Startup · $4.3m raised · Cybersecurity
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Cloud Conformity raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Paladin Capital Group | Series A | $4,270,000 |
| Jump Capital | Series A | - |
The transaction that ended Cloud Conformity's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trend Micro | Acquisition | 22 Oct 2019 | $100m | SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 16 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 22 Oct 2019), Startup Daily (Tue 22 Oct 2019), ARN (ARNnet) |
Companies Cloud Conformity acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Watts | Founder and CEO (former) | SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 16 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 22 Oct 2019), ARN (ARNnet) |
Stories naming Cloud Conformity. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Michael Watts, who earlier sold Cloud Conformity to Trend Micro, has launched Circumvent, an AI cloud-protection startup, backed by Paladin Capital.
Tokyo-listed Trend Micro has acquired cloud security startup Cloud Conformity, founded in Sydney, for US$70 million. The article also recalls the startup's 2018 Series A raise led by Paladin Capital Group.