# Balasubramanian Venkatramani

> Balasubramanian Venkatramani, professionally known as Bala Venkatramani, is the co-founder and CEO of Securden, Inc. Previously at Zoho, he worked across engineering, marketing and product management. He built Securden with Kumaran Balan around simpler, affordable privileged access security; the company’s 2026 platform announcements extend that work to human, machine and AI identities.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Securden, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Securden, Inc., Zoho Corporation, ManageEngine, Zoho University
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Annamalai University, Postgraduate study in marketing management, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
- **Known for:** Co-founded Securden with Kumaran Balan., Led Securden through publicly disclosed $1.2 million seed and $10.5 million Series A rounds., Reported customer use in more than 60 countries in his 2022 office-opening post.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2017** — Worked at Zoho across engineering, marketing and product management, including ManageEngine and Zoho Vault; also served as visiting faculty at Zoho University.
- **2017** — Began the entrepreneurial journey with Kumaran Balan, according to his 2022 funding interview.
- **2018** — Securden incorporated with Venkatramani and Kumaran Balan as co-founders.
- **2020** — Securden announced a $1.2 million Accel-led seed round on July 8.
- **2021** — Published an account of an American government agency completing an endpoint privilege proof of concept in approximately one hour.
- **2022** — Securden raised a $10.5 million Tiger Global-led Series A and moved to a larger office inaugurated by employees’ parents.
- **2025** — Presented Securden Unified PAM at the Accel Cybersecurity Summit.
- **2026** — Securden launched a broader identity security platform in March and AI-agent governance capabilities in June.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Securden with Kumaran Balan.
- Led Securden through publicly disclosed $1.2 million seed and $10.5 million Series A rounds.
- Reported customer use in more than 60 countries in his 2022 office-opening post.
- Securden announced Leader recognition in the 2026 Frost Radar for PAM and the 2026 GigaOm Radar for Enterprise Password Management.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — On September 28, Securden announced Leader recognition in GigaOm’s Enterprise Password Management Radar, which evaluated 23 platforms.
- **2026-06** — On June 30, Securden announced Leader recognition in Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 PAM evaluation.
- **2026-06** — On June 17, Securden launched its AI Agent Security and Governance Platform.
- **2026-03** — On March 24, Securden introduced its Unified Identity Security Platform at RSA Conference in San Francisco.

## Links

- Website: https://www.securden.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbala1

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