Curated by Breach Tank
Top cybersecurity startups to watch
Every month, cybersecurity founders step into the Breach Tank and pitch live to security practitioners, CISOs, buyers and investors. This is our curated list of the most promising cybersecurity startups to come through the tank — what they build, and the pitch highlights that set them apart.
- 01
Quantro Security
AI Agents for Cyber Defense
Attackers can now build functional exploits in minutes. Most security teams still patch in weeks. Quantro's agents find what is reachable in your environment and close the gap before the attackers exploit it.
Pitched autonomous agents that close the gap between exploit speed and patch speed — the standout moment was their reachable-vulnerability demo.
- 02
Rescana
Autonomous AI Agents for TPRM at Scale
Rescana harnesses agentic AI to simplify third-party and external risk management, putting defenders firmly in control.
Showed how agentic AI takes the manual grind out of third-party risk management, a pain point every buyer in the room recognized.
- 03
Traceforce AI
Intelligent Application and API Security
Discover, protect and test all your apps and APIs.
Their full-stack app and API discovery pitch drew sharp questions from the sharks on coverage and testing depth.
- 04
Fig Security
Security Operations Resilience for Modern SOC Teams
Keep your detection and response working through any change.
Focused on detection and response resilience — keeping the SOC working through any change. Strong reception from practitioners.
- 05
Lasso Security
Secure AI Agents at Enterprise Scale
Protection for every AI agent you build and deploy, wherever it runs.
A timely pitch on securing enterprise AI agents wherever they run, right as agent deployments accelerate.
- 06
ProCap360
Operational Assurance
ProCap360™ Operational Assurance using knowledge graph automation and risk-based vulnerability management.
Brought knowledge-graph automation to vulnerability management, pitching operational assurance over point-in-time scans.
- 07
NecessityWorks
The AI-Native Security & Governance OS is (almost) here
Designed by a 10x CISO and 3x MSSP creator, for security professionals tired of smoke and mirrors. Visibility, mitigation, action, and accountability — from the boardroom, to the binary.
Founded by a 10x CISO — their AI-native security and governance OS pitch resonated with leaders tired of dashboard sprawl.
- 08
Elezar
Autonomous Proactive Cyber Defense
Emerging threats assessed, hunted, and prevented across your enterprise stack, in minutes, not days.
Pitched autonomous proactive defense: hunting and preventing emerging threats in minutes rather than days.
- 09
QIZ Security
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Readiness
From Cryptography Chaos to Quantum Resilience. QIZ Security helps organizations gain cryptographic visibility, manage risks, and prepare for the post-quantum era with crypto-agility at scale.
Their post-quantum readiness pitch stood out — crypto-agility at scale, ahead of the PQC migration curve.
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