# Cyber Company Profiles: Circumvent

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## At a Glance

- Website: [circumvent.io](https://circumvent.io)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/circumvent
- Type: Cloud Security, Security Operations
- Market readiness: Emerging (23/40)
- Defensibility: Exposed (10/21)
- Founded: 2024
- Funding: $6M total
- Last updated: 2026-09-11

## Executive Summary

Circumvent sells cloud security software with AI agents designed to verify, prioritize, and remediate alerts from cloud-native, open-source, and third-party tools. It targets cloud and security engineers and says it is working with enterprises in the US, Australia, and New Zealand on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. It raised a $6 million seed round from Paladin Capital Group. It has a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation and says it keeps customer data out of its AI training. Co-founder Michael Watts founded Cloud Conformity, which Paladin also backed and Trend Micro acquired in 2019 for a reported $100 million. That history is a signal of the founders' ability to execute. The risk to Circumvent is that a larger cloud-security vendor could add the same alert triage and remediation as a feature.

## Contents

- [Executive Summary](#executive-summary)
- [Sourced Details](#sourced-details)
- [Matrix Coverage](#matrix-coverage)
- [Market Readiness](#market-readiness)
- [Strategy Deep Dive](#strategy-deep-dive)
- [Sources](#sources)
- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

## Sourced Details

| Detail | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Circumvent is a cloud security company whose platform correlates and triages security findings from cloud-native, open-source, and third-party tools, normalizes them to OCSF, ranks risk by business context, and drives source-level remediation through a multi-agent AI system. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2024 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | Sydney, Australia and San Francisco, US | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Funding | $6M total | [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Seed | [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Circumvent | A proactive cloud security platform that correlates findings from cloud, code, and security tools, prioritizes by business context, and remediates at the source via a multi-agent AI system. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [Cyber Defense Matrix](https://cyberdefensematrix.com) [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| Data | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |
| Networks | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |

Circumvent applies AI to correlate, prioritize, and remediate security findings across cloud applications, data, and infrastructure, so it defends conventional cloud assets and is mapped to the Cyber Defense Matrix.

## Market Readiness

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

**Emerging (23/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-05. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 | Circumvent names a concrete pain, security teams drowning in alerts across cloud, code, and third-party tools, and an explicit buyer in cloud and security engineers. The scale of the pain is asserted by the vendor and the founder rather than corroborated by a non-vendor source, which holds it at adequate rather than strong. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Capability Depth | 3/5 | The homepage describes specific mechanics, OCSF normalization, an application graph, multi-agent correlation, and source-level remediation in code repositories. No public docs, demo, or third-party technical evaluation backs these claims, and access is gated, so the depth is described rather than independently validated. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s2](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Market Timing | 3/5 | Cloud scanners now outproduce triage capacity, a credible enabler since roughly 2023, but buyer-side demand is anecdotal, resting on SecurityWeek funding-round coverage and the founder's argument rather than an analyst category note or named adoption. \[[s3](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Team Credibility | 4/5 | Watts founded and led Cloud Conformity, which Trend Micro acquired in 2019 in a reported 100 million dollar deal, a verifiable exit in the same cloud security domain. Co-founder Thomas Bui brings engineering experience from banking, government, and Uber. The prior exit is the load-bearing signal. \[[s4](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| GTM Proof | 2/5 | Circumvent states it is working with enterprises in the US, Australia, and New Zealand but names no customer, and the product sits behind an access-request gate. Paladin Capital backing supports a small upward signal above a critical gap, but no named reference customer or marketplace motion is public. \[[s2](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Funding Efficiency | 3/5 | The 6 million dollar seed is sized to an early motion, an R&D hub in Australia plus a new San Francisco commercial base, and the team has already shipped a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation. Output per dollar is visible but early, which places it at adequate. \[[s2](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Category Clarity | 3/5 | Buyers can place Circumvent in the emerging cloud-finding triage and remediation category alongside managed remediation services and the prioritization layer of cloud-security platforms. The proactive and autonomous framing is recognizable without heavy vendor coaching, though it overlaps several adjacent slots. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s3](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |
| Incumbent Defensibility | 2/5 | Correlating findings, prioritizing by business context, and pushing source-level fixes is a plausible feature release for a cloud-security platform already adjacent to the buyer. No proprietary data asset or deep workflow lock-in is yet evidenced that bundling alone would not replicate. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources)\] |

### Business Risks

- A larger cloud-security platform could add finding correlation and source-level remediation as a feature, removing Circumvent's standalone reason to buy.
- The product appears early-stage behind an access-request gate, so the public record cannot confirm whether the multi-agent remediation works at the depth the homepage claims.
- No reference customer is named, so the stated traction in the US, Australia, and New Zealand cannot be verified.
- Other cloud-remediation entrants are already shipping, and managed-service offerings add a human layer Circumvent does not offer.
- The repeat-founder path that ended in a Trend Micro acquisition could make an early acquisition the likeliest outcome before a durable standalone business forms.

### Problem & Market

Circumvent targets the gap between how many findings cloud security tools produce and how many a team can act on. The platform ingests alerts from cloud-native, open-source, and third-party tools, normalizes them to OCSF, ranks them by business context, and pushes fixes back to the source. The buyer is a cloud or security engineering team that owns remediation.

The problem is real and the timing favors it. Cloud scanners now surface more misconfigurations and vulnerabilities than teams can triage, and Circumvent and its funding coverage present autonomous remediation as a current need. SecurityWeek covered the seed round inside that framing.

The pain at scale depends on the vendor and the founder rather than on independent data. Circumvent and the founders describe teams as drowning in alerts, but no non-vendor study or named buyer quantifies the gap in the public record yet. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s3](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Product Capabilities

The differentiator Circumvent markets is a multi-agent AI system that verifies reported risk, manages prioritization, and runs remediation tasks. The homepage describes an application graph across cloud and code resources, OCSF normalization for one schema across tools, and one-click fixes pushed into customers' code repositories.

These are specific mechanics rather than slogans, which is a strength over thinner cloud-security pitches. The depth is still only described. None of the cited public sources includes documentation, a recorded demo, or a third-party technical writeup, and the product sits behind a contact-form gate, so an outside reader cannot confirm the agents work as claimed.

The Trust Center states that customer data is never used for AI training. That choice protects buyers but also means Circumvent does not yet describe a cross-customer learning asset that would deepen the product over time. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s2](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Competitive Positioning

Circumvent enters a category that already has occupants. Managed remediation services sell cloud-finding triage with a human service layer, and the prioritization and remediation features Circumvent describes overlap what broad cloud-security platforms already carry.

The autonomous, agent-run remediation framing is Circumvent's attempt to stand apart from both. Against a managed service, the contrast is software-only automation versus a hybrid human-and-AI model. Against the platforms, the contrast is a focused remediation engine versus a broad posture suite.

Neither contrast is yet a moat. A platform that already holds the buyer could plausibly add finding correlation and source-level fixes over time, and a human service layer accepts accountability in a way pure automation does not. Circumvent's edge today is founder execution speed rather than a structural barrier. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Go-to-Market & Traction

Circumvent has not yet opened general access, which shapes everything about its traction story. The site routes buyers to a contact form rather than a self-serve signup or purchase path, and no pricing is published. That gate is normal for a seed company but it limits what an outside reader can verify.

The company says it is working with enterprises across the US, Australia, and New Zealand for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud customers. No customer is named and no case study is public, so the claim cannot be confirmed.

The founders front the company's public narrative, which is stage-appropriate at seed. Paladin Capital is a repeat backer of Watts, an indirect signal that supports the early motion without standing in for named references. \[[s1](#profile-analysis-sources), [s4](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Team & Credibility

The team is the clearest asset. Watts founded and led Cloud Conformity, a cloud-misconfiguration company that Trend Micro acquired in 2019 in a reported 100 million dollar deal, after Paladin backed it in 2018. He is building the same kind of company again with the same investor.

Co-founder Thomas Bui, the CTO, brings engineering experience from banking, government, and Uber. The pair worked together before, which reduces the early-team execution risk that sinks many seed companies.

The same history sets the likely ceiling. A founder who already sold a cloud-misconfiguration company to a platform vendor is well positioned to do it again, which makes an acquisition a plausible early outcome rather than a decade-long independent build. \[[s4](#profile-analysis-sources), [s5](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Trust Readiness

Circumvent has invested early in the trust signals enterprise buyers expect. The Trust Center records a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation, with an attestation report date of March 31, 2026, described as independently auditor verified across security, availability, and confidentiality.

The technical controls listed are conventional for a cloud-native vendor. They include AES-256 storage encryption, isolated environments, daily backups, AWS hosting across availability zones, and a stated policy that customer data is never used for AI training.

A SOC 2 Type 1 is table stakes rather than a differentiator, and a Type 1 attests to control design at a point in time rather than operating effectiveness over a period. The posture is appropriate for the stage without yet being a competitive advantage. \[[s2](#profile-analysis-sources)\]

### Competitors

| Company | Relationship | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Tamnoon | competes with |  |
| Wiz | adjacent |  |
| Orca Security | adjacent |  |

## Strategy Deep Dive

A closer look at the company's product strategy, measuring how [defensible](https://zeltser.com/scoring-security-product-strategy) it is against market forces and examining the [eight areas](https://zeltser.com/security-product-creation-framework) behind it.

### Defensibility

**Exposed (10/21)**

Band guidance: pivot urgently. Analyzed 2026-09-11. Scope: whole company.

Watts is the grounded asset behind Circumvent, not the product structure. He sold a cloud-misconfiguration company to Trend Micro in 2019 and is building the same kind of product again with the same investor, a real execution signal rather than a durability mechanism. Circumvent is an application a cloud team runs, and a larger platform could plausibly add the finding correlation and source-level remediation it offers. Its SOC 2 Type 1 is table stakes, and Circumvent describes no cross-customer dataset because it says customer data is never used for AI training, so a funded rival could reach feature parity. Switching cost could grow once customers wire the agents into build-and-deploy pipelines, but that lock-in is not yet evidenced.

| Dimension | Score | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Value Delivery | 1/3 | Circumvent sells autonomous software the customer's team operates and whose outcomes the customer owns: multi-agent triage and remediation run as product capabilities, and no human-expertise delivery layer that accepts accountability appears in the fetched record. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s4](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Switching Cost | 2/3 | Once wired into a customer's build-and-deploy pipeline, code repositories, and tool integrations, leaving means reabsorbing the triage and remediation workflow, which is meaningful friction. No network effect or regulatory data residency lock is evidenced, so it sits at mixed. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s4](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Compliance Moat | 1/3 | Circumvent holds a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation, which is table stakes for an enterprise security vendor and not a barrier a determined rival could not clear. No federal authorization, liability acceptance, or mandated procurement is evidenced. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Problem Complexity | 2/3 | Correlating findings across many tools, normalizing to OCSF, and running attack-path and remediation analysis with multiple agents is non-trivial integration with moderate algorithmic depth. It does not require years of specialized ML that only a deep team could reproduce, so it is mixed. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s4](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Buyer Profile | 2/3 | Circumvent sells to cloud and security engineering teams at enterprises in the US, Australia, and New Zealand, an enterprise buyer with some governance. No regulated-enterprise or government strict procurement review that sits between the vendor and replacement is evidenced. \[[s4](#deep-dive-sources), [s5](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Layer | 1/3 | Circumvent is an end-user security application that a cloud team operates, not infrastructure that other applications depend on. It consumes findings from other tools rather than serving as a layer others build on. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources)\] |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP | 1/3 | No named non-public dataset is evidenced. Circumvent uses per-customer context and configuration, with no evidenced reusable proprietary dataset or cross-customer learning moat, since it states customer data is never used for AI training. A funded rival could reach feature parity without a unique data asset to overcome. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s4](#deep-dive-sources)\] |

### Strategic Market Segmentation

Circumvent targets cloud and security engineering teams that own remediation, not a separate compliance or audit persona. The pitch addresses the gap between how many findings cloud scanners produce and how many a team can act on. The buyer profile is enterprise cloud and security teams.

The stated footprint spans enterprises in the US, Australia, and New Zealand across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. That is a broad geographic claim for a seed company and a sign the founders are chasing enterprise accounts from the start rather than a narrow beachhead.

No segment is named with a customer, so the segmentation is a stated intention rather than a proven motion. The newest public proof of demand is the June 2025 funding announcement, not a case study. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s4](#deep-dive-sources), [s5](#deep-dive-sources), [s8](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Product Capabilities & AI Advantages

The marketed capability is a multi-agent AI system that autonomously verifies reported risk, manages prioritization, and runs remediation. The homepage describes OCSF normalization, an application graph across cloud and code resources, and one-click fixes integrated into code repositories.

The AI advantage Circumvent claims is correlation and enrichment that reduces false positives and aligns findings with business context. These are specific technical claims rather than vague positioning, which is a genuine strength at this stage.

The data advantage is thin. Circumvent states customer data is never used for AI training, so the product uses per-customer context and configuration rather than a reusable cross-customer dataset. No proprietary dataset is described that a funded rival could not assemble. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s2](#deep-dive-sources), [s4](#deep-dive-sources), [s6](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Sales Engagement & Go-to-Market

Circumvent runs a founder-led, access-gated motion. The site routes buyers to a contact form rather than a visible self-serve signup, which signals a sales-assisted enterprise approach aimed at negotiated deals.

The founders front the public narrative, which is stage-appropriate at seed. Paladin Capital is a repeat backer of Watts, an indirect credibility signal that helps open enterprise doors early.

The traction evidence is the weak point. The company names no reference customer and publishes no case study, so the stated work with enterprises across three countries cannot be verified from the public record. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s4](#deep-dive-sources), [s5](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Pricing Model

Circumvent publishes no pricing. The site routes buyers to a contact form and contact sales, which is consistent with large, negotiated enterprise deals rather than a self-serve or seat-based model.

The hidden pricing is normal for a pre-release security platform, but it leaves the unit of value undefined. Whether Circumvent will charge by cloud accounts, by findings volume, by remediation actions, or by seats is not stated.

The multi-agent design raises a pricing question the public record does not answer. The multi-agent design may create variable delivery costs, an inference the cited pages do not confirm, so a pricing model will likely need to account for that without penalizing the customers who get the most remediation value. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Product Delivery & Operations

Circumvent is delivered as a cloud-hosted platform built on AWS, with infrastructure configured for auto-scaling and high availability across multiple availability zones, per the Trust Center. The product integrates with cloud providers, code repositories, security tools, and business tools.

The remediation model pushes fixes into customers' code repositories for one-click application, which fits a DevSecOps workflow rather than bolting on a separate console. CI/CD pipelines enforce automated testing and peer review on Circumvent's own side.

Operational maturity beyond these stated controls is hard to assess pre-release. No deployment documentation or API reference is public, so the integration burden on a customer cannot be measured from outside. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources), [s2](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Earning Customers' Trust

Circumvent has invested early in trust signals. The Trust Center records a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation with an attestation report date of March 31, 2026, described as independently auditor verified across security, availability, and confidentiality.

The listed controls are conventional and appropriate. They include AES-256 storage encryption, isolated development, testing, and production environments, daily database backups, and a stated policy that customer data is never used for AI training.

A SOC 2 Type 1 is table stakes rather than a moat, and it attests to control design at a point in time rather than operating effectiveness over a period. The posture fits the stage without yet creating a procurement barrier a rival could not clear. \[[s2](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Platform Strategy & Ecosystem Positioning

Circumvent positions itself as a unifying layer that ingests from cloud providers, code repositories, security products, and business tools. The homepage frames broad integration as a core promise, which is a platform aspiration rather than a proven ecosystem.

The integration story is the right shape for this category. A remediation engine that consumes findings from many sources benefits from breadth, and OCSF normalization is a credible way to reduce the per-tool integration cost.

The ecosystem is unproven today. No marketplace listing, named integration partner, or reseller program is public, so the platform claim rests on stated capability rather than on participants a rival could not quickly assemble. \[[s1](#deep-dive-sources)\]

### Team & Execution Capability

The team is the clearest asset. Watts founded and led Cloud Conformity, a cloud-misconfiguration company that Trend Micro acquired in 2019 in a reported 100 million dollar deal, after Paladin backed it in 2018. He is building the same kind of company again with the same investor.

Co-founder Thomas Bui, the CTO, brings engineering experience from banking, government, and Uber. The pair worked together before, which reduces the early-team execution risk that sinks many seed companies.

The same history sets the likely ceiling. A founder who already sold a cloud-misconfiguration company to a platform vendor is well positioned to do it again, which makes an acquisition a plausible early outcome rather than a decade-long independent build. \[[s4](#deep-dive-sources), [s5](#deep-dive-sources), [s7](#deep-dive-sources)\]

## Sources

### Company Detail Sources

Cited from the Sourced Details and Matrix Coverage rows.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | [Circumvent homepage](https://circumvent.io) | official | 2026-06-21 |
| f2 | [Startup Daily: A cybersecurity founder with a 100 million exit is back with a new idea](https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/funding/a-cybersecurity-founder-who-had-a-100-million-exit-is-back-with-a-new-idea-and-a-9-2-million-seed-round-from-paladin-capital/) | press | 2026-06-21 |
| f3 | [Paladin Capital Group: Circumvent Raises 6 Million to Launch Multi-Agent AI System](https://www.paladincapgroup.com/circumvent-raises-6-million-to-launch-multi-agent-ai-system-to-power-proactive-cloud-security-and-remediation-platform/) | press | 2026-06-21 |
| f4 | [SecurityWeek: Circumvent Raises 6 Million for Cloud Security Platform](https://www.securityweek.com/circumvent-raises-6-million-for-cloud-security-platform/) | press | 2026-06-21 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

Cited from the Market Readiness section.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Circumvent homepage](https://circumvent.io) “Eliminate alert fatigue through automated and multi-agentic triage. Prioritize critical risks and remediate quickly without disrupting DevSecOps workflows.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s2 | [Circumvent Trust Center](https://circumvent.io/trust) “Formal data classification and retention policies. Customer data is segmented and never used for AI training. SOC 2 Type 1 ACTIVE. Attestation report date: March 31, 2026.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s3 | [SecurityWeek: Circumvent Raises 6 Million for Cloud Security Platform](https://www.securityweek.com/circumvent-raises-6-million-for-cloud-security-platform/) “Australian cloud security startup Circumvent has announced raising $6 million in seed funding from Paladin Capital Group.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s4 | [Paladin Capital Group: Circumvent Raises 6 Million to Launch Multi-Agent AI System](https://www.paladincapgroup.com/circumvent-raises-6-million-to-launch-multi-agent-ai-system-to-power-proactive-cloud-security-and-remediation-platform/) “Circumvent was co-founded by Michael Watts and Thomas Bui. Michael was the founder and CEO of Cloud Conformity, a former Paladin Capital Group portfolio company, which cybersecurity giant Trend Micro acquired in 2019.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s5 | [Startup Daily: A cybersecurity founder with a 100 million exit is back with a new idea](https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/funding/a-cybersecurity-founder-who-had-a-100-million-exit-is-back-with-a-new-idea-and-a-9-2-million-seed-round-from-paladin-capital/) “Circumvent is already working with multiple enterprises across the USA, Australia and New Zealand for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud customers.” | press | 2026-06-21 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

Cited from the Strategy Deep Dive section.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Circumvent homepage](https://circumvent.io) “Protect your infrastructure and applications with a network of intelligent agents designed to autonomously verify reported risk, manage complex prioritization, and remediation tasks at scale.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s2 | [Circumvent Trust Center](https://circumvent.io/trust) “Formal data classification and retention policies. Customer data is segmented and never used for AI training. SOC 2 Type 1 ACTIVE. Attestation report date: March 31, 2026.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s4 | [Paladin Capital Group: Circumvent Raises 6 Million to Launch Multi-Agent AI System](https://www.paladincapgroup.com/circumvent-raises-6-million-to-launch-multi-agent-ai-system-to-power-proactive-cloud-security-and-remediation-platform/) “Circumvent was co-founded by Michael Watts and Thomas Bui. Michael was the founder and CEO of Cloud Conformity, a former Paladin Capital Group portfolio company, which cybersecurity giant Trend Micro acquired in 2019.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s5 | [Startup Daily: A cybersecurity founder with a 100 million exit is back with a new idea](https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/funding/a-cybersecurity-founder-who-had-a-100-million-exit-is-back-with-a-new-idea-and-a-9-2-million-seed-round-from-paladin-capital/) “Circumvent is already working with multiple enterprises across the USA, Australia and New Zealand for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud customers.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s6 | [SecurityBrief Australia: Circumvent Raises 6 Million to Advance Proactive AI Cloud Security](https://securitybrief.com.au/story/circumvent-raises-6-million-to-advance-proactive-ai-cloud-security) “The system uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to ingest, correlate, and enhance alerts from a broad set of cloud-native, open-source, and third-party sources.” | press | 2026-06-30 |
| s7 | [SmartCompany: Two Aussie Startups That Raised 12.7 Million This Week](https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/two-aussie-startups-raised-12-7-million-this-week/) “Watts previously founded Cloud Conformity, which secured investment from Paladin in 2018 and was later sold to cybersecurity giant Trend Micro in a $100 million deal.” | press | 2026-06-30 |
| s8 | [MSSP Alert: Circumvent Raises 6M to Scale AI-Powered Cloud Security Platform](https://www.msspalert.com/brief/circumvent-raises-6m-to-scale-ai-powered-cloud-security-platform) “The company is working with enterprises across the US, Australia, and New Zealand, helping teams operate across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.” | press | 2026-06-30 |

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