Invary – a cybersecurity pioneer focused on detecting hidden malware and preventing costly ransomware attacks – recently announced it has raised pre-seed funding to launch its innovative solution. This investment was led by Flyover Capital with additional participation from NetWork Kansas GROWKS Equity program, and the KU Innovation Park.
This pre-seed funding round will drive the launch of Invary’s flagship Runtime Integrity offering, designed to uncover and neutralize hidden threats that elude modern threat detection systems. And this unique service debuts this summer, and will empower organizations to fortify their security postures and proactively safeguard their digital environment against high-impact attacks. Plus Invary’s free Runtime Integrity Score (RISe) service is available now, allowing customers to spot-check their system’s integrity and identify hidden malware.
Invary’s leadership team brings decades of operational expertise in Trusted Computing research and reunites entrepreneurs with a successful history of collaboration. And the company is spearheaded by CEO Jason Rogers, who has extensive experience building secure cloud-scale platforms, and scaling engineering & operations at category leader Matterport through IPO. Plus the team’s security credentials are further bolstered by founder Dr. Perry Alexander, a distinguished authority in Trusted Computing research and his protege and former student, Dr. Wesley Peck, the CTO of Invary, who obtained his PhD under Dr. Alexander’s guidance.
The dynamic nature of the threat landscape has major challenges in the security posture of all organizations, including those with advanced defenses like XDR, SIEM and CNAPP solutions. And the major flaw within these defense layers stems from their assumption that the operating system remains uncompromised. Invary addresses this security gap at runtime by mandating continuous validation of the operating system, which makes it an indispensable component of a “trust nothing” Zero Trust architecture. Through an exclusive intellectual property grant from the NSA, Invary’s technology provides proven and superior protection for the digital environment, pinpointing compromise with high confidence, eliminating superfluous, noisy monitoring data.
This successful completion of the pre-seed funding round underscores Invary’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of Runtime Security. And with this significant investment, Invary is poised to accelerate its growth, enhance its technology and expand its reach in preventing data breaches and ransomware attacks.
KEY QUOTES:
“Invary Runtime Integrity gives us an unfair advantage over the competition when deployed with our security solutions for cloud and virtual machines. It also provides a key component of keeping our customers secured end to end and preventing things like ransomware that are highly targeting our core customers in higher education.”
— Jon Broek, CEO of Tenfold Security
“We are thrilled to have secured this pre-seed funding, as it validates the need for Invary’s novel technology to shore up existing cyber defenses against high impact hidden threats. With the support of our investors, customers and partners, we are well-positioned to advance our mission of fortifying the security ecosystem by reinforcing Zero Trust principles.”
— Jason Rogers, CEO of Invary
“One of the key challenges in combating destructive ransomware is the hidden malware within operating systems that often serves as the foundation for such attacks. Invary Runtime Integrity gives visibility into a part of the system overlooked by most other security tools. We are able to gain confidence that the operating system has not been compromised, but if there are cases where anomalies are detected, a wealth of information is provided to help determine if they are benign, intentional or potentially malicious.”
— The IT team at LMH Health
“Ensuring the safety of our customers and cyber community is our #1 priority. Our pre-seed funding enables us to realize this dedication by continuously improving Invary’s Runtime Integrity Service while also making our agent open source. We’re proud to enhance operating system security for all by accelerating the industry’s progress toward truly comprehensive Zero Trust Architectures.”
— Dr. Wesley Peck, CTO of Invary
