69 Best Privacy And Security Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Privacy And Security Startups

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There are 571 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $11.2b. The average funding per company in this subset is $162.3m.

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7

Funding Rounds

$267.5m

Money raised

Immuta is a Boston-based provider of a cloud-native data governance platform for organizations to automate data access control, security, and privacy compliance.

10

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$1.6b

Money raised

Snyk is a technology company offering a software development security platform using open-source code.

4

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$107.0m

Money raised

TrustArc is a San Francisco-based developer of privacy compliance and risk management software for GDPR, CCPA, and related regulations.

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$1.1b

Money raised

Circle is a peer-to-peer payments technology company that is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville.

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Funding Rounds

$37.7m

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42Crunch is an enterprise API security platform with integrated services, including an API firewall, to discover and remediate API security vulnerabilities.

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8

Funding Rounds

$646.9m

Money raised

Socure is a New York City-based developer of an identity verification and fraud risk solution.

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$113.0m

Money raised

DuckDuckGo is a company developing an Internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy and avoiding filtered results to meet personalized search results.

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$51.0m

Money raised

Adarga is a UK-based artificial intelligence software provider working with customers across defense, national security, and commercial organizations.

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$13.0m

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Blue Origin is an American, privately-funded, aerospace developer and manufacturer that is interested in lowering the cost of spaceflight in order to explore the solar system

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8

Funding Rounds

$28.3m

Money raised

Hazy is a machine learning company creating statistically controlled synthetic data for fraud detection and risk modeling.

3

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$22.3m

Money raised

Hyperproof is a cloud-based compliance operations software.

7

Funding Rounds

$184.7m

Money raised

Tessian (formerly Checkrecipient) is an artificial intelligence email security platform.

3

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$13.9m

Money raised

Corsha provides API security software that aims to prevent network attacks through multi-factor authentication for APIs.

5

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$62.2m

Money raised

Mostly AI is a company using AI to generate synthetic data based on real enterprise data.

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$85.0m

Money raised

InCountry is a San Francisco-based data residency-as-a-service platform that enables global data compliance for international business.

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10

Funding Rounds

$588.1m

Money raised

Shield AI is a company building artificially intelligent systems like drones for use by military service members and first responders.

3

Funding Rounds

$70.0m

Money raised

Skyflow operates a privacy data vault platform designed to ensure customer and personal data are protected.

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4

Funding Rounds

$140.0m

Money raised

iProov is a user authentication technology company based in London.

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5

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$2.5m

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A company offering a platform for privacy and security for quantum cloud computing.

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11

Funding Rounds

$21.9m

Money raised

Signaturit specializes in digital transaction management and trust services.

10

Funding Rounds

$36.3m

Money raised

Chronicled is a blockchain company founded by Ryan Orr, Samantha Radocchia, Maurizio Greco and David Aho.

3

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$55.0m

Money raised

Yubico is a Palo Alto, California-based secure authentication and enterprise security company founded in 2007 by Stina Ehrensvärd and Jakob Ehrensvärd.

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$24.0m

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Company providing consultation for security standards and regulatory compliance for technology startups

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2

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$4.1m

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Disconnect is a San Francisco-based internet and digital privacy company.

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18

Funding Rounds

$1.5b

Money raised

Tanium is a company providing security and systems management solution for businesses.

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4

Funding Rounds

$73.0m

Money raised

Wickr is a telecommunications and security company that builds secure communication tools, such as a messaging application. It was founded in 2012 and is located in San Francisco, California.

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$15.0m

Money raised

Concordium aims to build the world's leading open-source, permissionless, and decentralized blockchain with built-in user identity at the protocol level.

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6

Funding Rounds

$97.6m

Money raised

VMRay provides threat detection and analysis to enterprises.

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$5.6m

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ID Quantique is a company developing quantum cybersecurity products, quantum scientific instrumentation, and quantum random number generation.

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5

Funding Rounds

$95.7m

Money raised

Percipient.ai is an analytics firm offering a machine learning and artificial intelligence platform using open source technology for national security intelligence and security applications.

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$296.1m

Money raised

BigID is a cybersecurity company developing a platform for data protection and privacy compliance.

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5

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$44.4m

Money raised

Osano is a data privacy platform founded in Austin, Texas by Arlo Gilbert and Scott Hertel.

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Funding Rounds

$128.9m

Money raised

Dredrone is an airspace security platform that detects, classifies, and mitigates drone threats.

4

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$115.4m

Money raised

Lithic is a financial technology company that builds payments infrastructure for businesses and consumers.

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$32.3m

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Jscrambler is a client-side web security provider founded in 2014 by Pedro Fortuna.

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3

Funding Rounds

$21.1m

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Anapaya is a Zurich, Switzerland-based private network infrastructure provider and developer of a secure networking protocol separate from and capable of being used with the internet.

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$124.0m

Money raised

A company that has created a software solution for businesses to monitor their security effectiveness. It was founded in 2011 and is located in Boston, Massachusetts.

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$9.3m

Money raised

Authologic is an unified e-ID verification platform founded in 2020 by Jaroslaw Sygitowicz, Krzysztof Klimczak and Marek Rogozinski.

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5

Funding Rounds

$159.4m

Money raised

A cybersecurity company offering an application security platform for enterprises.

2

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$19.0m

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Platform that protects online assets by using community-shared information on IP behavior and reputation.

7

Funding Rounds

$72.7m

Money raised

AxelSpace is a company that is developing technology for private microsatellites.

4

Funding Rounds

$92.2m

Money raised

A cybersecurity company offering cybersecurity and security rating services.

2

Funding Rounds

$21.8m

Money raised

Privacy Automation Platform made to help businesses deliver transparent, trustworthy online experiences on autopilot

9

Funding Rounds

$263.9m

Money raised

Tealium is a company that has been at the forefront of delivering trusted customer data orchestration solutions to enterprises for more than a decade.

6

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$59.9m

Money raised

Yonder is a U.S-based company providing social media threat mitigation software.

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$55.4m

Money raised

EclecticIQ is cyber security software company based in Amsterdam. They provide a Threat Intelligence Platform for threat analysts to perform cyber investigations.

4

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$635.0m

Money raised

KnowBe4 is a Clearwater, Florida-based platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing attacks.

4

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$72.7m

Money raised

Theta Lake is a video classification startup dedicated to addressing the challenges organizations face in managing increasing video content and communication.

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$81.6m

Money raised

Coincover is a digital asset protection platform founded in 2018 by Adam Smith.

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$77.7m

Money raised

Neeva is a Mountain View, California-based company developing an advertising-free, private search engine.

3

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$4.7m

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Crypta Labs is quantum security startup that is developing a quantum-based encryption chip and software to secure the Internet of Things. The company developed a Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) for mobile devices and an integrated security chip for others. The company is targeting transport, military and medical markets.

4

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$41.3m

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Provider of secure and governed access to data for AI and analytics.

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6

Funding Rounds

$77.1m

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Ensighten is a customer data tracking platform and tag management technology vendor headquartered in San Jose, California. The company sells a customer data platform which includes visitor tracking and marketing products.

3

Funding Rounds

$62.1m

Money raised

A unified platform for Privacy, DSPM, AI Governance, Customer Commitments, and Third-Party Risk Management.

15

Funding Rounds

$928.6m

Money raised

Collibra is an end-to-end data intelligence platform founded in 2008 by Felix Van De Maele.

2

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$32.0m

Money raised

Espresso Systems is a single-shot scaling and privacy solution for Web3.

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6

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$19.7m

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Keyless is a privacy-preserving biometric authentication solutions provider founded in 2019 by Andrea Carmignani, Rolf Hoefer, Giuseppe Ateniese and Fabian Eberle.

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A software company offering a banking grade platform for online identity verification.

5

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$18.8m

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Decentriq is a company combining machine learning and cryptography to analyze any dataset.

1

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$4.4m

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Company developing optical communications hardware for strong digital encryption.

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8

Funding Rounds

$30.9m

Money raised

Coinfirm is a Blockchain Analytics company.

6

Funding Rounds

$557.5k

Money raised

Brighter AI Technologies is a German artificial intelligence startup with a facial burring product used to protect consumer identities.

7

Funding Rounds

$132.3m

Money raised

HYPR Corp is an american computer and biometric security company founded in 2014 by James Barcia.

3

Funding Rounds

$7.8m

Money raised

PatternEx is an Artificial Intelligence company that delivers cyber security solutions.

2

Funding Rounds

$200.0m

Money raised

Nord Security is a company working in the field of online privacy and security.

5

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$99.6m

Money raised

CybSafe is a cloud-based platform focussed on addressing the human component of cyber security - an intelligent approach to awareness training.

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5

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$131.0m

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Immersive Labs is a company founded in 2017 by James Hadley.

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$2.7m

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An artificial Intelligence company that has developed a wearable device for voice communications. It is located in London, England and was founded in 2017.

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$18.0m

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Sqreen is a San Francisco-based cybersecurity company developing a monitoring and protection platform for corporations.

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