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Avocado Systems

Techstars '19

San Jose, US · Founded 2015 · 22 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors

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Avocado Systems develops application security software that automates threat detection and elimination to protect enterprises from breaches and advanced threats. The company serves large and small organizations seeking to reduce manual security workloads and improve business agility.

Also known as Avocado · Avocado Sys

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Founders & leadership

Avocado Systems was founded in 2015 by Keshav Kamble.

KKKeshav Kamble
Keshav KambleFounder and Chief Technology OfficerKeshav Kamble is founder of Avocado Systems, an application security company that develops runtime protection software for enterprises. He has experience delivering internet and mobile applications through teams focused on cloud infrastructure and open-source technologies.

Investors · 2

Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Avocado Systems is an enterprise application security company based in San Jose, California. Its platform is positioned as agentless application security and monitoring that protects applications at the micro-surface level, addressing threats that traditional application security approaches are described as unable to keep pace with. The company's stated aim is to protect clients from prevalent breaches and advanced threats while removing the burden of manual application security work.

The current flagship offering is Avocado Reveal-AI, described as the next evolution of the company's runtime threat modeling platform. Reveal-AI performs AI-driven runtime application threat modeling, automatically generating threat models that adapt to an application's dynamic runtime behavior rather than relying on static scanning. It adds real-time mitigation guidance with step-by-step remediation recommendations, built-in collaboration tooling intended to connect security and development teams, and integration into existing development workflows as a continuous feedback loop on security posture. Other named capabilities and use cases include automatic application threat modeling, application zero trust via Avocado Protect, DevSecOps testing, automation in application architecture, and automation of enterprise application change management.

Business model

Avocado Systems sells software to enterprises; the platform is delivered as an application security product that integrates into customers' existing development and runtime environments.

Traction

The company cites customer benefits including a 70% reduction in vulnerability remediation time, improved DevSecOps collaboration, and faster release cycles. Third-party listings place headcount in the 11-50 range.

Latest developments

The company has introduced Avocado Reveal-AI, an AI-powered extension of its runtime threat modeling platform that delivers automated threat models and real-time mitigation recommendations within development workflows.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Avocado Systems is listed in the portfolio of The CXO Fund, which describes it as providing enterprises an application security platform safeguarding against cybersecurity threats at the micro-surface level.

The company positions its approach against conventional scanning-based application security, emphasizing threat models derived from live runtime behavior, deterministic threat detection, and agentless deployment. It reports holding 8 patents in deterministic threat detection, application visibility, and runtime threat elimination, with a team that collectively holds more than 150 worldwide patents in IT security, networking, machine learning, and neural networks.

Technology

Runtime application threat modeling driven by proprietary AI, agentless application security and monitoring, deterministic threat detection, application visibility and runtime threat elimination, plus application zero trust enforcement through the Avocado Protect component.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise sales supported by a VP of Sales/Operations, a Chief Delivery Officer, and a Field CISO role; the website uses gated content downloads to capture prospect contact details.

Enterprises of varying size, including large organizations with DevSecOps teams, and federal/public-sector customers served through a dedicated federal solutions unit.

Geography

Headquarters in San Jose, United States. The leadership team includes a President/GM for Federal Solutions, indicating a US federal-sector focus.

History

The company markets Avocado Reveal-AI as the successor generation of its earlier runtime threat modeling platform, indicating a progression from runtime threat detection and elimination toward AI-assisted threat modeling and mitigation guidance.

Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Employee count rangeJan 202511-50
HeadcountAug 202622
Patents heldJan 20258 patents
Team patents worldwideJan 2025150 patents
Vulnerability remediation time reductionJan 202570%

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
Launch of Avocado Reveal-AI runtime application threat modeling platform

Avocado Systems introduced Avocado Reveal-AI, an AI-driven evolution of its runtime threat modeling platform that automatically builds threat models from application runtime behavior and provides real-time, step-by-step mitigation guidance plus collaboration tooling for security and development teams.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

▸Research sources · 6

primary sources listed

6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Avocado Systems do?
Avocado Systems builds an enterprise application security platform with AI-driven runtime threat modeling and mitigation guidance.
Who founded Avocado Systems?
Avocado Systems was founded by Keshav Kamble in 2015.
Who are Avocado Systems's investors?
Avocado Systems's investors include CXO Fund, Techstars.
Where is Avocado Systems headquartered?
Avocado Systems is headquartered in San Jose, US.