's Co-Founder and CEO. "As we continue to bring Agentic AI solutions for cybersecurity to some of the world's largest enterprises, this recognition motivates us to continue pushing boundaries and delivering the cutting-edge protection that organizations need. In less than a year since launch, Twine has also been selected as an RSAC Innovation Sandbox Top10 Finalist, a BlackHat Final Four Finalist, a KuppingerCole Rising Star in IAM, a Top50 Startup by CTech, and as the winner of the AWS Summit Startups Minute-to-Pitch Competition. This exemplifies that our AI Digital Employees are transforming the way cybersecurity is done".

"This year's Rising Stars are already making their mark as future leaders in the market, with AI innovation accelerating their impact across the industry, said Elliott Robinson, partner, Bessemer Venture Partners. "We're inspired by the drive and vision these founders bring to the table, and energized by the progress their companies are achieving. Congratulations to all of this year's nominees. We look forward to watching your journey toward graduating to the Cloud 100."

"This year's Rising Stars represent some of the most exciting young companies in the world, innovating in spaces including education and home security," said Richard Nieva, the Forbes editor of the Cloud 100. "We look forward to watching them grow and seeing what they do next."

The Forbes 2025 Cloud 100 and 20 Rising Stars lists are published online at www.forbes.com/cloud100. Highlights of the list appear in the August/September 2025 issue of Forbes magazine.

This year, the CEOs of The Cloud 100 and the 20 Rising Stars companies will be honored with a digital content launch, as well as at the exclusive Cloud 100 Celebration hosted by Bessemer Venture Partners and Forbes. A special thank you to the event sponsors, including Cloud 100 founding partner Salesforce Ventures, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bank of America, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Goodwin, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and Nasdaq.

About Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 150 IPOs and 300 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their earliest days through every stage of growth. Bessemer's global portfolio has included Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr, Toast and ServiceTitan, and has $19 billion of assets under management. Bessemer has investment teams located in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer's storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its best investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from its mistakes (see Anti-Portfolio).

About Forbes:

Forbes champions success by celebrating those who have made it, and those who aspire to make it. Forbes convenes and curates the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a significant impact on the world. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 140 million people worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature LIVE and Forbes Virtual events, custom marketing programs and 43 licensed local editions in 69 countries. Forbes Media's brand extensions include real estate, education and financial services license agreements.

About Twine:

Twine builds AI digital cybersecurity employees who execute tasks from A to Z to help cyber teams close the talent gap. The company's first AI digital employee, Alex, learns, understands and takes away the burden of identity and access management (IAM) tasks - proactively completing the organization's cyber objectives. Twine was founded in 2024 by Benny Porat, Omri Green, Justin Woody and Nadav Erez, all former top managers at cyber unicorn Claroty, which was co-founded by Porat in 2015. Twine is backed by leading venture capital firms Dell Capital Technologies and Ten Eleven Ventures.

For more information, visit: www.twinesecurity.com 

Contact

Ben Ofer
Twine Security
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Amie Rubenstein
Bessemer Venture Partners
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+14087262334

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