Root Evidence, Inc.
Information Security · Endpoint Security
$12.5Mlatest round · Seed · Jul 2025 · 15 mo ago
1backers · Ballistic Ventures
10+team · employees, estimated range
22stories in the press
Overview
Know your cyber risk in dollars. Evidence finds the vulnerabilities that actually cause financial loss, and backs the work with a warranty.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$12.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$12.5M
Seed · Jul 2025 · 15 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Ballistic Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
15 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 28
Launched Root Evidence Launches Full Platform to Help Security Teams Stop Chasing Millions of Vulnerabilities and Start Preventing Financial Loss · morningstar.com
Jul 28, 2025
Raised a round Seed $12.5M
Jul 28, 2025
Launched Root Evidence Launches as Cybersecurity Legends Team Up with Ballistic Ventures to Forge a New Era of Vulnerability Management Read · cioinfluence.com
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Jul 2025 | $12.5M | — | finsmes.com |
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Financials
Total raised
$12.5M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2025 | $12.5M | Details |
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News
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The Vulnerability Management Rebirth: Evidence of Innovation Read
New research analyzes 253,912 CVEs and 3,769 confirmed exploited vulnerabilities, finding adversaries continue to target a small fraction of the vulnerability population.
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TCP 96: PANW To Acquire CyberArk for 25B; Cost of Breach 10.22M; the TEA breach; and Tons of Pre-Hacker Summer Camp News Read
New research analyzes 253,912 CVEs and 3,769 confirmed exploited vulnerabilities, finding adversaries continue to target a small fraction of the vulnerability population.
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Photos: Black Hat USA 2026
Photo gallery from the Business Hall at Black Hat USA 2026. Interesting booths, demo stages, crowded aisles, and the moments in between.
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Root Evidence Rethinks Vulnerability Management
Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen explain how Root Evidence uses breach-backed data, attack surface mapping and warranties to rethink vulnerability managem...
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Root Evidence puts real-world evidence at the center of vulnerability prioritization
Root Evidence launches a vulnerability management platform that prioritizes vulnerabilities based on real-world attack data.
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Root Evidence Launches Full Platform to Help Security Teams Stop Chasing Millions of Vulnerabilities and Start Preventing Financial Loss
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Root Evidence Research Finds Only 1.4% of Vulnerabilities Are Known to Be Exploited in Real-World Attacks
BOISE, Idaho, May 27, 2026--Root Evidence, the cybersecurity startup championing evidence-based security, today released new research showing that the cybersecurity industry's current approach to vulnerability management is overwhelmingly focused on the w
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