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Data security

DSPM, data detection, and data-access startups that tell you where sensitive data actually lives.

12 companies. Catalog last reviewed 2026-08-23. Page copy reviewed 2026-08-23. Next review by 2026-09-23. Ordered by name. No paid placement.

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Bedrock Data

Menlo Park, United States

Series A

Metadata lake DSPM that classifies petabyte estates in place, then governs AI access in plain language.

Raised $25M Series A led by Greylock, November 2025

Data security$35M raisedFounded 2023

BigID

New York, United States

Series D

Hybrid DSPM and data intelligence platform for discovery, privacy, and AI risk across cloud and on-prem.

First DSPM vendor to cross $100M in annual revenue, 2024

Data security$308M raisedFounded 2016

Concentric AI

San Mateo, United States

Series B

Semantic DSPM that labels unstructured data by meaning, then remediates oversharing on-prem and in the cloud.

Raised $45M Series B led by Top Tier Capital and HarbourVest, October 2024

Data security$67M raisedFounded 2018

Cyberhaven

Palo Alto, United States

Series D

Data detection and response that traces lineage as files move, transform, and hit AI tools.

Raised $100M Series D at a $1B valuation, April 2025

Data security$250M raisedFounded 2016

Cyera

New York, United States

Series G

AI-native DSPM that classifies sensitive data, then governs what people and agents can do with it.

Raised $600M Series G at a $12B valuation, June 2026

Data security$2.3B raisedFounded 2021

Fortanix

Santa Clara, United States

Series C

Confidential computing and key management so data stays encrypted while AI and apps use it.

Joined Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA for Confidential AI inference, June 2026

Data security$122M raisedFounded 2016

MIND

Seattle, United States

Series A

AI-native DLP and insider risk that classifies, then blocks exfil at the endpoint without a policy farm.

Raised $30M Series A seven months after stealth, June 2025

Data security$40M+ raisedFounded 2023

Nightfall AI

San Francisco, United States

Series B

AI-native DLP for SaaS, endpoints, browsers, and GenAI prompts that learns from investigations.

Launched Nyx, an autonomous DLP copilot, July 2025

Data security$60M raisedFounded 2018

Privacera

Newark, United States

Series B

Fine-grained data access and AI governance from the team that built Apache Ranger.

Shipped major PAIG updates aligned to the NIST AI RMF, February 2025

Data security$63.5M raisedFounded 2016

Relyance AI

San Francisco, United States

Series B

Data-flow DSPM that shows how customer data actually moves through products, vendors, and AI features.

Raised $32.1M Series B led by Thomvest Ventures, October 2024

Data security$50M+ raisedFounded 2020

Sentra

New York, United States

Series B

Cloud-native DSPM that discovers, classifies, and readies enterprise data for AI without agents.

Closed $50M Series B, bringing total funding over $100M, April 2025

Data security$100M+ raisedFounded 2021

Teleskope

New York, United States

Series A

Agentic data security that classifies with business context and remediates without a ticket queue.

Raised $25M Series A led by M13, total funding $32.2M, November 2025

Data security$32.2M raisedFounded 2022