Startup Sentra Nabs $50M to Boost AI-Powered Data Protection

Data Governance , Data Loss Prevention (DLP) , Data Security Series B Investment to Boost AI, Expand Coverage Across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, On-Prem Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • April 22, 2025 A startup founded by an Israeli Military Intelligence colonel raised $50 million to help enterprises secure and capitalize on their data. New York-based Sentra plans to use the Series B proceeds to build capabilities in enforcement, add native remediation features and label sensitive data to inform access management for AI platforms such as Copilot, according to co-founder and CEO Yoav Regev. He said Sentra's data security platform is built to safeguard structured and unstructured data across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and on-premises environments. "We want to have enough money to push it as fast as we can and to accelerate, to be boots on the ground, to be everywhere, to serve our customers, to see the opportunity and to give them the best solution," Regev told Information Security Media Group. "We foun...