Cohesity

Cohesity is a data management and cyber-resilience company that sells software for backing up, protecting and analyzing data across on-premises systems and the cloud. Founded in June 2013 by Mohit Aron, who had previously co-founded the server-virtualization company Nutanix, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has grown into one of the larger independent vendors in enterprise data protection, reporting more than $1.7 billion in revenue in 2025.

What Cohesity’s platform does

Cohesity’s core products include DataProtect for backup and recovery, Helios for centralized management and monitoring across a customer’s data estate, and FortKnox, a cyber-vaulting product designed to keep an isolated, hard-to-tamper-with copy of critical data safe from ransomware attacks. The company has increasingly positioned its platform around cyber resilience rather than backup alone, reflecting how ransomware recovery has become a central selling point for enterprise backup vendors.

Cohesity’s leadership and funding history

Sanjay Poonen has served as Cohesity’s CEO and President since August 2022. The company raised a Series A of $15 million, a Series B that brought its total to $70 million by June 2015, a $90 million Series C in April 2017 led by GV and Sequoia Capital, a $250 million Series D in June 2018 led by SoftBank Vision Fund, and a further $250 million round in 2020, bringing total funding to roughly $660 million by December 2021. Cohesity filed confidentially for an IPO in December 2021 but remains a private company.

The Veritas acquisition

Cohesity completed its acquisition of Veritas Technologies’ data-protection business from The Carlyle Group in December 2024 for about $3 billion, a deal that combined two of the larger independent players in enterprise backup software and was widely covered as creating a combined company valued at roughly $7 billion. The acquisition significantly expanded Cohesity’s customer base and product portfolio in a data-protection market that has consolidated as ransomware threats push enterprises toward fewer, more comprehensive vendors.

Why cyber resilience matters for data management companies

As ransomware attacks have increasingly targeted backup systems themselves, in an effort to prevent victims from recovering without paying a ransom, data-management vendors like Cohesity have shifted their marketing and product design toward resilience: isolated backup copies, anomaly detection that can flag a ransomware attack in progress, and rapid recovery tools, rather than treating backup purely as a routine IT task.

Cohesity’s position in enterprise data protection

Following its Veritas acquisition, Cohesity became one of the largest independent vendors in the enterprise backup and data-protection market, competing against both other independent specialists and the data-protection divisions of larger infrastructure companies. Its scale following the Veritas deal, combined with partnerships it has formed with companies like IBM and Nvidia around AI and cyber-resilience features, has positioned Cohesity as a consolidator in a market that has seen significant merger activity as ransomware threats push enterprises toward fewer, broader vendors.

FAQs

Who founded Cohesity? Cohesity was founded in June 2013 by Mohit Aron, who had previously co-founded Nutanix, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

What did Cohesity acquire from Veritas? Cohesity completed its acquisition of Veritas Technologies’ data-protection business from The Carlyle Group in December 2024 for about $3 billion.

How much funding has Cohesity raised? Cohesity raised roughly $660 million in total funding by December 2021 across multiple rounds, including a $250 million Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund in 2018.

Is Cohesity a public company? No; Cohesity filed confidentially for an IPO in December 2021 but remains privately held.

Does Cohesity sell directly to consumers? No; Cohesity sells its data management and cyber-resilience software to enterprise and government customers rather than individual consumers, typically through direct sales and channel partners.

What is Cohesity FortKnox? FortKnox is Cohesity’s cyber-vaulting product, designed to keep an isolated, tamper-resistant copy of a customer’s critical data safe for recovery after a ransomware attack.

Editorially reviewed by Specialty Digest Editorial TeamLast reviewed November 9, 2026Researched and drafted with AI assistanceReport an issue