Aquera
Menlo Park, US · Founded 2017 · Delaware corporation · 2 known investors
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Aquera provides an HR and identity integration platform-as-a-service for automated user provisioning and identity governance.
Also known as Aquera Inc.
Founders & leadership
Aquera was founded in 2017 by Jerry Waldorf.
Investors · 2
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$1.6M disclosed across 1 round · 2017
▶$1.6MraisedJun 2017 · 6 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Reed HenryExecutive Officer, Director
- Jerry WaldorfExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $1.7M
- Amount sold
- $1.6M
- First sale
- Jun 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2017
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Aquera operates an HR and identity integration platform delivered as a service. The platform connects HR information systems, directories, applications, databases and devices so that worker identity data can drive downstream IT processes. Core use cases include HR-driven employee IT onboarding and offboarding, in which workers sourced from any HRIS are provisioned to any target directory or application, and a provisioning gateway based on SCIM that automates account provisioning to applications regardless of their native integration support.
A second area of focus is identity governance for so-called disconnected applications: applications that cannot be integrated directly with an identity governance and administration (IGA) system. Aquera automates high-volume, file-based collection operations and compliance management so that large numbers of such applications can be onboarded and governed without manual coordination with individual application administrators. The company also offers Partner IAM (B2B identity and access management), which centralizes partner and affiliate access to shared applications and assets under the customer's chosen identity provider (for example Okta or Entra ID) while permitting partners to use their own IDP or a web GUI. Partner IAM features include multi-tiered delegated administration, self-service administration and onboarding, bulk operations, central monitoring and visibility, and group, attribute and domain filtering to limit what each partner can see and modify, supporting supply chain, inter-affiliate and distribution scenarios.
Founding story
Aquera was founded to address integration challenges encountered during identity management platform rollouts and to streamline the associated identity management process and analytics workflows.
Business model
Aquera sells its integration capabilities as a platform-as-a-service to enterprise IT and identity teams, positioned as an add-on that extends existing identity management, IGA and identity provider deployments rather than replacing them.
Latest developments
The company currently markets four featured solution areas: employee IT onboarding, disconnected application integration, a provisioning gateway, and Partner IAM.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, history
Market position
The company states it was named a 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor in Identity-First.
Aquera positions integration as something removed from the critical path of an identity platform rollout, aiming to increase the number of connected cloud and on-premises applications, databases, directories and devices while reducing development and maintenance time and cost.
Technology
The platform provides pre-built and automated connectivity between HRIS sources and IT targets, a SCIM gateway for account provisioning to applications lacking native connectors, automated file-based integration for disconnected applications, and support for heterogeneous identity providers in partner access scenarios.
Go-to-market
Enterprise organizations deploying identity management, identity governance and administration, or identity provider platforms, including those needing to manage external partner and affiliate access.
History
The leadership team is led by CEO Reed Henry, previously CMO at Genesys, ArcSight and SeeBeyond, a co-founder of Kleiner Perkins- and Accel-backed Vertical Networks, and formerly responsible for strategy and new business at eBay; and CTO Jerry Waldorf, previously Principal Architect at Okta, Chief Architect and VP of Engineering at SeeBeyond, Chief Architect for Sun Microsystems' middleware group and an architect for Oracle Fusion Middleware.
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsAquera was recognized as a 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor in Identity-First, per the company's website.
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▸Research sources · 4
primary sources listed
- Aqueraaquera.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Aquera do?
- Aquera provides an HR and identity integration platform-as-a-service for automated user provisioning and identity governance.
- Who founded Aquera?
- Aquera was founded by Jerry Waldorf in 2017.
- Who are Aquera's investors?
- Aquera's investors include Shasta Ventures, Susa Ventures.
- How much funding has Aquera raised?
- Aquera has disclosed $1.6M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Aquera headquartered?
- Aquera is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.