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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

53 /100

Zluri

Zluri is an identity governance and administration platform, built on its IRIS risk-scoring engine, that discovers and governs…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
53 /100

NTT DOCOMO Business (Managed Security Services)

NTT DOCOMO Business embeds managed security — including network-as-a-service with built-in protection — into its global telecom and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

KoolSpan

A secure mobile communications vendor whose FIPS 140-2 validated TrustCall platform delivers end-to-end encrypted calls, messaging, and file…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
53 /100

Constella

Identity risk intelligence platform combining a multi-billion-record breach data lake with dark web and public-sphere monitoring for account…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
53 /100

Link11

Link11 provides cloud-based DDoS protection, web application security, and secure CDN/DNS services from a European-operated network.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

5ironCyber

5ironCyber is a bootstrapped, Tennessee-based MSSP delivering 24/7 SOC monitoring and managed endpoint detection and response tailored specifically…

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
53 /100

Hillstone Networks

Hillstone Networks, founded by former NetScreen engineers, builds next-generation firewalls and cloud workload protection under what it calls…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Ossprey

Ossprey continuously scans open-source dependencies with an AI code analyzer to catch malicious packages before they reach production,…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
53 /100

ThreatX (an A10 Networks company)

Behavioral, risk-based API and web application protection with automated blocking and 24/7 managed monitoring, now integrated into A10…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
53 /100

Plerion

Sydney-based CNAPP consolidating CSPM, CIEM, workload scanning, DSPM, and cloud detection and response into one platform, backed by…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
53 /100

Upfort

Upfort combines a small-business cyber risk mitigation platform with streamlined access to cyber insurance underwritten by partner carriers.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

Paubox

HIPAA-compliant email encryption vendor whose inbound and outbound protection works without recipient portals or extra login steps for…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
53 /100

Exiger

An AI-driven supply chain and third-party risk platform used to map risk down to the 'nth tier' of…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

Nirmata

Nirmata builds an AI-assisted Kubernetes governance and security platform on top of Kyverno, the Kubernetes-native policy engine its…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
53 /100

CYBERDISE

A Swiss seed-stage awareness-training startup with multi-channel simulations and over 80,000 reported users.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

Manufact

Manufact is a YC-backed startup building open-source SDK and cloud hosting infrastructure for deploying MCP servers that connect…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
53 /100

Commvault

One of the oldest data-protection vendors, offering operational, cyber, and autonomous recovery software for hybrid and cloud environments.

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
53 /100

Hyperproof

Compliance-operations platform serving as a system of record for controls, risk, and vendor data across 160+ supported frameworks.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

OnSecurity

A CREST-accredited UK penetration-testing-as-a-service platform that bootstrapped to 400+ customers before taking its first outside funding round in…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
53 /100

Nuix

ASX-listed Australian investigative analytics and eDiscovery software used by law enforcement, government, and legal teams to process and…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
53 /100

CYREBRO

Israeli-founded cloud-based SOC-as-a-Platform provider (formerly CyberHat) delivering technology-agnostic managed detection and response to mid-market organizations.

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
53 /100

Allentis

Allentis makes ANSSI-qualified network TAPs and monitoring probes for critical infrastructure and defense networks; acquired by nuclear engineering…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Kai

Newly launched agentic AI security platform from Claroty and SecurityMatter co-founders, using autonomous agents to detect and respond…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
53 /100

Afi

Afi provides cloud-native backup and data protection for Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure, delivering cyber-resilient…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security