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Appknox, a leading mobile app security solution HQ in Singapore & Bangalore was founded by Harshit Agarwal and Subho Halder.

Since its inception, Appknox has become one of the go-to security solutions with the most powerful plug-and-play security platform, enabling security researchers, developers, and enterprises to build safe and secure mobile ecosystems using a system-plus human approach.

Appknox offers VA+PT solutions ( Vulnerability Assessment + Penetration Testing ) that provide end-to-end mobile application security and testing strategies to Fortune 500, SMB and Large Enterprises Globally helping businesses and mobile developers make their mobile apps more secure, thus not only enhancing protection for their customers but also for their own brand. 

During the course of 9 years, Appknox has scaled up to work with some major brands in India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, Japan, and the US and has also successfully enabled some of the top government agencies with its On-Premise deployments & compliance testing. Appknox helps 500+ Enterprises which includes 20+ Fortune 1000 and ministries/regulators across 10+ countries and some of the top banks across 20+ countries.

A champion of Value SaaS, with its customer and security-first approach Appknox has won many awards and recognitions from G2, and Gartner and is one of the top mobile app security vendors in its 2021 Application security Hype Cycle report. 

Our forward-leaning, pioneering spirit is backed by SeedPlus, JFDI Asia, Microsoft Ventures, and Cisco Launchpad and a legacy of expertise that began at the dawn of 2014.

To hire better and faster, companies need rich candidate data, smart software and sound human judgement.

Cutshort is using AI to combine all these 3 to offer a 10x talent sourcing solution that is faster, better and cheaper.

We have 3 AI-powered offerings

1. Hire using our AI platform: Affordable annual subscriptions
2. Get only sourcing: 3.5% of annual CTC when you hire
3. Get full recruiting: 6.99% of annual CTC when you hire

Customers such as Fractal, Sprinto, Shiprocket, Highlevel, ThoughtWorks, Deepintent have built strong engineering teams with Cutshort.

Virtana’s AI-powered platform delivers the deepest hybrid infrastructure observability, empowering you to optimize performance, reduce costs, and mitigate risks.

Founded in 2008, more than 150 Global 2000 enterprise customers such as AstraZeneca, Dell, Apple, Geico, Costco, Nasdaq, and Boeing, have long valued Virtana's software solutions. With advanced AI-powered capabilities, Virtana helps IT teams proactively address issues, streamline operations, and transform infrastructure into strategic assets in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape.

In 2023 Virtana Corp. was named:

• Top 20 Coolest Cloud Monitoring Companies (Cloud 100) by CRN.
• Best Place to Work in the Bay Area by Comparably.
• In eight Gartner® reports for innovation in Infrastructure Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps).

💰 Funding details

In the most recent funding round, Virtana raised $73 million in Series C funding in January 2022, led by Atalaya Capital Management and Elm Park Capital Management, among others. Virtana has raised a total of $192.42 million so far!

Deep Tech Startup Focusing on Autonomy and Intelligence for Unmanned Systems. Guidance and Navigation, AI-ML, Computer Vision, Information Fusion, LLMs, Generative AI, Remote Sensing

Umanist is a globally integrated talent solutions firm committed to reshaping the future of work through a human-centric, technology-enabled approach. With registered operations in the United States and a Centre of Excellence in India, we specialize in high-impact Staff Augmentation, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Payroll & HR Services, and Workforce Strategy Consulting across over 25+ industries and verticals.

Rooted in our proprietary Humanistic Ideology, we believe the future of work lies in aligning human potential with purpose, backed by intelligent systems, ethical hiring practices, and sustainable delivery models. Our operations are driven by a global team of Subject Matter Experts, Technical Recruiters, and Workforce Architects, serving clients across the Americas, Europe, LATAM, APAC, and India.

At Umanist, we don’t just fill roles — we create value-driven workforce ecosystems that help organizations grow, innovate, and lead in a rapidly changing world of work.

Joining the team behind the world’s most trusted artifact firewall isn’t just a job - it’s a mission.

🧩 What the Company Does

This company provides software tools to help development teams manage open-source code securely and efficiently. Its platform covers artifact management, automated policy enforcement, vulnerability detection, software bill of materials (SBOM) management, and AI-powered risk analysis. It's used globally by thousands of enterprises and millions of developers to secure their software supply chains.

👥 Founding Team

The company was founded in the late 2000s by a group of open-source contributors, including one who was heavily involved in building a popular Java-based build automation tool. The company was started by veteran engineers with deep roots in the open-source community—one of whom helped create a widely adopted build automation tool used by millions today. 

💰 Funding & Financials

Over the years, the company has raised nearly $150 million across several funding rounds, including a large growth round led by a top-tier private equity firm. It crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue around 2021 and has remained profitable since. Backers include well-known names in venture capital and private equity.

🏆 Key Milestones & Achievements

• Early on, the company took over stewardship of a widely used public code repository.
• It launched tools for artifact repository management and later expanded into automated security and compliance.
• Has blocked hundreds of thousands of malicious open-source packages and helped companies catch risky components before deployment.
• Released AI-powered tools that go beyond CVE databases to detect deeper threats.
• Recognized as a market leader in software composition analysis by major industry analysts.
• Today, it’s used by many Fortune 100 companies across industries like finance, government, and healthcare.