# Bala Venkatramani

> Bala Venkatramani is the co-founder and CEO of Securden, an enterprise cybersecurity company focused on privileged access and identity security. After a long career at Zoho that moved from engineering into marketing and product management, he co-founded Securden with Kumaran Balan and built around a consistent premise: powerful security controls should be simpler to deploy, use, and afford. Securden has raised $11.7 million and in 2026 expanded its unified platform to govern human, machine, and AI identities.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Securden, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Securden, Inc., Zoho Corporation, ManageEngine, Zoho University
- **Education:** Marketing Management, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Annamalai University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Securden and built it from an apartment-based startup into an enterprise identity-security vendor serving customers internationally., Raised $11.7 million across a 2020 seed round and a 2022 Series A., Expanded Securden from privileged access management into endpoint privilege, identity governance, cloud entitlement, non-human identity, and AI-agent security.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2017** — Worked at Zoho Corporation across engineering, marketing, product management, and teaching roles, including ManageEngine security products and Zoho Vault.
- **2010-2015** — Served as visiting faculty at Zoho University.
- **2011-2017** — Led product management for Zoho Vault, Zoho’s business password manager.
- **2017** — Left Zoho and began the entrepreneurial work that became Securden with longtime colleague Kumaran Balan.
- **2018** — Securden was incorporated with Venkatramani as co-founder and CEO and Balan as co-founder and CTO.
- **2020** — Securden raised a $1.2 million seed round led by Accel and expanded its North American operations.
- **2022** — Securden raised a $10.5 million Series A led by Tiger Global, with Accel and Together Fund participating.
- **2026** — Securden launched a unified identity security platform at RSA Conference and later added AI agent security and governance.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Securden and built it from an apartment-based startup into an enterprise identity-security vendor serving customers internationally.
- Raised $11.7 million across a 2020 seed round and a 2022 Series A.
- Expanded Securden from privileged access management into endpoint privilege, identity governance, cloud entitlement, non-human identity, and AI-agent security.
- Published commentary on passwords, identity management, cybersecurity, and compliance in outlets including SC Magazine, eSecurity Planet, Business Computing World, and Dataquest.
- Spoke publicly about privileged account security, including at the e-Crime & Cybersecurity Congress in Dubai in 2016.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Securden launched a unified AI Agent Security and Governance Platform integrated with its broader identity-security architecture.
- **2026-03** — Securden unveiled its Unified Identity Security Platform at RSA Conference 2026 in San Francisco.
- **2026-01** — Venkatramani appeared at the Bulwark Partner Summit in Dubai as Securden continued building its Middle East partner network.
- **2025-07** — Presented Securden Unified PAM at the Accel Cybersecurity Summit and publicly highlighted feedback from participating security leaders.

## Links

- Website: https://www.securden.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbala1
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/securden
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mobTUzC230YNLQQLr04kA
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/securden/

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Last updated: 2026-08-18