Salus Cloud, a South African start-up which transforms Developer and Security Operations (DevSecOps) for engineers, has raised $3.7 million in seed funding to to advance access to secure software delivery across Africa, the Middle East, and other growth markets.
The round was co-led by two of Africa's leading investors in transformative technologies, Atlantica Ventures and P1 Ventures, with additional backing from respected pan-African venture capital firms LoftyInc Capital, Zedcrest Capital, and Everywhere Ventures, as well as angel investor Tim Chen, a DevSecOp expert and General Partner at Essence VC, who participated independently.
The funding comes as the global DevOps tooling market is projected to reach $25.5 billion by 2028, with application security surpassing $20 billion by 2030, highlighting the urgent need for smarter, more secure delivery systems, said the company.
Salus said the funds will allow it to expedite product development, enhance its go-to-market strategy, and scale its AI-powered developer agents, which assist engineering teams in shortening deployment cycles and shipping code more securely.
It went on to explain that the funding will also help the company grow its customer base in growth markets such as Africa, the Middle East, and under-represented tech ecosystems, as well as improve the on-boarding experience for both self-service and business users.
Salus, which was launched in 2024, said it was developed by African engineers who understand the growing challenges that software teams encounter in growth markets, making solutions better suited to these regions than their foreign counterparts.
According to the company, its enterprise-grade platform combines AI-driven automation and tooling consolidation to provide zero-touch configuration for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery.
Also, artificial intelligence system assists developers by detecting and remediating production issues, including security vulnerabilities and performance problems, in real time.
By integrating security into deployment pipelines and automating observability practices, the platform enables developers, especially lean engineering teams, to focus on innovation and reduce operational overhead, said the company.
Speaking on the raise, Andrew Mori, CEO of Salus Cloud, said: “In much of the growth market, most startups and SMEs still operate without secure automated software delivery processes, leaving them vulnerable to breaches, compliance challenges, and slow release cycles.
“This funding gives us the firepower to level the playing field, so that high-growth teams, regardless of size or geography, can deploy secure, production-grade software with confidence. We’re incredibly grateful to our investors and remain committed to building best-practise infrastructure, powering the operations of businesses in the cloud”.
For the funders, Mika Hajjar, co-founder and managing partner at P1 Ventures, said: “Salus is exactly the kind of transformative infrastructure we back. They are accelerating developer productivity and security in one of the fastest-growing digital markets globally. As early institutional investors, we’re proud to support the team and actively contribute to shaping the company’s governance and product strategy.”
Ik Kanu, founding partner at Atlantica Ventures, emphasised their continued support, saing: “Atlantica Ventures is excited to back an experienced and second-time founding team as they build essential infrastructure to improve software security and developer productivity for African enterprises.
"There is a convergence of security, AI, and development, and Salus is positioned to bring that to market. This is aligned with our vision for Africa and the future expansion markets for Salus.”
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