Opal Security Raises $23M and Expands Leadership Team to Unify Identity Governance Across Human, Non-Human, and Agentic AI
The funding and executive hires, including new Chief Product Officer Sameer Mehta, build on the December arrival of CEO Howard Ting, as enterprises increasingly turn to Opal to govern access across human, service, and AI agent identities.
Opal Security, the AI-native access governance platform for every identity, today announced $23 million in new funding alongside five senior leadership appointments, including Chief Product Officer Sameer Mehta, who joins from identity security platform Veza, where he built products across non-human identity and access intelligence. The new funding was led by Greylock and Battery Ventures, with outside participation from Cambium Capital, and brings Opal's total funding to $59 million.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260604227625/en/ Five senior leaders who have joined Opal Security alongside CEO Howard Ting (left to right): Sameer Mehta, Alex Pien, John Clark, Michael Kwon, and Christine Ooley.
CEO Howard Ting, who arrived in December 2025, is a veteran of leading cybersecurity and enterprise software companies including Cyberhaven, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, and Redis. Among his first moves was promoting Alex Pien to Chief Technology Officer, anchoring the engineering organization as Opal scales. The new executive appointments include:
