# Knostic

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

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: US
- Website: www.knostic.ai/
- Total disclosed funding: $11M
- Latest round: Series A (Mar 5, 2025)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Virginia, US, and co-founded by Gadi Evron (CEO) and Sounil Yu (CTO) in 2023, Knostic Inc. operates as a software development company that offers an artificial intelligence security market focused on legacy data-level, or file-level controls. In April 2024, the firm raised USD 3.3 million in pre-seed funding led by investors Shield Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, DNX Ventures, and Seedcamp. The company addresses the issue of oversharing of sensitive information by chatbots, LLMs (Large Language Models), and enterprise search systems, through its need-to-know-based access control platform. Knostic’s product suite includes features such as analysing existing permissions and role descriptions to derive need-to-know levels, guiding user flows to prevent oversharing, and personalizing pathways to knowledge based on individual user requirements. Additionally, Knostic provides services like Microsoft Copilot Readiness Assessment and Gap Analysis to diagnose improperly secured content and over-permissioned users. The company plans to utilize the April 2024 funding to further enhance its platform in mitigating risks associated with GenAI tools. In March 2025, Knostic Inc. raised USD 11 million in venture funding led by Bright Pixel, with participation from Silicon Valley CISO Investments, DNX Ventures, and Seedcamp.

The company plans to utilize the March 2025 funding to support security for artificial intelligence in enterprise environments and expand customer adoption.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Mar 5, 2025, $11M — Seedcamp, DNX Ventures, Bright Pixel, Silicon Valley CISO Investments

## Investors

- Seedcamp (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/seedcamp) — Series A
- DNX Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dnx-ventures) — Series A
- Bright Pixel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bright-pixel) — Series A
- Silicon Valley CISO Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/silicon-valley-ciso-investments) — Series A