Startups Directory

Orca Security provides agentless cloud security scanning for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments using proprietary SideScanning technology that analyzes block storage without deploying agents or impacting workload performance. The platform delivers instant visibility across multi-cloud infrastructure, detecting vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, and compliance violations. Orca serves enterprise organizations requiring rapid deployment, complete cloud asset visibility, and minimal operational overhead. The company has achieved $1.8B valuation with backing from Google, Temasek, and other tier-one investors.

Noname Security is an AI-powered API security platform that automatically discovers, inventories, and protects all APIs across an organization's environment. The platform identifies vulnerabilities including data leakage, authorization issues, misconfigurations, and suspicious behavior without requiring agents or network modifications. It serves enterprises across financial services, healthcare, retail, and public sector, protecting over 10 million APIs and nearly $3 trillion in revenue streams. Noname was acquired by Akamai in May 2024 for $450M and is being integrated into Akamai's API Security offering.

CAST AI is a machine learning-powered platform that automatically optimizes Kubernetes clusters and cloud infrastructure in real time, reducing cloud costs by 50% or more while improving application performance and security. Unlike competitors that merely monitor and recommend fixes, CAST AI actively implements optimizations across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments. The platform uses advanced ML algorithms to continuously analyze workload behavior, automate resource allocation, and eliminate waste through intelligent bin packing and pod scheduling.

Alkira is a cloud-native network infrastructure-as-a-service platform that unifies connectivity across multiple clouds, data centers, and on-premises environments through a single control plane. It solves the fragmentation of east-west traffic between clouds by providing enterprises with an intuitive design canvas to deploy and manage network connectivity in minutes without hardware or agents. Founded by the team behind Viptela (acquired by Cisco for $610M), Alkira has raised $184M from top-tier investors including Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, and Tiger Global Management.

CyCognito is an attack surface discovery platform that autonomously simulates attacker techniques to identify internet-exposed and unmanaged assets across an organization's infrastructure. Using machine learning, NLP, and graph data models, it discovers business relationships, subsidiaries, and cloud environments without requiring customer integration or configuration. The platform prioritizes critical risks by filtering false positives through advanced AI, enabling security teams to focus remediation efforts on actual threats rather than vulnerability lists.