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ZERON delivers an AI-powered platform designed for comprehensive cyber risk management, consolidating an organization’s cyber landscape into a single source of truth. The platform specializes in quantifying cyber risks, automating compliance, and enhancing defensive postures, transforming intricate data into actionable insights for effective security strategies. Its capabilities help enterprises understand, measure, and proactively reduce their overall cyber risk exposure.
The company was founded in 2020 by Sanket Sarkar, who identified a critical need for a more precise and integrated approach to managing enterprise cyber risk. Sarkar launched ZERON with the vision of providing a systematic way for businesses to transition from reactive security measures to data-driven, quantifiable risk management, thereby improving their overall resilience against emerging threats.
ZERON's platform serves diverse organizations striving to enhance their cyber security posture and achieve digital resilience. It enables risk owners to gain actionable insights and make informed decisions by effectively quantifying potential business impact from cyber threats. The company’s long-term vision centers on securing the digital environment with precision, empowering businesses to understand, quantify, and respond to risks at an accelerated pace.
ZERON has raised $150K across 1 funding round.
ZERON has raised $150K in total across 1 funding round.
ZERON has raised $150K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $150K Seed in January 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2023 | $150K Seed | — | 100X.VC | Announced |
ZERON has raised $150K in total across 1 funding round.
ZERON's investors include 100X.VC.
ZERON is a cybersecurity company founded in 2020 that builds an AI-driven cyber risk intelligence platform to help organizations quantify, measure, and reduce cyber risks with precision.[1][2][3] The platform provides deep visibility into security posture, automates compliance, manages third-party risks, and delivers actionable insights via the proprietary QBER model, turning complex data into business-friendly metrics like Cyber Value at Risk.[1][3][4] It serves businesses across sectors including government, finance (e.g., SEBI, RBI, HDFC Bank), and global enterprises in regions like India, Philippines, and UAE, solving the problem of outdated manual risk assessment that leads business leaders to ignore vulnerabilities.[1][2]
ZERON has shown strong growth momentum: 7x revenue increase in 2023, 5x customer base expansion, onboarding of global partners and customers, and recognitions from Deloitte, NASA, Harvard, and others.[1] With offices in Kolkata and Mumbai, it employs around 48 people and focuses on continuous monitoring, threat prioritization, and regulatory automation to eliminate cyber blind spots.[2][4]
ZERON emerged in 2020 from a pivotal discovery by its founding team: after identifying vulnerabilities in 86 websites, they found business leaders dismissed warnings due to vague, manual risk models, creating a dangerous disconnect between technical alerts and business action.[1] This "wake-up call" inspired the team—established on October 23, 2020—to pioneer AI-driven tools using data analytics and the QBER model for precise, automated cyber risk quantification.[1]
Early traction was rapid: in 2020-2021, ZERON ranked in Slingshot Singapore's Top 500 Global Startups, took 1st runner-up in Secom Japan’s Anshin Innovation Challenge, completed its first POC with West Bengal's Dept. of IT&E, and delivered 32+ cybersecurity projects while onboarding advisors and partners.[1] By 2023, it won DSCI Finsec Innovation Box, published QBER research, conducted workshops for SEBI and RBI, and achieved explosive growth.[1] Based in India with a focus on deep tech, ZERON humanizes cybersecurity by bridging technical expertise with executive decision-making.[2][3]
ZERON rides the surging demand for cyber risk quantification amid escalating threats, where manual tools fail to convey financial stakes to executives, fueling a market projected for deep tech solutions in posture management.[1][3] Timing is ideal post-2020, as regulations tighten (e.g., RBI/SEBI workshops) and AI adoption accelerates compliance automation, positioning ZERON against competitors like Kovrr and CYE in a fragmented space needing business-centric insights.[3]
Market forces like rising breaches, third-party risks, and AI-driven threats favor ZERON's real-time platform, which influences the ecosystem by standardizing QBER for governance and enabling data orchestration in cybersecurity—exemplified by its pitches to investors like NetApp and recognitions in global innovation challenges.[1][3] It empowers sectors like finance and government to prioritize investments, reducing blind spots in India's booming tech hub and beyond.[2]
ZERON is poised for hypergrowth by expanding its CRPM platform globally, leveraging 2023's 7x revenue surge to penetrate more regulated markets with QBER-enhanced AI features like predictive insider threat detection.[1][4] Trends like AI-orchestrated defenses, zero-trust mandates, and third-party risk regulations will shape its path, potentially amplifying influence through more research publications and enterprise partnerships.[1][3]
As cyber threats evolve into trillion-dollar risks, ZERON's precision tools could redefine executive buy-in, evolving from a startup disruptor to a cornerstone of proactive risk intelligence—bridging the gap it first exposed in those 86 ignored vulnerabilities.[1]
