Knostic Raises $11 Million in Funding
Knostic, a Herndon, VA-based cybersecurity company that provides need-to-know LLM access controls, has secured $11 million in funding.
The funding round was led by Bright Pixel Capital, with participation from Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI), DNX Ventures, Seedcamp, and prominent angel investors.
Bright Pixel Capital is the technology investment arm of the multinational group Sonae. With a special focus on cybersecurity, infrastructure software, retail technologies, business applications, and emerging tech, it has a portfolio of more than 60 companies spanning early to growth stages. Bright Pixel Capital acts as a strategic partner, offering specialized know-how, a global footprint, and extensive experience in supporting companies from early stages to IPO.
The company will use the funding to further its mission of securing AI adoption in enterprises and expanding its capabilities.
Knostic was founded in 2023 by Gadi Evron and Sounil Yu, with the goal of ensuring the safe adoption of AI at scale within enterprises. The company provides need-to-know-based access controls for Large Language Models (LLMs), designed to protect enterprise systems. Knostic focuses on preventing data leakage, monitoring oversharing, and remediating access control issues. Its mission is to make AI secure and safe for enterprises in their AI transformation journey as they adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot, Glean, and other enterprise LLM capabilities.
Funding Details
Company: Knostic, Inc.
Raised: $11.0M
Round: Unknown
Funding Date: March 2025
Lead Investor: Bright Pixel Capital
Additional Investors: Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI), DNX Ventures, Seedcamp, angel investors
Company Website: https://www.knostic.ai/
Software Category: Cybersecurity