Black Kite
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Murat Bicerunlockedknows Candan Bolukbas · together at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University (overlapped)
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Black Kite provides third-party cyber risk management (TPCRM) software offering continuous monitoring, standards-based cyber ratings, and remediation tools. It serves organizations managing the security risk of their vendors and partners in the cybersecurity industry.
Founders & leadership
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Candan BolukbasinCo-founderHe has extensive background in information security standards, network architecture, infrastructure systems, and iOS application development.
Investors · 4
Also in the syndicate · 1
Moore Strategic Ventures, LLC (MSV)
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$22M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2021
- $22MSeries BOct 2021 · 2 sources
Volition Capital (lead), Data Point Capital, Glasswing Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, LLC (MSV)
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 8
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Sentinel One60 shared keywordsSentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities. The company serves large enterprises, including many Fortune 500 organizations, to protect against cyber threats at scale.
Palo Alto Networks54 shared keywordsPalo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations' digital infrastructure across cloud, network, and security operations. The company serves enterprise organizations, governments, financial institutions, utilities, and healthcare providers globally.
BitSight Technologies47 shared keywordsBitsight provides a cyber risk intelligence platform that monitors entities across the internet to identify vulnerabilities and emerging threats in real time. The platform serves security, risk, and governance teams with threat context, vulnerability prioritization, and compromised credential detection to help organizations remediate exposures before attacks occur.
Netezza46 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Security Scorecard43 shared keywordsSecurityScorecard provides third-party risk management (TPRM) software using AI to help organizations identify, monitor, and mitigate cybersecurity risks across their supply chain and vendor networks. The platform serves enterprises managing extended supply chain security risks.
Safe Security40 shared keywordsSAFE Security provides an AI-driven platform for cyber risk management, covering third-party risk management (TPRM), continuous threat exposure management (CTEM), AI security posture management (AI-SPM), and cyber risk quantification (CRQ). It uses an agentic workflow engine with native integrations to serve enterprise organizations, including a portion of the Fortune 500.
Arctic Wolf35 shared keywordsArctic Wolf provides managed detection and response (MDR) services with 24x7 security teams that detect, investigate, and respond to threats using an open XDR platform processing trillions of events weekly. The company serves organizations seeking to reduce cyber risk through expert security operations and incident response.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Black Kite do?
- Black Kite provides third-party cyber risk management (TPCRM) software offering continuous monitoring, standards-based cyber ratings, and remediation tools. It serves organizations managing the security risk of their vendors and partners in the cybersecurity industry.
- Who founded Black Kite?
- Black Kite was founded by Candan Bolukbas.
- Who are Black Kite's investors?
- Black Kite's investors include Data Point Capital, Glasswing Ventures, Volition Capital.
- How much funding has Black Kite raised?
- Black Kite has disclosed $22M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.