Prime Security is a technology company.
Prime Security has raised $6.0M across 1 funding round.
Prime Security has raised $6.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Prime Security is a product security company developing the first Agentic Security Architect, a suite of autonomous AI agents that automate security reviews at the software design stage.[1][2][3] It serves software development and product security teams at enterprises like PayPal, Qualtrics, Bumble, ThoughtSpot, and Redis Labs, solving the problem of manual security processes that fail to keep pace with AI-accelerated coding and large-scale engineering workflows.[1][2][4] The platform proactively identifies design flaws, provides full coverage of development tasks, reduces manual effort by over 60%, and delivers reviews in under 20 minutes, enabling machine-speed protection without slowing innovation.[2][3][4] Following a $20M Series A in December 2025 led by Scale Venture Partners, Prime is expanding go-to-market efforts and platform capabilities amid strong early traction, including Black Hat 2025 Startup Spotlight recognition.[1][2]
Prime Security was founded in 2023 in New York City with offices in Tel Aviv by co-founder and CEO Michael Nov, alongside cofounders Dima, Matan, and Danny.[2][4] The idea emerged from their firsthand experiences with outdated security practices: Dima's teams at PayPal struggled to keep up with development speed, while Matan, Danny, and Michael faced release delays at Own due to last-minute manual security requirements.[4] This highlighted a core hypothesis—security remains manual and fragmented despite modern tools—forcing the team to build agentic AI that embeds security from the design phase onward.[1][4] Early commercialization in 2025 yielded rapid traction, with dozens of enterprise customers, SOC2 Type II certification, and wins like Black Hat Startup Spotlight, validating their vision of scalable, proactive product security.[1][2][3]
Prime Security rides the agentic AI trend in cybersecurity, addressing the gap where AI-assisted coding outpaces manual security reviews amid rising design-stage risks.[1][2][4] Timing is critical as modern development demands "secure by design" to counter threats without hindering velocity, especially with overstretched ProdSec teams facing exponential output from tools like GitHub Copilot.[1][3] Market forces favoring Prime include surging enterprise demand for automated DevSecOps, regulatory pressures for early risk mitigation, and investor confidence via $20M funding from Scale Venture Partners and others.[2] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering Design-stage Risk Management, potentially replacing fragmented threat modeling and enabling bolder innovation across fintech, e-commerce, and data platforms.[3][4]
Prime Security is poised to dominate agentic product security, with plans to expand platform features for flexibility, grow the team, and lead a new category in design-stage risk management over the next six months.[2][4] Trends like AI-driven development and zero-trust architectures will amplify demand, potentially scaling Prime to hundreds of enterprises as it enhances autonomous agent capabilities.[1][2] Its influence may evolve from early innovator to ecosystem standard-setter, redefining secure development and tying back to its founding mission: security that accelerates, not impedes, engineering at machine speed.[1][4]
Prime Security has raised $6.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Prime Security's investors include Addition, Foundation Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Julia Kagan.
Prime Security has raised $6.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $6.0M Seed in October 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2024 | $6.0M Seed | Addition, Foundation Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Julia Kagan |