Funding record · 2025 / 03
Knostic raises $11M Seed for AI security
Announced 5 March 2025 · Recorded 8 September 2026 · Last verified 8 September 2026
Knostic, an AI security company based in Herndon, United States, raised $11M in a Seed announced on 5 March 2025, led by Bright Pixel Capital, Silicon Valley CISO Investments and DNX Ventures with 3 others. Its disclosed equity funding is now $19.3M across 3 rounds.
- Amount
- $11M
- Round
- Seed
- Announced
- 5 March 2025
- Lead investors
- Bright Pixel Capital, Silicon Valley CISO Investments, DNX Ventures, Seedcamp, Kevin Mahaffey, Gerhard Eschelbeck
- Sources on record
- 1prnewswire.com
From the source
Knostic Nabs $11 Million to Eliminate Enterprise AI Data Leaks
Knostic, a Virginia-based cybersecurity startup specializing in need-to-know access controls for Generative AI, announced an $11 million funding round to secure enterprise large language models (LLMs) and prevent data leakage and oversharing.
prnewswire.com · 5 March 2025 ↗The Mandos read
What the record says about Knostic
- Momentum 31 / 100 · Coolinglocked →
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- 39 employeeslocked →
history and breakdowns in the platform
- Exit Readiness: Lowlocked →
Tested against 751 past exits in the Mandos record: 43% sat in Watch or Elevated 2 years before. Companies in Elevated exited at 3.1× the record's rate.
- Buyers most often compare Knostic with Reco, Nudge Security and Grip Security and 4 morelocked →
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Funding history
Knostic funding on record
Knostic has raised $19.3M in priced equity. Its most recent round was a Venture Round in April 2025.
Latest round on record: Venture Round, Apr 2025.
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Questions people ask
- How much did Knostic raise in its Seed?
- Knostic raised $11M in a Seed announced on 5 March 2025.
- Who invested in Knostic's Seed?
- The round was led by Bright Pixel Capital, Silicon Valley CISO Investments, DNX Ventures, Seedcamp, Kevin Mahaffey, Gerhard Eschelbeck.
- What does Knostic do?
- Knostic is a cybersecurity company specializing in AI Security, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Herndon, United States.
