Mindgard is the leader in ai red teaming, helping enterprises identify, assess, and mitigate real-world security risks across AI models, agents, and applications. Founded on pioneering research in AI security, Mindgard was built on the insight that traditional application security approaches cannot protect systems that are probabilistic, adaptive, and deeply embedded into business workflows.
As organizations deploy GenAI and agentic systems at scale, risk increasingly emerges from how AI behaves, what it connects to, and how attackers can manipulate those interactions. Mindgard addresses this challenge with an attacker-aligned approach that mirrors how real adversaries perform reconnaissance, map attack surfaces, exploit system behavior, and pivot through tools, data, and infrastructure. Rather than testing models in isolation, Mindgard evaluates full AI systems in context to surface vulnerabilities with real security impact.
The Mindgard Platform combines automated reconnaissance, continuous AI red teaming, and runtime detection and response into a single workflow. This enables security teams to discover shadow AI, validate guardrails and controls, measure AI risk over time, and actively defend deployed systems against exploitation. Findings are delivered with clear evidence to support remediation, governance, and compliance.
By embedding deep research, offensive security expertise, and behavioral analysis into an enterprise-ready platform, Mindgard empowers organizations to deploy AI confidently, reduce risk, and realize the value of AI without exposing the business to unacceptable security threats.
As organizations deploy GenAI and agentic systems at scale, risk increasingly emerges from how AI behaves, what it connects to, and how attackers can manipulate those interactions. Mindgard addresses this challenge with an attacker-aligned approach that mirrors how real adversaries perform reconnaissance, map attack surfaces, exploit system behavior, and pivot through tools, data, and infrastructure. Rather than testing models in isolation, Mindgard evaluates full AI systems in context to surface vulnerabilities with real security impact.
The Mindgard Platform combines automated reconnaissance, continuous AI red teaming, and runtime detection and response into a single workflow. This enables security teams to discover shadow AI, validate guardrails and controls, measure AI risk over time, and actively defend deployed systems against exploitation. Findings are delivered with clear evidence to support remediation, governance, and compliance.
By embedding deep research, offensive security expertise, and behavioral analysis into an enterprise-ready platform, Mindgard empowers organizations to deploy AI confidently, reduce risk, and realize the value of AI without exposing the business to unacceptable security threats.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $38M
Founded date: 2022
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | IQ Capital... | iqcapital.... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 12.08.2026 | Series A | $30M | IQ Capital... |
| 23.12.2024 | Pre-Seed | $8M | - |
Mentions in press and media 24
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.09.2026 | Mindgard Expands AI and Cloud Ecosystem with Anthropic, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google Cloud and AWS | - |
| 16.08.2026 | AI Powers Record VC Rounds, Strategic Tech Gains Momentum | Venture capital aggressively backs artificial intelligence and strategic deep technologies. Databricks leads with a monumental $5 billion raise, solidifying enterprise AI's critical role and market dominance. Geopolitical currents steer sig... |
| 16.08.2026 | Venture Capital Shifts to Hard Tech, Deep Impact | Venture capital shifts focus. Hard tech and vertical AI dominate recent funding. Form Energy leads with $750M for iron-air grid batteries, addressing critical energy infrastructure needs. Lovable secures $400M for AI coding, showcasing dema... |
| 13.08.2026 | Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 13, 2026: Blackstone, Coatue, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Thiel Capital & More | Venture dollars are again clustering around AI and infrastructure. Today’s biggest deal saw Databricks haul in a record-breaking $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation. That massive raise – led by Coatue, Blackstone, MGX, T. Rowe Price, and... |
| 12.08.2026 | Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, August 12, 2026: Coatue, Franklin Templeton, CapitalG, Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital & More | The day’s deals underscore one clear theme: venture capital continues to pour into fundamental infrastructure and vertical AI playbooks, not consumer fluff. A massive $750M infusion into Form Energy’s iron-air battery plant leads the charge... |
| 12.08.2026 | Mindgard Raises $30M in Series A Funding | Mindgard, a Boston, MA and London, UK-based provider of an AI security platform, raised $30M in Series A funding. The round was led by Album VC with participation from Karma Ventures, .406 Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, IQ Capital, and Lakestar... |
| 12.08.2026 | Mindgard Inks $30M Series A | BOSTON, MA, Mindgard, the leader in AI security, announced that it has closed a $30 million Series A financing. >> Click here for more funding data on Mindgard >> To export Mindgard funding data to PDF and Excel, click here Min... |
| 12.08.2026 | Mindgard Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand AI Security Platform | Mindgard has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand its AI security platform as enterprises increase deployment of AI models, agents, and applications. Album VC led the financing, with participation from Karma Ventures and existin... |
| 17.07.2026 | Cursor Patched a Silent Repo-Poisoning Zero-Day With No Advisory and No CVE | By Joshua Mitchell Published: Jul 17 2026, 6:27 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
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