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Total raised
$39M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$22.5M
Series A · Nov 2025 · 10 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
1
Ballistic Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
10 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
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The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Dec 9, 2025
Launched Nudge Security Unveils Industry · PRNewswire
Nov 19, 2025
Raised a round Series A $22.5M · Pulse 2.0
Sep 13, 2024
Launched Nudge Security unveils SSPM capabilities to strengthen SaaS security · Help Net Security
May 8, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $16.5M · Pulse 2.0
Feb 23, 2023
Launched Nudge Security launches SaaS attack surface management capabilities · Help Net Security
Oct 13, 2022
Launched Nudge Security emerges from stealth to tackle cybersecurity's people problem · TechCrunch
2021
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Nov 2025 | $22.5M | Ballistic Ventures | Pulse 2.0 |
| Venture round | May 2024 | $16.5M | — | Pulse 2.0 |
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News
Nudge Security Becomes the First AI Security Solution to Discover Shadow AI Agents Beyond APIs
/PRNewswire/ -- Nudge Security today announced it is the first and only AI security platform to offer discovery of shadow AI agents via the browser, extending...
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Nudge Security extends its AI security leadership with AI agent discovery
Nudge Security, the leader in SaaS and AI security governance, today announced new AI agent discovery capabilities that give security teams the ability to find, assess, and govern AI agents as employees deploy them. With it, Nudge Security now offers the
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Nudge Security Unveils Industry
/PRNewswire/ -- Nudge Security, the leading innovator in SaaS and AI security governance, today announced a significant expansion of its platform, positioning...
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Nudge Security: $22.5 Million Series A Raised To Advance Workforce AI And SaaS Governance
Nudge Security has raised $22.5 million in Series A financing as the Austin-based company accelerates its mission to secure AI and SaaS usage at the Workforce Edge. Cerberus Ventures led the new funding round with additional participation from Ballistic V
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Nudge Security extends SaaS and generative AI security governance to the browser
/PRNewswire/ -- Nudge Security announced today a new browser extension for its SaaS and AI security governance solution that detects identity risks and guides...
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Notable Capital Unveils Rising in Cyber 2025
/PRNewswire/ -- Notable Capital today announced Rising in Cyber 2025, an annual list spotlighting 30 of the most promising private cybersecurity startups. This...
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The Rush to AI Opens Doors to Cyberattacks
There's much talk about superintelligent artificial intelligence that controls humans, leading to a grim dystopian future. That's still largely hypothetical. A more immediate AI risk is playing out under our noses: a cascading, AI-fueled cyberattack.
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Nudge Security unveils SSPM capabilities to strengthen SaaS security
Nudge Security's SSPM capabilities enable IT teams to identify identity risks in their Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 environments.
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Nudge Security Raises $16.5 Million To Help Manage SaaS Security And Governance At Scale
Nudge Security, a leading provider of modern SaaS security and governance, announced new funding from Forgepoint Capital. This funding, which joins Ballistic Ventures, brings the startup's seed funding to $16.5 million. Forgepoint Co-Founder and Managing
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Nudge Security over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
9
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
81/100AI adopter
Languages
JavaScript
SQL
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
React.js
Developer tools
dbt
AI & ML
LLM
Practices & domains
CI/CD
LLM Guardrails
Platform Engineering
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
24/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
1
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 24% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
33% ▼
Backend
33% ▼
HR
33% ▼

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