QIZ Security

Data SecurityGovernance Risk Compliance also known as QIZ

Market readinessHow well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence. Emerging: Market readiness of 24 or below. Below the typical band, where few analyzed companies sit.
DefensibilityHow well the company holds its position if competitors catch up on features, scored across seven dimensions against public evidence. Exposed: Defensibility of 12 or below. The position is exposed as AI lowers the cost of building commodity software.
Founded 2025
Funding $17M
Last updated 2026-07-15

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Executive Summary

QIZ Security sells a platform that finds the cryptography an organization runs, ranks the riskiest uses, and plans the migration to quantum-resistant algorithms. A July 2026 announcement put its seed round at $17 million, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Merlin Ventures, and in its first year it announced a Google Cloud collaboration and joined the CrowdStrike and AWS accelerator and the PKI Consortium. The company's public disclosures run to partnerships, not customers: the reviewed record has no customer name, price, or product documentation, and the 100-plus organizations it cites are ones it says it has worked with on PQC readiness, not named deployments. The vendor offers demos and proof-of-concept engagements, so buyers evaluate privately what the public record does not show.

Sourced Details

Description Cryptographic posture management company whose platform discovers an organization's cryptographic assets, ranks the risks by context and impact, and guides remediation and the migration to post-quantum cryptography. [f1]
Founded 2025 [f2]
HQ Ra'anana, Israel, with a US address in Lewes, Delaware [f3]
Funding $17M total [f4]
Latest funding Seed, $17 million (announced July 2026), led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Merlin Ventures [f4]

Products

Product What it does
QIZ Cryptography Management Platform Discovers cryptographic assets across infrastructure, applications, and data stores, ranks risks by context and impact, and produces remediation plans for post-quantum readiness.

Matrix Coverage

Cyber Defense Matrix

IdentifyProtectDetectRespondRecover
Devices Workstations, servers, phones, tablets, storage, network devices, IoT infrastructure, and similar hardware.
Applications Software, interactions, and application flows on the devices.
Networks Connections and traffic flowing among devices and apps, plus communication paths.
Data Content at rest, in transit, or in use across devices, apps, and networks.
Users The people using the devices, apps, networks, and data.

The platform inventories cryptography across applications, data stores, and network protocols and guides post-quantum migration. QIZ Security defends conventional cryptographic infrastructure and is mapped to the Cyber Defense Matrix. [f1]

Market Readiness

How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.

Emerging 24 /40 Emerging: Market readiness of 24 or below. Below the typical band, where few analyzed companies sit.
Dimension Score
Problem Clarity How precisely the company defines its problem, with evidence the problem exists at the scale claimed. 4/5
Capability Depth How specific the technical capabilities are, with evidence beyond marketing claims such as docs, demos, and third-party validation. 2/5
Market Timing Whether the market is ready for this product, with evidence that buyers are actively seeking solutions. 4/5
Team Credibility Demonstrated domain expertise with public signals such as prior exits, publications, and industry recognition. 3/5
GTM Proof Evidence of actual traction (customers, revenue signals, partnerships) beyond stated intentions. 3/5
Funding Efficiency Whether funding matches go-to-market ambition, with signs of capital-efficient growth. 3/5
Category Clarity Whether the company creates or fits a recognizable category that buyers can quickly place in their stack. 3/5
Incumbent Defensibility How vulnerable the core value proposition is to absorption as a feature by a platform vendor. 2/5

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Business Risks
Problem & Market
Product Capabilities
Competitive Positioning
Go-to-Market & Traction
Team & Credibility
Trust Readiness
Competitors

Strategy Deep Dive

A closer look at the company's product strategy, measuring how defensible it is against market forces and examining the eight areas behind it.

Defensibility

Exposed 11 /21 Exposed: Defensibility of 12 or below. The position is exposed as AI lowers the cost of building commodity software. pivot urgently

Dimension Score
Value Delivery Does the product sell software as the product, or judgment, trust, or accountability with software as the delivery mechanism. 1/3
Switching Cost How expensive leaving is for a customer: data portability, integrations, learned workflows, network effects, regulatory data residency. 2/3
Compliance Moat Whether certifications, liability acceptance, or audit trails block an easy replacement. 1/3
Problem Complexity Whether the product requires ML, optimization, real-time systems, or years of specialized expertise. 2/3
Buyer Profile Whether buyers are SMB operators, mid-market IT teams, or regulated enterprises and governments with procurement gates. 3/3
Layer Whether the product is an end-user application, a platform with application features, or infrastructure other applications depend on. 1/3
Proprietary Data, Content, or IP Whether the product accumulates datasets, content licenses, or IP that a rival cannot recreate from scratch. 1/3

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Product Capabilities & AI Advantages
Sales Engagement & Go-to-Market
Pricing Model
Product Delivery & Operations
Earning Customers' Trust
Platform Strategy & Ecosystem Positioning
Team & Execution Capability

Sources

Company Detail Sources (4)
Id Source Tier Accessed
f1 QIZ Security homepage official 2026-06-11
f2 PitchBook profile for QIZ Security research 2026-06-11
f3 About QIZ Security page official 2026-06-11
f4 Industrial Cyber: QIZ Security secures $17 million (bot-walled live page, proven via the 2026-07-10 archive capture) press 2026-07-15
Profile Analysis Sources (15)
Id Source Tier Accessed
s1 QIZ Security homepage
“The QIZ Cryptography Management Platform was built for end-to-end discovery, prioritization, remediation, and governance.”
official 2026-06-18
s2 About QIZ Security page
“With over 6 years PQC field experience and +100 organizations that we’ve worked with on PQC readiness, we offer the market first next generation Crypto Agility platform.”
official 2026-06-18
s3 QIZ Security careers page
“You will own the technical thread in every customer and partner engagement: running discovery, delivering demos and architecture discussions, supporting POCs, and helping design partners shape how QIZ fits into their environments.”
official 2026-07-01
s4 QIZ Security demo booking page
“See how QIZ maps your cryptography in context, uncovers hidden risks, and guides you toward quantum-safe readiness.”
official 2026-06-12
s5 PitchBook profile for QIZ Security
“QIZ Security has raised $10M.”
research 2026-06-12
s6 Jerusalem Post on the Cyberweek quantum panel
“Organizations take about five to ten years to cross the chasm to become what is called quantum safe. And with estimates that quantum computing is coming in three years”
press 2026-06-12
s7 QIZ Google Cloud announcement via Business Wire
“Today, QIZ Security is announcing a collaboration with Google Cloud to help enterprises accelerate their transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.”
press 2026-06-12
s8 PKI Consortium member page for QIZ Security
“Member since: January 2026”
other 2026-06-12
s9 VC Cafe Firgun newsletter on the stealth exit
“Congrats Ben Volkow and team QIZ Security on coming out of stealth with an undisclosed seed round to manage cryptographic risk in dynamic environments!”
press 2026-06-12
s10 Merlin Ventures portfolio page other 2026-06-12
s11 Qbeat Ventures portfolio page for QIZ other 2026-06-12
s12 Hipther cybersecurity roundup on the QIZ Google Cloud deal
“The segment also said Google and Cloudflare are targeting 2029 for post-quantum security on their systems, while the White House is recommending that businesses adopt post-quantum cryptography by 2035.”
press 2026-06-12
s13 QIZ Security investor logos and board roster
“Trusted by Leading Investors”
official 2026-06-18
s14 CrowdStrike, AWS, and NVIDIA 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator cohort
“Mate Security NANO Corp Nebari Nimble Security Opti Pluto Security QIZ Security Raven Sevii Simbian AI SurePath AI Synqly Tika Security”
press 2026-07-01
s15 CyberArk Machine Identity Security product page
“Manage and protect all machine identities, including secrets, certificates and workload identities”
other 2026-07-01
Deep-Dive Sources (16)
Id Source Tier Accessed
s1 QIZ Security homepage
“API First Seamless integration with existing infrastructure. No agents, no probes, no friction, just APIs that plug into your enterprise fabric, with room for other methods where they make sense.”
official 2026-06-11
s2 About QIZ Security page
“With over 6 years PQC field experience and +100 organizations that we’ve worked with on PQC readiness, we offer the market first next generation Crypto Agility platform.”
official 2026-06-18
s3 QIZ Security careers page
“You will own the technical thread in every customer and partner engagement: running discovery, delivering demos and architecture discussions, supporting POCs, and helping design partners shape how QIZ fits into their environments.”
official 2026-07-01
s4 QIZ Security demo booking page
“See how QIZ maps your cryptography in context, uncovers hidden risks, and guides you toward quantum-safe readiness.”
official 2026-06-18
s5 PitchBook profile for QIZ Security
“QIZ Security has raised $10M.”
research 2026-06-11
s6 Jerusalem Post on the Cyberweek quantum panel
“Organizations take about five to ten years to cross the chasm to become what is called quantum safe. And with estimates that quantum computing is coming in three years”
press 2026-06-11
s7 QIZ Google Cloud announcement via Business Wire
“Today, QIZ Security is announcing a collaboration with Google Cloud to help enterprises accelerate their transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.”
press 2026-06-18
s8 PKI Consortium member page for QIZ Security
“performing CEO roles in the networking and cyber domain for the last 20 years, working with PKI and Cryptography”
other 2026-06-11
s9 VC Cafe Firgun newsletter on the stealth exit
“Congrats Ben Volkow and team QIZ Security on coming out of stealth with an undisclosed seed round to manage cryptographic risk in dynamic environments!”
press 2026-06-11
s10 Merlin Ventures portfolio page other 2026-06-11
s11 Qbeat Ventures portfolio page for QIZ other 2026-06-11
s12 Hipther cybersecurity roundup on the QIZ Google Cloud deal
“QIZ says the collaboration is aimed at regulated sectors such as financial services, government, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure.”
press 2026-06-11
s13 QIZ Security company page founders and Bessemer Venture Partners board seat
“Ben Volkow CEO | Co-founder Lenny Ridel CTO | Co-founder Itan Barmes CSO | Co-founder”
official 2026-06-18
s14 CrowdStrike, AWS, and NVIDIA 2026 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator cohort
“Mate Security NANO Corp Nebari Nimble Security Opti Pluto Security QIZ Security Raven Sevii Simbian AI SurePath AI Synqly Tika Security”
press 2026-06-13
s15 QIZ trust probe 2026-07-15 (trust. subdomain, /security and /trust paths, static fetch): subdomain unresolved, paths 404, no attestation found
“QIZ Security”
official 2026-07-15
s16 Industrial Cyber: QIZ Security secures $17 million (bot-walled live page, proven via the 2026-07-10 archive capture)
“QIZ Security announced a US$17 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Merlin Ventures”
press 2026-07-15

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