DataTribe

DataTribe is a startup foundry based in Fulton, Maryland, established in 2015. The company focuses on investing in and co-building innovative startups that aim to make significant advancements in cybersecurity and data science. Founded by experienced investors and veterans from the U.S. intelligence community, DataTribe leverages its extensive network and professional expertise to provide companies with essential resources, including capital and in-kind services. By fostering collaboration and offering strategic support, DataTribe strives to give its startups a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Jay Emmanuel

Chief Architect

John Funge

Co-Founder and Board Member

Leo Scott

Chief Innovation Officer

46 past transactions

SixMap

Venture Round in 2025
SixMap is a technology company specializing in external attack surface management. Its platform detects and helps remediate network security policy issues by providing insights into potential cyberattack vectors.

Frenos

Seed Round in 2025
Frenos is a technology company that specializes in cybersecurity. It provides a continuous security assessment platform, enabling critical infrastructure teams to evaluate the cybersecurity posture of their mission-critical environments, devices, and applications. The platform significantly reduces assessment time, with no impact on operations, and helps identify the most effective risk mitigations at scale. This proactive approach helps businesses save time, money, and resources, and strengthens their defenses against evolving cyber threats.

BlackCloak

Series B in 2024
BlackCloak, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Lake Mary, Florida, specializing in personalized concierge cybersecurity services for ultra and high-net-worth individuals, as well as C-suite executives. Founded in 2017, BlackCloak provides a comprehensive platform that safeguards clients' devices and personal information from various threats, including hacking, privacy breaches, and reputational risks. The company's offerings include monitoring the dark web for compromised data, enhancing device privacy, securing home networks, and removing personal information from data broker sites. By focusing on the unique vulnerabilities of high-profile individuals and their families, BlackCloak delivers tailored solutions that ensure the protection of their clients' privacy and peace of mind in both personal and professional realms.

Strider Technologies

Venture Round in 2024
Strider is a strategic intelligence firm that converts publicly available data into vital insights using artificial intelligence. It helps organizations secure and advance their technology and innovation by identifying and mitigating risks associated with intellectual property theft, targeted talent acquisition, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

QuickCode ai

Seed Round in 2024
QuickCode.ai offers a software platform that addresses the challenges of obtaining appropriately labeled training data for machine learning applications. By utilizing advanced machine learning and natural language processing algorithms, the company aids trade compliance specialists in identifying potential risks within product catalogs. This process allows data scientists to focus on relevant and representative text, ultimately generating training datasets that are both specific to particular use cases and diverse in content. Through its innovative approach, QuickCode.ai enhances the effectiveness of text-based machine learning models.

QuickCode ai

Venture Round in 2024
QuickCode.ai offers a software platform that addresses the challenges of obtaining appropriately labeled training data for machine learning applications. By utilizing advanced machine learning and natural language processing algorithms, the company aids trade compliance specialists in identifying potential risks within product catalogs. This process allows data scientists to focus on relevant and representative text, ultimately generating training datasets that are both specific to particular use cases and diverse in content. Through its innovative approach, QuickCode.ai enhances the effectiveness of text-based machine learning models.

Vigilant Ops

Seed Round in 2023
Vigilant Ops is an IT company that provides solutions for software bill of materials generation, management, and vulnerability monitoring.

ContraForce

Seed Round in 2023
ContraForce is a cybersecurity company founded in 2021 by Stan Golubchik and Ricky Melendez with the mission to combat global cybercrime by revolutionizing security service delivery. The company aims to make effective security services accessible to all by connecting service providers and customers worldwide. ContraForce has developed innovative solutions such as Spark, a cloud-deployed workbench that facilitates collaboration among MSSPs, MSPs, and Customers on security service delivery, and Storm, a co-managed outsourced service that links MSPs and Customers with global MSSPs to jointly defend against cyber threats. The company has gained significant recognition, including winning the Microsoft Security Excellence Award for ISV of the year in 2024. ContraForce's platform leverages artificial intelligence to automate security operations, enabling customers to quickly detect, contain, and respond to threats, thereby minimizing their impact.

Fianu Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Fianu Labs specializes in software governance and compliance solutions that enhance the DevSecOps toolchain. The company develops a platform that integrates real-time, continuous audits with established control frameworks and internal policies, creating a comprehensive fabric of evidence. Each software release is accompanied by a Software Bill of Attestations (SBOA), which provides immutable, audit-worthy documentation. By automating and streamlining processes, Fianu Labs enables organizations to navigate the complexities of compliance while maintaining agility and innovation in their development cycles. The platform effectively bridges the gap between engineering, quality, security, and audit functions, facilitating a more intuitive approach to governance and compliance in the software development lifecycle.

N2K

Series A in 2022
N2K is a leading online music entertainment company that promotes, markets, and sells music globally via genre-specific websites. It enables users to purchase CDs, cassettes, and related merchandise while building loyal user communities.

Web3fied

Grant in 2022
Web3fied builds decentralized digital identity and credentials management that allows end users to custodian their own proven identity and data with increased security and privacy.

Balance Theory

Grant in 2022
Balance Theory develops a specialized platform for cybersecurity professionals, facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration through features like templates, integrations, live collaboration, dashboards, and reporting.

NorthStar

Grant in 2022
NorthStar provides security technology and markets it as a holistic system capable of asset detection and inventory, configuration and vulnerability statistics reporting, and intelligence for evaluating risk management effectiveness.

Strider Technologies

Series B in 2022
Strider is a strategic intelligence firm that converts publicly available data into vital insights using artificial intelligence. It helps organizations secure and advance their technology and innovation by identifying and mitigating risks associated with intellectual property theft, targeted talent acquisition, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

Enveil

Series B in 2022
Enveil specializes in secure data processing. It offers solutions that enable enterprises to operate on encrypted and unencrypted data across various environments, ensuring data security throughout. Its key products include ZeroReveal Compute Fabric for secure collaboration, ZeroReveal Search for secure searches, and ZeroReveal Machine Learning for secure insights derivation. Enveil serves industries such as financial services, healthcare, cloud security, and government.

ContraForce

Seed Round in 2021
ContraForce is a cybersecurity company founded in 2021 by Stan Golubchik and Ricky Melendez with the mission to combat global cybercrime by revolutionizing security service delivery. The company aims to make effective security services accessible to all by connecting service providers and customers worldwide. ContraForce has developed innovative solutions such as Spark, a cloud-deployed workbench that facilitates collaboration among MSSPs, MSPs, and Customers on security service delivery, and Storm, a co-managed outsourced service that links MSPs and Customers with global MSSPs to jointly defend against cyber threats. The company has gained significant recognition, including winning the Microsoft Security Excellence Award for ISV of the year in 2024. ContraForce's platform leverages artificial intelligence to automate security operations, enabling customers to quickly detect, contain, and respond to threats, thereby minimizing their impact.

QuickCode ai

Seed Round in 2021
QuickCode.ai offers a software platform that addresses the challenges of obtaining appropriately labeled training data for machine learning applications. By utilizing advanced machine learning and natural language processing algorithms, the company aids trade compliance specialists in identifying potential risks within product catalogs. This process allows data scientists to focus on relevant and representative text, ultimately generating training datasets that are both specific to particular use cases and diverse in content. Through its innovative approach, QuickCode.ai enhances the effectiveness of text-based machine learning models.

Dragos

Series D in 2021
Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting the world's critical infrastructure. Its platform offers visibility into industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) networks, enabling early threat detection and mitigation.

BlackCloak

Series A in 2021
BlackCloak, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Lake Mary, Florida, specializing in personalized concierge cybersecurity services for ultra and high-net-worth individuals, as well as C-suite executives. Founded in 2017, BlackCloak provides a comprehensive platform that safeguards clients' devices and personal information from various threats, including hacking, privacy breaches, and reputational risks. The company's offerings include monitoring the dark web for compromised data, enhancing device privacy, securing home networks, and removing personal information from data broker sites. By focusing on the unique vulnerabilities of high-profile individuals and their families, BlackCloak delivers tailored solutions that ensure the protection of their clients' privacy and peace of mind in both personal and professional realms.

NTRINSEC

Seed Round in 2021
Ntrinsec develops a data security platform focused on addressing challenges in identity and secrets management, specifically targeting the risks associated with compromised cryptographic secrets. The company's technology automates key discovery and machine identity management, employing simulations and synthetic testing to facilitate effective remediation. By simplifying key management tasks in complex environments, Ntrinsec aims to mitigate the risk of data exfiltration and reduce the incidence of enterprise data breaches caused by key compromise.

SightGain

Seed Round in 2020
SightGain is a technology company that specializes in proactive cybersecurity risk management solutions for government and commercial enterprises. Its software suite, comprising Battle Stations and Lighthouse, helps security teams identify and address vulnerabilities in their systems, assess organizational controls, and train personnel using real-world scenarios. By continuously measuring and testing against known and emerging threats, SightGain enables clients to proactively adapt defenses, enhancing overall cybersecurity readiness.

Dragos

Series C in 2020
Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting the world's critical infrastructure. Its platform offers visibility into industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) networks, enabling early threat detection and mitigation.

Strider Technologies

Series A in 2020
Strider is a strategic intelligence firm that converts publicly available data into vital insights using artificial intelligence. It helps organizations secure and advance their technology and innovation by identifying and mitigating risks associated with intellectual property theft, targeted talent acquisition, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

BlackCloak

Seed Round in 2020
BlackCloak, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Lake Mary, Florida, specializing in personalized concierge cybersecurity services for ultra and high-net-worth individuals, as well as C-suite executives. Founded in 2017, BlackCloak provides a comprehensive platform that safeguards clients' devices and personal information from various threats, including hacking, privacy breaches, and reputational risks. The company's offerings include monitoring the dark web for compromised data, enhancing device privacy, securing home networks, and removing personal information from data broker sites. By focusing on the unique vulnerabilities of high-profile individuals and their families, BlackCloak delivers tailored solutions that ensure the protection of their clients' privacy and peace of mind in both personal and professional realms.

SightGain

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SightGain is a technology company that specializes in proactive cybersecurity risk management solutions for government and commercial enterprises. Its software suite, comprising Battle Stations and Lighthouse, helps security teams identify and address vulnerabilities in their systems, assess organizational controls, and train personnel using real-world scenarios. By continuously measuring and testing against known and emerging threats, SightGain enables clients to proactively adapt defenses, enhancing overall cybersecurity readiness.

Code Dx

Seed Round in 2019
Code Dx, Inc. is a company that specializes in application security management solutions designed to automate the identification, prioritization, and management of software vulnerabilities. Founded in 2010 and based in Northport, New York, Code Dx offers a comprehensive platform that integrates various security testing methodologies, including static and dynamic application security testing, to consolidate and simplify vulnerability data. Its flagship product, Enterprise, allows organizations to correlate results from multiple security tools, assess compliance with industry standards, and facilitate collaboration between security and development teams. Additionally, the company provides Code Pulse, which supports application security testing for development and quality assurance teams. Code Dx's solutions are designed to enhance vulnerability management processes and integrate seamlessly into existing workflows, enabling continuous security assessments throughout the software lifecycle.

Refirm Labs

Seed Round in 2019
ReFirm Labs, Inc. is a cybersecurity company focused on identifying and mitigating cyber threats within the firmware of connected devices. Founded in 2017 and based in Fulton, Maryland, the company offers a suite of products and services aimed at enhancing the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other connected machinery. Its flagship product, The Centrifuge Platform, automates the vetting and validation of firmware, enabling manufacturers to detect security flaws during and after the development process. In addition to its core offerings, ReFirm Labs provides training services in firmware analysis and exploitation, as well as vulnerability disclosure and remediation. The company's technology supports global firms in monitoring their products for emerging vulnerabilities, thus strengthening the overall security of their devices in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

BlueRidge.AI

Seed Round in 2019
BlueRidge.AI operates an artificial intelligence-based technology platform designed to help organizations enhance operational efficiency, product quality, and worker safety. The company utilizes proprietary IoT sensors in conjunction with a secure AI cloud and machine learning models to identify potential electric motor failures before they occur. This proactive approach enables clients to predict and prevent costly unplanned downtimes while minimizing the need for complex IT integration. By combining decades of expertise in industrial motors with innovative technology, BlueRidge.AI offers solutions that allow plant managers to focus on improving operations and reducing costs.

BlackCloak

Seed Round in 2019
BlackCloak, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Lake Mary, Florida, specializing in personalized concierge cybersecurity services for ultra and high-net-worth individuals, as well as C-suite executives. Founded in 2017, BlackCloak provides a comprehensive platform that safeguards clients' devices and personal information from various threats, including hacking, privacy breaches, and reputational risks. The company's offerings include monitoring the dark web for compromised data, enhancing device privacy, securing home networks, and removing personal information from data broker sites. By focusing on the unique vulnerabilities of high-profile individuals and their families, BlackCloak delivers tailored solutions that ensure the protection of their clients' privacy and peace of mind in both personal and professional realms.

Strider Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
Strider is a strategic intelligence firm that converts publicly available data into vital insights using artificial intelligence. It helps organizations secure and advance their technology and innovation by identifying and mitigating risks associated with intellectual property theft, targeted talent acquisition, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

Prevailion

Series A in 2019
Prevailion, Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland. It specializes in a compromise management platform that offers access to both historical and active cyber compromises affecting a wide range of organizations globally. The platform is designed to analyze cyber defense and third-party risk, utilizing a global sensor network to detect and infiltrate adversary command-and-control infrastructure. This capability allows Prevailion to provide confirmed evidence of compromises, rather than mere vulnerability assessments, thereby addressing significant blind spots in cybersecurity. The company serves various industries, including financial services, defense, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, helping them to discover, track, and manage cyber threats that may arise through their third-party ecosystem.

Code Dx

Seed Round in 2019
Code Dx, Inc. is a company that specializes in application security management solutions designed to automate the identification, prioritization, and management of software vulnerabilities. Founded in 2010 and based in Northport, New York, Code Dx offers a comprehensive platform that integrates various security testing methodologies, including static and dynamic application security testing, to consolidate and simplify vulnerability data. Its flagship product, Enterprise, allows organizations to correlate results from multiple security tools, assess compliance with industry standards, and facilitate collaboration between security and development teams. Additionally, the company provides Code Pulse, which supports application security testing for development and quality assurance teams. Code Dx's solutions are designed to enhance vulnerability management processes and integrate seamlessly into existing workflows, enabling continuous security assessments throughout the software lifecycle.

Attila

Seed Round in 2018
Attila Security, Inc. specializes in developing security solutions for networks and data access across virtual and cloud applications. Founded in 2018 and based in Columbia, Maryland, the company offers a range of products including the GoSilent Cube, a portable enterprise-grade firewall and virtual private network, GoSilent Global, which provides secure data access through dual Internet protocol obfuscation, and GoSilent Server, designed for accessing data center applications and cloud services. Attila's technology aims to protect various devices, such as servers, desktops, laptops, smartphones, and IoT devices, from cyber threats, addressing the significant economic impact of cybercrime. The company serves both government entities and enterprises, ensuring that sensitive data remains secure as it is accessed by employees across different platforms.

Inertial Sense

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2013, Inertial Sense develops and distributes miniature GPS-aided inertial navigation systems. Its products include rugged µINS, used in robotic lawn mowers, delivery robots, drones, agriculture robots, mobile industrial robots, and autonomous marine vessels.

Prevailion

Seed Round in 2018
Prevailion, Inc. is a cybersecurity company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland. It specializes in a compromise management platform that offers access to both historical and active cyber compromises affecting a wide range of organizations globally. The platform is designed to analyze cyber defense and third-party risk, utilizing a global sensor network to detect and infiltrate adversary command-and-control infrastructure. This capability allows Prevailion to provide confirmed evidence of compromises, rather than mere vulnerability assessments, thereby addressing significant blind spots in cybersecurity. The company serves various industries, including financial services, defense, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, helping them to discover, track, and manage cyber threats that may arise through their third-party ecosystem.

The CyberWire

Seed Round in 2018
The CyberWire is a cyber security-focused news service that delivers curated, concise, and relevant content to a diverse audience within the cyber security domain. The company specializes in collecting and publishing daily updates, utilizing various formats such as videos, podcasts, journals, and e-news to ensure accessibility and engagement. By employing a team of analysts, experts, and writers who closely monitor industry developments, The CyberWire effectively distills critical information from a vast array of sources, helping users navigate the complexities of the cyber security landscape. Their commitment to providing trustworthy and independent news makes them a valuable resource for individuals and organizations seeking to stay informed about the rapidly evolving world of cyber security.

Inertial Sense

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2013, Inertial Sense develops and distributes miniature GPS-aided inertial navigation systems. Its products include rugged µINS, used in robotic lawn mowers, delivery robots, drones, agriculture robots, mobile industrial robots, and autonomous marine vessels.

Attila

Seed Round in 2018
Attila Security, Inc. specializes in developing security solutions for networks and data access across virtual and cloud applications. Founded in 2018 and based in Columbia, Maryland, the company offers a range of products including the GoSilent Cube, a portable enterprise-grade firewall and virtual private network, GoSilent Global, which provides secure data access through dual Internet protocol obfuscation, and GoSilent Server, designed for accessing data center applications and cloud services. Attila's technology aims to protect various devices, such as servers, desktops, laptops, smartphones, and IoT devices, from cyber threats, addressing the significant economic impact of cybercrime. The company serves both government entities and enterprises, ensuring that sensitive data remains secure as it is accessed by employees across different platforms.

Refirm Labs

Seed Round in 2017
ReFirm Labs, Inc. is a cybersecurity company focused on identifying and mitigating cyber threats within the firmware of connected devices. Founded in 2017 and based in Fulton, Maryland, the company offers a suite of products and services aimed at enhancing the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other connected machinery. Its flagship product, The Centrifuge Platform, automates the vetting and validation of firmware, enabling manufacturers to detect security flaws during and after the development process. In addition to its core offerings, ReFirm Labs provides training services in firmware analysis and exploitation, as well as vulnerability disclosure and remediation. The company's technology supports global firms in monitoring their products for emerging vulnerabilities, thus strengthening the overall security of their devices in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Enveil

Corporate Round in 2017
Enveil specializes in secure data processing. It offers solutions that enable enterprises to operate on encrypted and unencrypted data across various environments, ensuring data security throughout. Its key products include ZeroReveal Compute Fabric for secure collaboration, ZeroReveal Search for secure searches, and ZeroReveal Machine Learning for secure insights derivation. Enveil serves industries such as financial services, healthcare, cloud security, and government.

Dragos

Series A in 2017
Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting the world's critical infrastructure. Its platform offers visibility into industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) networks, enabling early threat detection and mitigation.

Refirm Labs

Seed Round in 2017
ReFirm Labs, Inc. is a cybersecurity company focused on identifying and mitigating cyber threats within the firmware of connected devices. Founded in 2017 and based in Fulton, Maryland, the company offers a suite of products and services aimed at enhancing the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other connected machinery. Its flagship product, The Centrifuge Platform, automates the vetting and validation of firmware, enabling manufacturers to detect security flaws during and after the development process. In addition to its core offerings, ReFirm Labs provides training services in firmware analysis and exploitation, as well as vulnerability disclosure and remediation. The company's technology supports global firms in monitoring their products for emerging vulnerabilities, thus strengthening the overall security of their devices in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Enveil

Seed Round in 2016
Enveil specializes in secure data processing. It offers solutions that enable enterprises to operate on encrypted and unencrypted data across various environments, ensuring data security throughout. Its key products include ZeroReveal Compute Fabric for secure collaboration, ZeroReveal Search for secure searches, and ZeroReveal Machine Learning for secure insights derivation. Enveil serves industries such as financial services, healthcare, cloud security, and government.

Dragos

Seed Round in 2016
Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting the world's critical infrastructure. Its platform offers visibility into industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) networks, enabling early threat detection and mitigation.

Enveil

Seed Round in 2016
Enveil specializes in secure data processing. It offers solutions that enable enterprises to operate on encrypted and unencrypted data across various environments, ensuring data security throughout. Its key products include ZeroReveal Compute Fabric for secure collaboration, ZeroReveal Search for secure searches, and ZeroReveal Machine Learning for secure insights derivation. Enveil serves industries such as financial services, healthcare, cloud security, and government.

Dragos

Seed Round in 2016
Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting the world's critical infrastructure. Its platform offers visibility into industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) networks, enabling early threat detection and mitigation.
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