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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.

Virtualness is redefining the future of verification through generative AI and blockchain. In an era of deepfakes and digital uncertainties, Virtualness brings clarity by enabling organizations to authenticate what’s real. Founded in 2022 by industry pioneers Kirthiga Reddy (ex-Meta, ex-SoftBank) and Saurabh Doshi (ex-Meta, ex-Viacom), Virtualness provides enterprises with scalable, customized solutions for authentication, verification, and engagement across credentials, awards, events, product and content.

✌️ About Verix

At the heart of Virtualness is Verix, our self-serve platform designed to provide definitive answers to the critical question, “Is this real?” . Whether you’re verifying skills, certifications, tickets, products, or content, Verix ensures, “Yes, this is authentic.”

Powered by blockchain and GenAI, Verix empowers organizations to seamlessly manage authentication and verification workflows, supported by comprehensive analytics and notifications. Key features include dynamic badges, customisable design templates , global digital shareability, engagement & personalization and integration with enterprise workflows.

Our consumer-grade enterprise platform has been adopted by prestigious awards like the MMA Smarties, The Asian Academy Creative Awards and Women in Power by Raya Advisory, events like TiECon and TiE Youth, and music festivals like Soundsfest 2024 with Ticketapasaja. It has also been utilized for a variety of use cases including ticketing by Persija eSports—one of the largest eSports teams in Asia, for recognizing expert contributions by MMA Global India and for product validation by Indri’s Game of Thrones “House of the Dragon” exclusive edition. Now available with self-serve, it also powers certifications for AI training, HR training, board certification, and much more for enterprises of all sizes.

💰 Funding

Virtualness is backed by leading investors, including Blockchange Ventures, Polygon Ventures, F7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Better Ventures, FalconX, Shorooq Partners, Impact Venture Capital, and Oceans Ventures, along with prominent angels such as Carolyn Everson, Randi Zuckerberg, Harsh Jain, and Stacy Brown-Philpot. We have raised $8M in seed-funding.

Join our team! If you live and breathe Generative AI, web3, and the creator economy, we would be delighted to build together!

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