Cybersecurity companies hailing from four countries and seven states will be using Tampa Bay as their home base the next few months.
The Tampa Bay Wave's third annual CyberTech|X Accelerator program participants feature startups tackling the fast-growing cybersecurity field.
The region is already home to cyber startups that have morphed into powerhouse players. Clearwater-based KnowBe4 is in the process of closing a $5.6 billion deal. Tampa-based ReliaQuest hit the $1 billion valuation and is now the namesake for the region's bowl game. And others, including Tampa-based A-LIGN, are rapidly on their larger counterparts' heels.
Companies, including KnowBe4, A-LIGN and Tampa success story ConnectWise, all previously invested in the Tampa Bay Wave cyber program to help build the next class of burgeoning startups. With the program's guidance, the companies will gain access to mentoring, sales training, investor introductions and pitch coaching. The three-month program will culminate in a Demo Day on March 29, when the companies will pitch to a group of accredited investors.
“People across the country are finally recognizing what those of us in Florida already know, which is that our technology and startup ecosystems have been experiencing tremendous growth over the past five to 10 years, including in sectors like cybersecurity,” said Linda Olson, president and founder of Tampa Bay Wave, in a statement. “As cybersecurity threats continue to rise, programs like the CyberTech|X Accelerator can go a long way to address these growing security concerns while showcasing Tampa Bay’s tech and cybersecurity talent and helping advance Wave’s mission to build Florida’s innovation economy."
Here are the company descriptions from the Tampa Bay Wave:
Avertro
Located: Sydney, Australia
Avertro CyberHQ offers a platform that helps leaders manage, measure and report on their cybersecurity performance and make business-driven decisions.
BreachQuest
Located: Dallas
BreachQuest is building a platform to disrupt the incident response process and minimize breach costs and downtime. The platform helps incident response teams with speed, scale and automation, cutting down on a labor-intensive approach.
CleverFi
Located: Austin, Texas
CleverFi helps businesses and providers deliver the most secure and reliable Wi-Fi experience to their customers and guests.
Cyvatar
Located: Irvine, California
Cyvatar is a cybersecurity-as-a-service provider, helping customers achieve successful security outcomes by providing the people, process and technology required for cybersecurity success.
DeviceTotal
Located: Tel Aviv, Israel
DeviceTotal’s auto-prevention attack platform provides contextual risk analysis across an organization’s devices and networks so companies can manage control and eliminate their device’s risk.
Hackmetrix
Located: Mexico City, Mexico
Hackmetrix helps Latin American startups and small and medium businesses to prove their security standing by allowing them to achieve compliance certifications and stay safe through their offerings and tools.
Infiltron Software Suite
Located: Atlanta
Infiltron is a cybersecurity solution leveraging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain to provide innovative cybersecurity protection.
Keep Aware
Located: Austin, Texas
Keep Aware protects organizations and their employees from cyber threats through behavioral analytics. The team developed a browser-based solution that blocks phishing, data loss and malicious downloads while embedding cybersecurity awareness into every employee's workday.
Phalanx
Located: Arlington, Virginia
Phalanx provides security and visibility to data that resides outside databases with Zero Trust Data Access (ZTDA).
Privacy Lock
Located: Denver
Privacy Lock offers a solution to global compliance with consumer privacy laws.
Seccuri
Located: Palo Alto, California
Seccuri is a global cybersecurity talent tech platform. Seccuri's proprietary machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithm allows the platform to evaluate cybersecurity ecosystem data to support talent acquisition, talent upskilling and reskilling.
Stratawise
Located: Tampa
Stratawise is a no-code/low-code software as a service platform for process automation. It enables security-driven organizations to safely digitize processes, thereby improving communication, transparency and efficiency while easing continuous improvement.
Vultara
Located: Detroit
Vultara is a web-based cyber security management system dedicated to cyber-physical system manufacturers. Vultara automates cybersecurity engineering from concept design phase to post-development monitoring phase, enabling quick compliance.
X80 Security
Located: Singapore
X80 quantifies cyber risk in dollars and helps chief information security officers maximize their budget.
Zendata
Located: San Francisco
Zendata is a platform for chief information security officers and compliance leaders to understand and mitigate their privacy risks through continuous monitoring of assets, starting with their websites.
