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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

67 /100

Jumio

Identity-verification and KYX platform combining document and biometric verification with fraud intelligence for banks, marketplaces, and fintechs.

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
67 /100

AIUC

AIUC certifies and insures AI agents, tying an audit standard directly to underwritten coverage for enterprise deployments.

Incremental Innovator AI Security
67 /100

Anchore

SBOM-powered software supply chain security platform generating and managing software bills of materials, scanning containers for vulnerabilities, secrets,…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

Cowbell

A Pleasanton, CA cyber-insurance MGA offering continuously underwritten, telemetry-informed coverage for SMEs, backed by Zurich Insurance.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
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

Qodo

Tel Aviv company (formerly CodiumAI) building AI agents that review, test, and govern code quality across enterprise engineering…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

OPAQUE

San Francisco confidential-AI company, spun out of UC Berkeley research, that lets enterprises run AI training and inference…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
67 /100

StepSecurity

Supply-chain security platform that locks down GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines against malicious packages and compromised dependencies.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

Replica Cyber

Provides instant, hardware-isolated 'secure enclave' workspaces so analysts can investigate malware, threat intel, and fraud without touching the…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

CardinalOps

Detection posture management platform that continuously assesses and closes coverage gaps in SIEM/XDR detection rules.

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

DataDome

Real-time bot and fraud protection platform using machine learning to distinguish malicious automated traffic from legitimate users.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

Clover Security

AI-agent platform that analyzes software architecture and design documents to catch security design flaws before code is written.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
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

VicOne

VicOne, a Trend Micro venture, builds automotive and connected-vehicle cybersecurity software used by OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
67 /100

Beacon Security

AI-native cybersecurity platform building a trustworthy data foundation and library of specialized security agents for automated detection, investigation,…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
67 /100

DataKrypto

Fully homomorphic encryption technology that keeps data and AI models encrypted throughout training, inference, and deployment.

Incremental Innovator AI 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

Exein

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

Incremental Innovator Application Security
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

LevelBlue

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

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
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

Odaseva

A San Francisco data-protection vendor offering five-layer encryption and purpose-built backup for Salesforce, serving Fortune 500-scale customers since…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
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