COMPANY
Theom works at your data’s frequency
Theom’s mission is to help enterprises know their data and control how it is used by humans, applications, and AI.
WHY WE EXIST
A question no product could answer
At a Cisco-acquired analytics startup, our founding team sat on huge volumes of customer data and could never answer one question with a straight face: who on our own team could see a given customer’s data, and would we know if it was misused? No product could tell us, so we built one. The only place to answer the question was from inside the data, so Theom runs inside Snowflake, Databricks, and BigQuery, tracing every interaction in place. We spent years on that foundation before selling a thing, so when AI dropped a layer of agents acting on people’s behalf, Theom was already inside the data, sensing every interaction as it happened.
- Started in 2020 to close the gap
- Inside-out architecture from day one
- Years building the foundation before launch
- AI turned our head start into a tailwind
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Security belongs inside the data, not around it
Most security watches from the outside and hopes to catch what slips past. We believe the opposite. The place to protect data is inside it, close enough to sense every interaction as it happens, not at a perimeter the data outgrew years ago.
Presence beats alerts: a platform that lives in the store can trace who touched what, tell signal from noise by context, and act on the rules you set, instead of paging you after the fact. It is a quieter way to work, less siren, more the steady hum underneath, and it is the only approach we have ever believed in.
THE NAME
From Om to Theom
The name came from a co-founder, and it starts with a sound. Om is often described as the hum of the universe, a background note said to permeate everything, tied in that telling to a single frequency, 432 Hz.
He was taken with the idea of something already present in everything, quietly, that you notice only once you tune in, and it mapped neatly onto what we were building. Data is the lifeblood of an enterprise, and Theom lives inside it, in tune with every interaction, so nothing moves without being sensed. Put “the” in front of “Om” and you arrive at Theom.
THE NAME
From Om to Theom
The name came from a co-founder, and it starts with a sound. Om is often described as the hum of the universe, a background note said to permeate everything, tied in that telling to a single frequency, 432 Hz.
He was taken with the idea of something already present in everything, quietly, that you notice only once you tune in, and it mapped neatly onto what we were building. Data is the lifeblood of an enterprise, and Theom lives inside it, in tune with every interaction, so nothing moves without being sensed. Put “the” in front of “Om” and you arrive at Theom.
Our mark carries it forward, the frequency itself drawn around a triangle for the three things we hold in tune: data, AI, and human identity.
HOW WE WORK
What we value
Trust by design
Your data never leaves your environment, because we built Theom to run inside it rather than pull it out. Control staying with you is not a setting you switch on. It is the architecture.
Precision over noise
A generic alert is easy; a useful one is hard. Theom weighs the sensitivity of the data, who is acting on it, and the context around them, so what reaches you is worth your attention.
Partnership over transaction
We would rather make a friend than close a deal. We stay in the work with you after the signature, and some of the relationships we value most never became sales at all.
Evidence over assertions
Security, governance, and compliance teams should not have to take our word for anything. Theom hands them the audit trail and the operational proof, generated in place.
What our investors say
That is the platform I looked for as an operator and the reason Ridge Ventures is thrilled to back Theom’s mission to keep enterprises compliant and fearless in the AI era.
Yousuf KhanPartner, Ridge Ventures
INVESTORS
Backed by builders who understand the stakes
Theom is backed by leading VC firms, CISOs, CTOs, CDOs, angel investors, serial entrepreneurs, and passionate technologists who understand the complexity of securing data in the cloud. They believe in Theom’s innovative approach to solving the security challenge and the team’s track record in execution. Our investors include:
We’re also proud to be supported by an exceptional group of CISOs, CTOs, CDOs, and technology operators who have lived the complexity of securing hyperscale data. Their conviction in Theom’s mission—and the founding team’s ability to execute—is a key part of what fuels our momentum.
OUR TEAM
The team behind Theom
Leadership
As a former CEO, CISO, and CDO, Navindra has experienced the challenges of governing and protecting modern data and AI infrastructures, which led him to start Theom. Previously, he founded Tetration Analytics (acquired by Cisco). Earlier, as a founding engineer at Insieme (also acquired by Cisco), he developed the ACI switch fabric for data centers and the cloud. At Google, he built, governed, and protected Google’s data and network infrastructure. Navindra holds 458+ patents.
Ravi’s understanding of data infrastructure security and customer needs enables him to successfully implement and scale solutions. Previously, Ravi was a founding engineer at Tetration Analytics (acquired by Cisco). Earlier, Ravi held engineering leadership roles at Yahoo! and Sun Microsystems working on Hadoop and server technologies. Ravi holds patents in data and security inventions.
Farid brings to his role a diverse experience that includes AI, enterprise technologies, and venture capital. Previously, Farid led business development at Labelbox, and Turbonomic (acquired by IBM). Earlier, Farid was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he supported enterprise investments. Prior to a16z, Farid spent over six years at Cisco in various product management roles.
Danesh is a software engineer and researcher with deep domain knowledge in cybersecurity. He has designed and built applied ML systems. Previously, at Google, Danesh was a tech lead for Gmail Security and also led data science and machine learning for Google Cloud Security (Chronicle). Danesh has a Ph.D. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology; his research focused on information security, and adversarial learning.
Tim brings deep experience building enterprise security products across identity, data, and cloud security. Previously, he led the engineering team for Identity Graph at SailPoint, building technology to help organizations understand and secure complex identity relationships and access. Prior to SailPoint, Tim was Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Double Zero Security, which was acquired by SailPoint. Earlier, Tim was part of the Tetration Analytics team at Cisco, working on security and data center technologies.
Lachlan leads revenue at Theom. He has spent his career helping data companies reach the customers who need them, having led go-to-market teams at a number of early-stage data infrastructure companies. Originally from Australia, he is based in Southern California.
Board members
Common questions
What does Theom do?
Theom is a data and AI security platform that runs inside your data stores to show who and what is accessing your data and to enforce how it is used, without the data ever leaving your environment.
Where does the name Theom come from?
Theom comes from Om, described as the resonant hum of the universe associated with 432 Hz. Put “the” in front of “Om” and you arrive at Theom. The name reflects a platform that lives inside the data and stays in tune with every interaction.
When was Theom founded?
Theom was founded in 2020 by a team that had worked together in data analytics and security. They spent years building the inside-the-store data-security foundation before going to market, which is why Theom was ready when AI made the data-access problem worse.
Who does Theom sell to?
Theom serves large, highly regulated enterprises, including financial services, healthcare and pharma, and other sectors with demanding security and compliance requirements. These are organizations where sensitive data cannot leave the environment, which is exactly the fit Theom is built for.
What makes Theom different from other data security tools?
Theom runs inside your data stores instead of watching from the perimeter, so it sees and controls every interaction in place, across humans, applications, and AI. It secured the data layer first, which is what lets it govern AI with context that prompt-level tools do not have.
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We will walk you through Theom on your own environment, and your data never has to move.
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