# Mehran Farimani

> Mehran Farimani is the co-founder and CEO of RapidFort, a Sunnyvale-based software supply chain security company that raised a $42M Series A in February 2026. A 25-year technology veteran, Mehran previously led the Fiery division at Electronics for Imaging (EFI) as SVP & GM, then founded Percipo—a computer vision AI company whose technology reached 40,000+ retail locations. At RapidFort, he is pioneering the category of Software Attack Surface Management (SASM), helping organizations automatically harden container images and eliminate up to 80% of CVEs through runtime-aware profiling, without touching a single line of application code.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at RapidFort
- **Organizations:** RapidFort, Percipo Inc., Electronics for Imaging (EFI)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Applied Science, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Bachelor of Mathematics (Math & Computer Science), University of Waterloo
- **Known for:** Co-founded RapidFort, raising over $59M in total funding including a $42M Series A, Coined and pioneered the 'Software Attack Surface Management' (SASM) category, Led Percipo's computer vision AI deployment across 40,000+ retail locations globally

## Career timeline

- **1990s-2000s** — Senior Vice President & General Manager, Fiery Division at Electronics for Imaging (EFI) - led the company's core business unit in digital imaging
- **2000s-2019** — Founded and led Percipo Inc., pioneering commercial computer vision and AI deployed across 40,000+ retail locations
- **2020** — Co-founded RapidFort with Rajeev Thakur (CTO) and Russ Andersson (COO) to solve software supply chain security
- **2022** — RapidFort named Top Vulnerability Management Solutions Company by Enterprise Security Magazine
- **2023** — RapidFort community container images surpass 1 million downloads - all organic adoption
- **2024** — RapidFort reaches 100+ enterprise customers; 15,000+ curated near-zero CVE hardened images
- **2025** — RapidFort wins 2025 CyberShark Pitch Competition; recognized in Gartner Research
- **2026-02** — RapidFort raises $42M Series A led by Blue Cloud Ventures and Forgepoint Capital

## Achievements

- Co-founded RapidFort, raising over $59M in total funding including a $42M Series A
- Coined and pioneered the 'Software Attack Surface Management' (SASM) category
- Led Percipo's computer vision AI deployment across 40,000+ retail locations globally
- Ran EFI's Fiery Division as SVP & GM, growing it into a ubiquitous digital imaging brand
- RapidFort community container images surpassed 1 million organic downloads
- Built 15,000+ curated near-zero CVE hardened images covering major Linux distributions
- RapidFort recognized in Gartner Research and won 2025 CyberShark Pitch Competition
- Partnered with Trellix and Defense Unicorns for US defense software supply chain security
- RapidFort containers average 64% smaller and 71% fewer vulnerabilities than standard images

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — RapidFort raises $42M Series A led by Blue Cloud Ventures and Forgepoint Capital
- **2026-02** — RapidFort announces partnership with Trellix to strengthen software supply chain security
- **2025-10** — Featured in SC Media's Founder Stories episode on building a safer future through smart security and AI
- **2025** — RapidFort wins 2025 CyberShark Pitch Competition and is recognized in Gartner Research
- **2025** — RapidFort reaches 100+ enterprise customers and 15,000+ curated hardened images

## Links

- Website: https://rapidfort.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farimani/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RapidFortInc

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Last updated: 2026-05-25