Britive
Founded 2018 · 61 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
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Britive provides identity access management for cloud environments, offering a cloud-native privileged access management platform that centralizes visibility and controls across cloud and SaaS applications.
Founders & leadership
Britive was founded in 2018 by Art Poghosyan, Alex Gudanis, and Sameer Hiremath.
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Art PoghosyanCo-Founder & CEO
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Alex GudanisinCo-Founder & CTOAlex Gudanis has over two decades of experience in enterprise information security and identity and access management, including architecture and strategy work for Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries. He holds industry certifications including CISSP and is active in information security professional organizations.
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Sameer HiremathinCo-Founder, SVP of Product & GMSameer Hiremath has over 20 years of experience in identity and access management, with prior roles at market-leading IAM firms in the US and India. He is co-founder and SVP of Product & GM at Britive, which provides privileged access management for cloud environments.
Investors · 8
Crosslink CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $9M
One Way VenturesNew York · $500K – $1.5M
SmartGateVCGlendale · $250K – $10M
Upfront VenturesLos Angeles · $1M – $10M
Blumberg Capitalreported · 2 sourcesMiami · $500K – $5M
FoundersX VenturesreportedSilicon Valley
Gradient Venturesreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M
Y CombinatorreportedSan Francisco · $500K
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$6M disclosed across 1 round · 2025
- $6MSeed roundOct 2025 · 2 sources
Blumberg Capital (lead), Gradient Ventures (lead)
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 10
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Netezza63 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Palo Alto Networks58 shared keywordsPalo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations' digital infrastructure across cloud, network, and security operations. The company serves enterprise organizations, governments, financial institutions, utilities, and healthcare providers globally.
strongDM57 shared keywordsStrongDM provides privileged access management and identity governance for infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform centralizes access control, enforces zero standing privileges, and enables just-in-time provisioning for teams managing critical systems.
BeyondTrust (Bomgar Corporation)56 shared keywordsBeyondTrust provides privilege-centric identity security through its Pathfinder platform, helping organizations manage privileged access and defend against external attacks and insider threats. Its products cover the identity attack surface for enterprise customers, including AI agent security.
Delinea (FKA Centrify Corporation)55 shared keywordsDelinea provides an identity security control plane that enables real-time, context-aware access decisions across multi-cloud and on-premises environments for enterprises. The platform helps security teams govern access to data, infrastructure, and AI systems while automating privilege management and risk evaluation.
miniOrange53 shared keywordsminiOrange provides AI-integrated security and identity management solutions including AI agent authentication, personal data protection, code review automation, and behavioral risk detection for enterprise customers.
Apono50 shared keywordsApono provides an access management platform that replaces standing privileges by granting scoped, just-in-time access at runtime and automatically revoking it. It covers human users, machines, and AI agents across cloud and hybrid infrastructure.
JumpCloud47 shared keywordsJumpCloud is an AI-powered unified IT management platform that provides identity, access, and device management for organizations managing both human users and non-human AI identities. The platform consolidates management of users, devices, and resources across cloud and on-premises environments to deliver intelligent security and compliance.
Okta47 shared keywordsOkta provides identity and access management products designed to protect the identities of workforce and customer users. The company serves enterprises and organizations that need to manage identity authentication and authorization across digital environments.
Entitle43 shared keywordsEntitle provides automated access provisioning and management software that enables organizations to implement least privilege access policies while maintaining compliance with security standards like SOC2 and ISO27001. The platform streamlines access request and fulfillment workflows for IT, DevOps, and security teams across dynamic infrastructure.
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- What does Britive do?
- Britive provides identity access management for cloud environments, offering a cloud-native privileged access management platform that centralizes visibility and controls across cloud and SaaS applications.
- Who founded Britive?
- Britive was founded by Art Poghosyan, Alex Gudanis, Sameer Hiremath in 2018.
- Who are Britive's investors?
- Britive's investors include Crosslink Capital, One Way Ventures, SmartGateVC, Upfront Ventures, Blumberg Capital, FoundersX Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Y Combinator.
- How much funding has Britive raised?
- Britive has disclosed $6M raised across 1 round.