Cybersecurity Startups

Whalebone develops no-installation, network-level DNS security and identity protection products for telcos, internet service providers, enterprises, public institutions, and governments. Based in the Czech Republic, it provides secure DNS resolution for the European Union and focuses on mass-market cybersecurity deployments.

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Whalemate is a human-risk management platform that runs continuous phishing and QRishing simulations and profile-based training, scoring and prioritizing individual employees by risk so security teams can intervene and track behavior change. It targets enterprise security, compliance, and board stakeholders, producing audit-ready evidence for frameworks like ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS, and NIST CSF.

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Whispeak develops voice deepfake detection and biometric authentication technology to verify voice authenticity and prevent AI-generated voice fraud. The company serves customers requiring real-time voice verification across telecommunications, financial services, and connected device ecosystems.

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Black Duck provides an application security testing platform that unifies SAST, SCA, DAST, IAST, and AI-powered analysis to find and remediate vulnerabilities, license compliance risks, and code quality issues across the software development lifecycle. It serves organizations building secure proprietary, open source, and AI-generated code, and supports compliance with regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act.

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Whiteswan provides a unified authorization and enforcement platform that governs privileged access, Active Directory, cloud identity, and AI agents through a single policy engine and audit trail. The platform is designed for enterprises seeking to replace fragmented identity security tools with integrated decision-making and enforcement at the moment of action.

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Ypqc is a unified post-quantum cryptography library supporting seven quantum-resistant encryption algorithms compliant with NIST global standards and domestic KpqC standards. The library provides implementations for C, Java, and WebAssembly platforms and serves government, financial, cloud, IoT, and embedded systems sectors.

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Wenspiredata provides zero-trust privileged remote access solutions for administrators, third-party vendors, and operational technology environments, replacing traditional VPN approaches. The platform enables secure remote sessions to critical systems with identity verification, least-privilege access controls, and session monitoring.

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WiJungle is an AI/ML-based network security appliance and software product that lets organizations manage and protect their entire network from a single interface. It serves verticals including enterprise, education, hospitality, healthcare, BFSI, defence, power and energy, transport, retail, and smart city deployments.

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Willow provides an infrastructure and control-plane layer for enterprises to connect, govern, and scale AI agents, tools, and skills across their organization. It offers identity-based tool provisioning, action-level policy enforcement, audit logging, and endpoint sensors to detect unapproved agent usage, aimed at enterprise IT, security, and governance teams.

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WireOver is a desktop application that uses peer-to-peer technology to send large files privately, offering free and unlimited transfers. Pro accounts add end-to-end encryption for stronger security.

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Wirespeed provides a deterministic-first AI security operations center (SOC) that automatically investigates and contains cyber threats in milliseconds, supervised by a 24/7 team of threat engineers. It serves enterprise security teams, MSPs/MSSPs, and resellers as an automated detection and response (MDR) alternative.

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WiseBee provides an AI-driven security platform that operates as a virtual security team, integrating threat intelligence and vendor risk insights to automatically detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats for enterprise security teams.

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A platform that uses AI agents to automate know-your-customer (KYC) workflows and identity verification for financial institutions and compliance teams. It handles document verification, liveness checks, AML screening, and continuous monitoring across jurisdictions.

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Wizardsardine develops Bitcoin security and custody software for individuals and institutions. The company builds open-source wallet and custody management tools that enable secure self-hosted Bitcoin storage with spending policy controls.

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WMC Global builds WMC Insight+, an AI-powered mobile-first threat intelligence platform that detects, scores, and takes down mobile phishing, smishing, and vishing campaigns. It serves brands' fraud, security operations, and threat intelligence teams to prevent account takeover and brand abuse.

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Wombat Security delivers AI-powered security awareness training that personalizes employee education based on individual user risk, roles, and behaviors to reduce human-activated cybersecurity threats. The platform uses automated risk-based learning paths, phishing simulations, and behavioral analytics to help organizations build a stronger security culture.

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Woodway Assurance builds EviData, an enterprise tool that assesses whether datasets can be safely shared by measuring privacy risk against standards-based thresholds and producing auditable reports, with an AI companion (EviAgent) that answers questions and performs data anonymization transformations. It is a spin-off from the Electronic Health Information Laboratory at the CHEO Research Institute, applying privacy-enhancing technologies for enterprise data privacy and anonymization.

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Workstation provides AI-enabled data analysis and governance solutions for enterprise customers who need to adopt AI safely. The company helps data-driven organizations manage and leverage AI while maintaining security and compliance.

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Wortell is a Microsoft partner that provides AI, cloud, and security services to organizations, including Copilot-based AI solutions, Azure platforms, data architecture, migrations, and 24/7 security monitoring using tools like Microsoft Sentinel and Zero Trust. It serves businesses looking to adopt Microsoft technologies for efficiency, scalability, and compliance.

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WPConsent is a self-hosted WordPress plugin for managing cookie consent and global privacy compliance, including GDPR and CCPA requirements. It provides automatic cookie detection, script blocking, and policy generation for WordPress website owners of all sizes.

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WebTotem is a cloud-based website security platform that monitors websites for suspicious behavior and malware, automatically detecting and quarantining threats. It serves website owners and developers across all CMS platforms with an easy-to-use dashboard and machine learning-powered threat detection.

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X-Analytics provides a cyber risk intelligence platform that quantifies cyber risk in financial terms and identifies actions to reduce it. The solution serves enterprises, cybersecurity professionals, and boards seeking to understand and mitigate their financial exposure to cyber threats.

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X80 is an offensive-security platform that maps an organization's external attack surface across people, systems, and third parties, ranking each weakness by how profitable it would be for an attacker to exploit. It also offers services such as SOC 2/ISO 27001 penetration tests, code audits, and red-team engagements.

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xahive sells sector-specific cybersecurity and AI "playbooks" — action guides aligned to standards like NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and IEC 62443 that provide governance templates, technical controls, vendor clauses, and post-quantum migration steps for organizations and their supply chains. The playbooks target 11 sectors including agriculture/food, public sector, manufacturing, transportation, education, healthcare, energy, enterprise, finance, defence, and SMBs.

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