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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

67 /100

Semgrep

Open-source-led static analysis platform for code scanning, supply chain and secrets detection, powering GitLab's SAST engine.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

SpyCloud

Identity threat protection vendor that mines breach and darknet data to detect exposed credentials and session cookies before…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
67 /100

Geordie AI

London-based startup building an agent-native security platform for discovering, monitoring, and governing autonomous AI agents inside the enterprise.

Incremental Innovator AI Security
67 /100

Dispel

Zero Trust secure remote access platform purpose-built for industrial control systems and OT environments using Moving Target Defense.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Theta Lake

Theta Lake provides AI-driven compliance, security, and archiving for modern communication and collaboration platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams,…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
67 /100

Guardz

Miami and Tel Aviv-based AI-native cybersecurity platform purpose-built for MSPs to protect their small and mid-sized business clients.

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

AuthMind

Agentless, observability-based identity protection platform detecting hidden identity risks across human, non-human, and agentic AI identities.

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
67 /100

SurePath AI

Denver startup that discovers shadow AI and agentic activity at the network layer; acquired by F5 in 2026…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
67 /100

IOActive

IOActive is a Seattle-based penetration testing and security research firm known for original vulnerability research into satellites, ATMs,…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
67 /100

Dispersive Holdings Inc.

Roswell, Georgia-based stealth networking company using patented multipath encryption to make network traffic invisible to attackers.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Cast AI

Automates Kubernetes cost optimization and security posture management, continuously right-sizing and hardening clusters without manual tuning.

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
67 /100

Nozomi Networks

OT and IoT network monitoring platform providing anomaly and threat detection for industrial control system environments.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

American Binary

Deep-tech cybersecurity company building the first enterprise VPN fully compliant with the NSA's CNSA 2.0 post-quantum cryptography standard.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Bitdefender

Bootstrapped, Romania-founded endpoint protection and XDR vendor whose GravityZone platform has repeatedly posted top-tier results in independent MITRE…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

Proton Mail

End-to-end encrypted email service from Switzerland's Proton AG, now majority-controlled by a non-profit foundation, serving over 100 million…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
67 /100

Tracebit

London-based cloud-native deception technology startup that deploys tailored canaries across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and identity providers…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

SandboxAQ (AQtive Guard)

Alphabet spinout's AQtive Guard gives enterprises and governments centralized visibility and management of cryptographic assets to prepare for…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
67 /100

LevelBlue

Managed security services provider spun off from AT&T Cybersecurity in 2024, majority-owned by WillJam Ventures, describing itself as…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

Miggo Security

Application Detection and Response (ADR) platform providing runtime visibility, exploitability proof, and one-click virtual patching for application vulnerabilities.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

Exein

Embedded runtime security platform that builds real-time threat detection directly into IoT and connected-device firmware.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

Hornetsecurity

European Microsoft 365 email security and backup vendor, now part of Proofpoint after a May 2025 acquisition.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Vali Cyber

A Charlottesville, Virginia startup building ZeroLock, a VMware-certified runtime security platform that protects ESXi and Linux hypervisors from…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
67 /100

Push Security

Push Security detects and blocks identity attacks — phishing, credential stuffing, account takeover, malicious OAuth grants — directly…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
67 /100

Intel 471

A cyber threat intelligence provider built around human analysts with law enforcement and intelligence backgrounds, tracking cybercriminal actors…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management