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"Since the AI renaissance really started swelling back in 2022, numerous companies have aimed to improve the enterprise software sales process with AI. But a lot of them have focused on the seller and aren’t offering a new model, but rather just automating an aspect of the existing one, whether that be using generative AI to craft sales pitch emails or using the tech to better source sales prospects. What Sagetap is doing actually looks and feels materially different." Thanks for the coverage Rebecca Szkutak @ TechCrunch Kevin Hughes Sahil Khanna Mike Goodman Evan Tarver Paul Gifford Manu Fourneau Adam Paloski Alexander Bezhanov Caroline Findlay Chase Skaff Maria D. Sofia Agudelo Moreno Layla E. John Daniel S. Sohee Bae Benjamin Ho Arturo Rodriguez Valeria Alvarado Prieto Daniel Pinghero Scott E. Ankur Jain Salil Deshpande Winifred Penkethman

🚀 Hear from Jericho Security's Head of Sales, Madison Martin, and learn how Sagetap helped them achieve 18X ROI in closed-won business and 27X ROI in active late-stage pipeline. Key Takeaways: ⭐ Using Sagetap for Warm Outreach: Jericho replaced cold calls with Sagetap as a warmer method to engage prospects already interested in conversations. ⭐ Achieving Significant ROI: They experienced an 18x ROI in closed-won deals and a 27x ROI in active late-stage pipeline using Sagetap. ⭐ Accessing Strategic Leads Anonymously: Sagetap's anonymity allowed them to reach key contacts in large companies, fostering open discussions with prospects more comfortable sharing insights. ⭐ Accelerating Sales Cycles: Sagetap provided prospects' pre-defined success criteria up front, enabled Jericho to tailor presentations and reduce sales cycles to 4–6 weeks. ⭐ Attracting Interest with Profile Updates: Regularly updating their Sagetap profile with new products drew a constant influx of interested prospects. For more information, watch the video below and anonymously connect with the Jericho Security team on Sagetap today.

📖 Founder Story: Drata, a journey from edtech to compliance automation In 2014, entrepreneurs Adam Markowitz, Troy Markowitz, and Daniel Marashlian launched Portfolium, an edtech startup focused on bridging the gap between academic credentials and employment. During their journey, they faced the task of manually managing compliance—a process marked by complexity and inefficiency. After successfully scaling Portfolium to acquisition, the team targeted the broader pain point shared by organizations everywhere: compliance management had become a high-stakes, time-consuming burden. Determined to solve this, they launched Drata in 2020 with a clear mission—to streamline compliance through automation and empower companies to meet rigorous regulatory standards with ease. Drata has rapidly positioned itself as a leader in continuous security and compliance automation, with over 5,000 clients—think Wiz, Notion, Lemonade, and Calendly—leveraging Drata’s platform to simplify and safeguard compliance processes. Drata empowers businesses to manage both internal and external risk seamlessly, applying automated monitoring and evidence collection to over 20 compliance frameworks. The result? Reduced costs, a reinforced security posture, and a substantial reduction in the time dedicated to annual audits. Drata’s founders took their own struggles and reimagined compliance management, making it more accessible, reliable, and effective for today’s tech-driven enterprises. For more information, anonymously connect with the team on Sagetap today.

💡 Check out this week's founding story, highlighting the SolCyber team that's innovating proactive threat management: Solcyber, founded by Scott McCrady and his core team—veterans in the industry—was built to simplify cybersecurity for mid-market and large enterprises. With a curated, identity-first stack and human-led 24/7 SOC, SolCyber fills security gaps, shifting teams from reactive to strategic defenses and providing proactive breach prevention—all in a predictable subscription model. SolCyber’s solution is built for CISOs and CIOs who need simplified, affordable, and efficient security. Unlike conventional services focusing solely on endpoints, its identity-first approach delivers a cohesive, curated tech stack that provides proactive breach prevention. A consultative Sigma Response SOC provides human-led support at every stage, empowering your team with complete visibility and strategic insights. Here's why customers love SolCyber: ✅ Cohesive Security Stack: Eliminate tool overload with a fully managed, curated tech stack that fills security gaps. ✅ Identity-First Protection: Secure identities, the core of your business, beyond just endpoints. ✅ Proactive SOC: 24/7 human-led monitoring and response, actively preventing breaches before they happen. ✅ Full Transparency: Real-time visibility and detailed reports to meet compliance and board reporting needs. ✅ Scalable and Comprehensive: From essential monitoring to advanced MDR/XDR and Foundational Coverage as your security matures. ✅ Simple and Predictable: Affordable, subscription-based pricing that offers better value and efficiencies. For more information, watch the video directly from the founder below and anonymously connect with the team on Sagetap today:

Congrats to the Socket team 🎉🎉 Onwards and upwards!

⭐ Don't miss this week's Founder Story, highlighting the brains behind SurePath AI, the simple-to-implement AI governance control plane ensuring your GenAI use adheres to corporate policy. SurePath AI was founded by tech veterans Casey Bleeker, CEO, and Randy Birdsall, CPO, after they recognized the rapid adoption of Generative AI and the struggle companies faced to balance innovation with security risks. Their goal? To enable organizations to harness the power of GenAI while maintaining strict control over data security and compliance. SurePath AI is built for IT and security professionals in organizations that are particularly concerned about AI governance. It uniquely offers consolidated management of GenAI use across public and private models, mitigating risks and ensuring compliance. Unlike anything else in the market today, SurePath AI operates at a network level without requiring agents or extensions, seamlessly integrating with existing security infrastructure to provide comprehensive AI governance. For more information, check out the founder video below and anonymously connect with the team on Sagetap today:

📈 Meet the Ph.D improving traditional threat management with a fully automated cyber defense platform in this week's Founder Spotlight: Austin Murdock, PhD, founded SixMap, Inc. in 2020 to revolutionize how organizations manage their internet-facing assets. As the inventor of Computational Network Mapping, Austin holds a Ph.D. in Security, Networking, and High-Performance Computing and has a career rooted in the intelligence community, MIT-Lincoln Lab, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, and prestigious DoD programs. Before SixMap, he aimed to solve the longstanding challenge of mapping IPv6, a problem over two decades old. After succeeding, he ported the technology to IPv4, creating a fully automated solution for continuous threat exposure management for internet-facing assets, from discovery to remediation of threats. SixMap is designed for threat and vulnerability management teams struggling to secure their external attack surfaces, even after investing in traditional threat intelligence and surface management tools. What sets SixMap apart is its zero-agent approach, mapping the entire external network—including IPv4 and IPv6—while aligning with your organizational structure. It also incorporates supervised auto-fix capabilities, reducing risk and improving operational efficiency. Unlike other solutions, SixMap maps the full scope of your attack surface and provides continuous validation of remediation efforts. With integrated contextual threat intelligence and automated defense capabilities, SixMap empowers teams to swiftly mitigate imminent threats and streamline security operations. For more information, watch the founder video below and anonymously connect with the SixMap team on Sagetap today.

Just saw this response come back from a CISO on a recent Ben Smith demo of Harmonic Security "Honestly, this was my best experience on Sagetap. The presenter was probably the best salesperson I've talked to, simply because it was not pushy. It was very respectful and very mindful. I really loved this session. Like, that was one of my best sessions ever."

🧪 Don't miss this Founder Spotlight, where we highlight the CEO revolutionizing penetration testing: In 2015, Casey Cammilleri, CEO, founded Sprocket Security with a vision to revolutionize penetration testing by creating tools that enable testers to assess multiple technologies and environments simultaneously. His mission was to secure as many companies as possible using the most effective means—penetration testing. The challenge lay in making this process scalable while preserving the human-driven expertise that sets penetration testing apart. To achieve this, Casey implemented scalable infrastructure and technology that empowered testers to make significant progress across multiple businesses at once. This approach emphasized that a singular focus should only apply to the unique assets and infrastructure of each business, while tests against similar technologies could be conducted at scale using a combination of automation and human expertise. Sprocket's hybrid model ensures that automation enhances the process where beneficial, but human insight remains at the core, delivering more comprehensive and tailored security solutions to businesses with superior outcomes. Sprocket is designed for organizations that experience many changes to their IT and security infrastructure, and it is unique because it offers a truly continuous penetration testing service that blends expert human testers with automation to provide year-round coverage. This approach adapts to changes in both the organization's attack surface and real-world adversary tactics, ensuring always up-to-date results of security testing. For more information, check out the founder video below and anonymously connect with the team on Sagetap today.

 🚀 Tamnoon is now Series A 🚀 Tamnoon is the industry’s first #hybrid Human / #AI Managed Cloud Security Remediation service. We’re thrilled to see our mission continue resonating with our partners, our customers, and our investors. As always, we thank our investment partners for their unfailing support in our mission: Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM), Merlin Ventures, Secret Chord Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, Elron Ventures, Blu Ventures, and Mindset Ventures. No A-Round would be possible without an A-Team behind it. We’d like to offer a start to the celebration with a heartfelt congratulations to our top-notch team for all their hard work, dedication, and vision 🙏 ✨ If you’d like to learn more about how Tamnoon is poised to solve the missing element in cloud security, read the full press release for more: https://lnkd.in/eZETXmPE