Hush Security bags $11m to transform machine identity

September 11, 2025

Hush Security, a company focused on secretless machine identity access, has emerged from stealth with $11m in seed funding.

The round was led by Battery Ventures and YL Ventures, and comes as enterprises seek new ways to secure machine-to-machine access in an era of agentic AI.

The company replaces legacy vaults and static secrets with just-in-time, policy-driven access controls enforced at runtime. This model is designed to eliminate the operational overhead and security risks of traditional secrets management, offering greater visibility and prevention against credential-based threats.

Hush will use the funding to grow its engineering team and expand its global go-to-market reach. Despite operating in stealth until now, it has already signed on multiple Fortune 500 customers.

Hush Security CEO and co-founder Micha Rave said, “Chasing secrets or watching dashboards doesn’t stop attacks. Vaults were built for an era where environments changed slowly and AI was not part of the equation. That era is over. AI agents, ephemeral workloads, and automation have changed the game, and the vault model can’t keep up. We’ve eliminated the need for credentials entirely, introducing a groundbreaking new model for machine access.”

Founded in 2024 by the team behind Meta Networks, later acquired by Proofpoint, Hush is positioning itself as a leader in policy-based machine identity protection.