GitGuardian, a leading secrets and Non-Human Identity (NHI) security platform and the #1 app on GitHub Marketplace, announced a $50 million Series C funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, alongside Quadrille Capital and existing investors Balderton, BPI, Eurazeo, Fly Ventures, and Sapphire Ventures. The investment fuels GitGuardian’s expansion in secrets and AI agent security as organizations grapple with exponential growth in non-human identities.
Eric Fourrier, CEO and Co-Founder, GitGuardian, said, “The market has reached a critical inflection point. Organizations that once managed hundreds of service accounts will now face thousands of autonomous AI agents, each requiring secure credentials. While identity solutions matured for human users, non-human identities remain largely unmanaged and recent breaches prove the cost. We’re moving beyond secrets detection into full NHI lifecycle governance. Effective secrets management requires seamless collaboration between development, security and IAM teams at every stage of the workflow.”
Balancing Transatlantic Leadership
GitGuardian’s funding strategy deliberately balances US and European capital, pairing Insight Partners’ deep cybersecurity and AI expertise with Quadrille Capital’s European enterprise network. Insight Partners, with $90B in regulatory assets under management and cybersecurity investments including Wiz, SentinelOne and Darktrace, brings robust experience scaling category-defining security companies.
“Software development and enterprise complexity continue to grow. We believe this is the moment to capitalize on GitGuardian’s approach, which starts from where secrets live in the development workflow and expands into full NHI lifecycle management. This is critical as AI agents rapidly approach parity with developers, with each agent needing credentials, permissions, and governance – further fueling GitGuardian’s growth.” Josh Zelman, Managing Director, Insight Partners.
Quadrille Capital and Eurazeo, both ranking among Europe’s top growth funds, provide GitGuardian strategic positioning across EMEA markets where compliance requirements increasingly mandate secrets management and NHI governance.
According to the team, they’ve watched the secrets security conversation evolve from a concern for savvy security-minded developers to board-level priority across European enterprises. GitGuardian has earned the trust of Europe’s most security-conscious enterprises – Deutsche Telekom, ING, BASF and other European leaders navigating GDPR, NIS2, DORA, and sector-specific requirements.
“Not only do these enterprises need to secure code, they then have to demonstrate continuous monitoring and audit trails that satisfy regulators. As compliance deadlines approach over the next 18 months, GitGuardian solutions become critical. That’s the market timing we invest behind.” Romain Stokes, Partner, Quadrille Capital.
