Prelude Research

IT Security/CybersecuritySeries ANew York, USpreludesecurity.com

Latest round

Series A

Last raised

Sep 2025

Total raised

$44M

Investors

9

About Prelude Research

, doing business as Prelude, is a tech startup that uses automated red-teaming to assist businesses to fortify their cyber defenses. In September 2025, Prelude Research, Inc. Prelude is a self-contained platform for attacking, defending, and training crucial assets. The company has created chains that replicate real-world cyberattacks and can be used to test internal defenses. Their operator includes direct connectors with defensive tools such as Crowdstrike, Splunk, Elastic, and VECTR, allowing for real-time command and control of assets as well as giving repositories a view into the agents and attacks running against the system. Additionally, the firm supplies Prelude's APIs, which schedule, automate, and attack any agents, as well as automatically submit data to defensive tools. The firm generates revenue by charging for its monitored endpoint.25/endpoint up to 75,000 monitored endpoint, etc.

Who invested in Prelude Research

9 investors across 3 rounds

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Funding rounds

  1. Series A

    Sep 25, 2025

    Amount

    $16M

    Investors

    Locked

  2. Series A

    Apr 12, 2022

    Amount

    $24M

    Investors

    Locked

  3. Seed

    May 21, 2021

    Amount

    $4.3M

    Investors

    Locked

Questions about Prelude Research

Who invested in Prelude Research?

Prelude Research has 9 investors on record across 3 venture rounds. Sign up free to see every VC on the cap table and the rounds they joined.

How much funding has Prelude Research raised?

Prelude Research has raised 3 venture rounds. Sign up free to see how much each round raised and the total.

When did Prelude Research last raise money?

Prelude Research's most recent round on record is a Series A, in Sep 2025.

What does Prelude Research do?

, doing business as Prelude, is a tech startup that uses automated red-teaming to assist businesses to fortify their cyber defenses.

Where is Prelude Research headquartered?

Prelude Research is headquartered in New York, US.

Which VCs invest in companies like Prelude Research?

Among active investors with capital left to deploy, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Accel and Thrive Capital back it security/cybersecurity companies at Prelude Research's stage. Their profiles are linked below.

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