Cloud security startup Arch0 raises $1.25 million in funding led by Leo Capital

Cloud security startup Arch0 has raised $1.25 million in a pre-seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Leo Capital. The round also witnessed participation from other investors including Village Global, Indian Silicon Valley Capital, Appreciate Capital, Supermorpheus and others.

The startup intends to utilise the newly-raised capital to expand its core team and a portion of the fund will be deployed for advancing the use of AI in cloud security operations, it said.

“While building cloud security solutions and helping clients in our previous company with implementing cloud security, we encountered multiple problems and complexities involved in it. Later, we decided that there needed to be an easier way to go and solve this, and that's when we decided to start building Arch0,” Nithin Jois, CEO, and cofounder of Arch0, told ET in an interaction.


Founded in 2022 by Jois and Tilak Thimmappa, Arch0 caters to mid-sized enterprises and companies to implement and manage cloud security operations. The startup primarily targets the US market, with most of its sales originating from there. It also maintains a development team in Bangalore.

While currently offering its platform free of charge for its customers, Arch0 plans to introduce a subscription-based model in the future, potentially on a monthly or yearly basis.

“If you look at the cloud cybersecurity market, it was probably around $10 billion a few years back, and it is expected to double in another couple of years. With the emergence of newer technologies, the complexities of (cybersecurity) attacks are also increasing, and there is a growing demand for automation. Overall, we will see a lot of action in this space,” Dinesh Singh, a partner at Leo Capital, said.

Leo Capital, known for its investments in technology-centric startups, has funded approximately 55 startups across pre-seed, seed, and pre-Series A rounds, with its cheque sizes ranging from $0.5 million to $3 million.

On March 19, ET reported that climate tech startup Sprih had raised $3 million in a funding round led by Leo Capital.