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ProcessBolt
Techstars '18Minneapolis, US · 3 known investors
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Perimeter is a vendor risk management platform that automates security assessments, continuously monitors vendor attack surfaces, and uses AI to extract and verify security information from vendor responses. It serves enterprise security and compliance teams managing third-party vendor risk.
Also known as Perimeter · ProcessBolt
Founders & leadership
Investors · 3
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026ProcessBolt is a Minneapolis-based company, founded in 2017, whose product addresses enterprise vendor risk management (VRM). The company positions its platform, marketed as Perimeter, as a replacement for spreadsheet- and email-based third-party risk processes, using AI-powered interactive questionnaires, process tracking, notifications and alerting, dashboards and risk metrics.
The Perimeter platform is organized around six capability areas covering the third-party risk lifecycle: automated risk assessments (Assess), AI-powered document intelligence and extraction (Extract), external attack surface validation (Verify), a document management hub (Share), responses to RFPs and inbound customer assessments (Respond), and continuous monitoring with alerts (Monitor). Attack surface monitoring findings are correlated against vendor questionnaire responses to identify discrepancies and omissions, and the platform surfaces headline vendor risk scores alongside underlying detail. The company states that onboarding, training and support are included in the price, that no implementation partner is required, and that time-to-value can be as short as five days.
Business model
Software platform sold to organizations that manage third-party vendor risk; onboarding, training and support are described as included in the platform price, and one customer review describes an unlimited-user pricing model.
Traction
The website cites a 4.8 G2 rating and G2 recognition for fastest implementation, easiest to use and best ROI, and publishes named user testimonials from security, risk and sales practitioners.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
The company emphasizes an integrated assessment, continuous monitoring and AI extraction platform in which vendor attestations are validated against externally observed attack surface data rather than accepted at face value; other stated differentiators are implementation in under a week without an implementation partner, customizable assessments and workflows, early breach notification, an approximately 80% reduction in manual effort and vendor response time, and AI outputs constrained by source citations and certainty thresholds.
Technology
AI-driven document extraction interprets vendor responses and supporting documentation, with each AI output accompanied by a citation to the precise location in the source document and outputs returned only above a stated certainty threshold. The platform also performs continuous external attack surface monitoring of vendors and correlates those findings with vendor-submitted questionnaire answers, alongside customizable assessment templates, workflows, dashboards and risk metrics.
Go-to-market
Enterprise vendor risk, cybersecurity, compliance and procurement teams, with marketing focused on regulated industries. Reviewer job titles include manager of cybersecurity operations, senior risk manager, director of security, information systems security manager and security analyst roles; sales staff also use the knowledge base to respond to inbound RFPs and client assessments.
Geography
Headquartered in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area; a mailing address in Minnetonka, Minnesota is listed.
History
Founded in 2017 in Minneapolis. The product is presented publicly under the Perimeter brand on the processbolt.com domain.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
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- ProcessBoltprocessbolt.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ProcessBolt do?
- ProcessBolt runs Perimeter, an AI-assisted vendor risk management platform for regulated-industry security and risk teams.
- Who founded ProcessBolt?
- ProcessBolt was founded by Dan Gardner.
- Who are ProcessBolt's investors?
- ProcessBolt's investors include Matchstick Ventures, Roadmap Capital Inc., Techstars.
- Where is ProcessBolt headquartered?
- ProcessBolt is headquartered in Minneapolis, US.