Cloud security services provider Evident.io has secured $22m in a series C round led by Alphabet subsidiary GV, bringing its total funding to $49m.

Internet technology conglomerate Alphabet led a $22m series C round for US-based cloud cybersecurity technology provider Evident.io yesterday.

Private equity firm Bain Capital and venture capital firms True Ventures and Venrock also participated in the round. Alphabet invested through GV, the corporate venturing unit formerly known as Google Ventures.

Founded in 2013, Evident.io has built a software product called Evident Security Platform (ESP) that helps organisations manage security risk for their public cloud infrastructure on the Amazon Web Services platform.