# Cyera acquires Ryft for $100M-$130M, delivering 12-16x return on $8M seed in under two years - Date: 2026-04-23 - Category: Agentics When Index and Bessemer backed Ryft in 2024, they expected a longer hold. A war, a disrupted fundraise, and an AI security land grab turned a seed check into one of the fastest exits in enterprise AI infrastructure history. ---