SVCI backs design-led security
Today we are proud to share that Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI) has joined Clover Security as a strategic investor. What makes SVCI distinct is not only their track record of successful investments, but their perspective as practicing security leaders. SVCI is a community that brings together dozens of CISOs who protect some of the most complex and consequential technology environments in the world. SVCI members lead security programs for some of the most technology-enabled and forward leaning companies that are rapidly embracing AI-native software development. As early adopters of this shift, they have concluded that … design-led security must be accelerated, iterated and rapidly integrated into the development lifecycle to maintain pace with the way software is being built today. The winners through this era will be those companies that adopt this trend and evolve alongside as the bar continues to be raised on what it takes to earn customer trust.
Why Clover
Across the ecosystem, a clear shift is underway. Security teams are increasingly shifting their focus to collaborating with engineers early in the development lifecycle. The most critical design decisions often take place even before a single line of code is written; security needs visibility and influence into those decisions, to ensure product changes are built securely by nature.
Clover stood out to SVCI not only because of its unique, fresh perspective on the evolution of product security, but also because of its rapid customer adoption and growth, signaling a clear market shift. Customers with advanced engineering stacks or resource constraints are rapidly adopting design-led product security not as an experiment but as a strategic part of how they build software. Together with Clover’s consistent execution, rapid expansion within organizations, and customer feedback, this solidified SVCI’s conviction that Clover is positioned to lead a new category and define how modern software will be secured.
What’s next
With SVCI, Clover gains both strategic insight and direct access to the leaders shaping how security teams adapt to AI-native development. Their experience helps us refine the technology where it matters most, and their network accelerates the adoption of design-led product security across the industry. This partnership strengthens our ability to define new expectations and build the standards that will guide how software is securely designed in the years ahead.
