# HacWare

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/hacware

- Industry: Education/Training
- Headquarters: Dallas, US
- Website: www.hacware.com
- Total disclosed funding: $2.3M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 12, 2022)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Established in 2019 by Tiffany Ricks (CEO), and based in Texas, US, HacWare Inc., operates as a provider of cybersecurity awareness training platform that allows organizations to build hyper custom security training solutions for their new joiners and interns. In April 2022 HacWare land raised USD 2.3 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Elevate Capital, with participation from 2.0 Ventures, Aura Innovation Fund, Chai Angels, and others.

HacWare is an artificial intelligence-backed, fully automated cloud platform to help security teams and developers to provide training solutions to the company’s employees. The firm uses Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to identify internal risks such as phishing attacks, malware attacks, and Business Email Compromised (BEC) scams. HacWare sends automated curated phishing campaigns through training courses, quizzes, and newsletters to educate employees and reduce data breaches due to human error.

The company intends to use the April 2022 funding to expand its cybersecurity awareness and training offering.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 12, 2022, $2.3M — Elevate Capital, Chai Angels, 2.0 Ventures, Aura Innovation Fund

## Investors

- Elevate Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/elevate-capital) — Seed
- Chai Angels (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/chai-angels) — Seed
- 2.0 Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/2-0-ventures) — Seed
- Aura Innovation Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/aura-innovation-fund) — Seed