authzed

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Total raised$15.9M
StageSeries A
Team size11-50
HQNew York, United States
IndustriesSaaSSecurityCloudOpen SourceB2B

About authzed

The company provides open-source authorization solutions for scaling businesses dealing with complex end-user permissions in zero-trust architectures. It focuses on building managed services that enable planet-scale production authorization services. The company has raised a $3.9 million seed fund and recently secured a $12 million Series A, with funding fueling rapid growth of the open-source community and scaling revenue with enterprise products. It is fully remote, with employees across the United States and Europe. It positions itself as the open-source standard in authorization database technology.

Company at a glance

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Culture & values

AuthZed is a fully remote company with employees across the US and Europe.

The company maintains a software-driven, hardworking culture.

Integrity guides interactions, fostering confidence in decision making and respecting every voice on the team.

Agency is a core value that empowers individuals to drive changes, with goals defined by processes but not restricting progress.

Collaboration is essential, valuing input from others, seeking compromises, and building mutual trust and respect.

Open-mindedness is a core value, encouraging questions, testing assumptions, and diverse perspectives to create an inclusive work environment.

Tech is a core value, emphasizing the use of open-source and cloud-native solutions.

Even the sales team understands and loves the technology, reflecting cross-functional alignment with the product.

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