Strike, a New York-based cybersecurity startup behind Continuous Penetration Testing (Pentesting), has raised $13.5 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by FinTech Collective, a venture firm known for backing category-defining cybersecurity and fintech startups. Other participants include Galicia Ventures, alongside super pro-rata backing from existing investors such as Greyhound Capital, FJ Labs, Canary, and Carao. Previously, Strike has raised $5.5 million in seed funding.
With this funding, Strike is positioned to surpass eight figures in ARR by 2025, automate 50% of the pentesting process, and cement itself as the market leader in AI-led continuous security testing, ensuring security teams can identify and fix vulnerabilities faster than ever before.
In addition to this, the company aims to fuel its growth in the United States and Brazil while launching Strike360, an AI-powered pentesting engine that automates security testing from discovery to retesting and fixing.
Addressing the flaws of traditional pentesting
Traditional penetration testing is often slow, expensive, and reactive, with reports that can take months to deliver by which time the information is already outdated. Strike is disrupting this legacy model by combining the expertise of elite ethical hackers with AI automation to detect, retest, and remediate security gaps faster than ever before attackers can exploit them.
- Strike’s solution allows enterprises to: Launch continuous pentests in hours: Unlike traditional tests that take weeks or months, Strike enables continuous pentesting within hours.
- Monitor vulnerabilities in real-time: Automated retesting ensures ongoing vulnerability monitoring, all centralised on a single platform.
- Generate compliance reports in 10 seconds: Instantly produce audit-ready reports for regulatory standards such as SOC2, ISO27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
Ethical hacker turned cybersecurity innovator
Strike was founded in 2022 by Santiago Rosenblatt, a prodigy in the world of hacking who began identifying security gaps at the age of 6, exploiting vulnerabilities in video games, NBA systems, and PayPal before transitioning to cybersecurity. Today, Santiago applies his attacker mindset to help enterprises stay ahead of real-world cyber threats, empowering them with AI-driven offensive security solutions.
With a team of over 50 cybersecurity experts spanning the United States, Canada, Argentina, Spain, Uruguay, and Mexico, and ethical hackers working globally, Its ability to automate and streamline pentesting has gained traction across finance, tech, and healthcare industries, with 100+ enterprises relying on its services. Notable clients include Santander, Mercado Libre, Okta, and Delivery Hero. Thanks to its innovative approach, Strike has experienced 3x year-over-year growth, demonstrating strong product-market fit and rising demand.
Strike connects world-class ethical hackers with over 100 enterprises, delivering AI-powered continuous pentesting at scale. With Strike, companies can launch penetration tests in just 2 hours, monitor vulnerabilities in real-time, and generate compliance reports in seconds, helping them stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.
As cybersecurity threats become more sophisticated, Strike’s AI-driven continuous pentesting platform ensures that enterprises remain one step ahead, proactively identifying, retesting, and mitigating vulnerabilities before attackers can strike. Its advantage is the unique combination of human expertise and AI-driven technology. Unlike traditional providers, Strike delivers continuous pentesting that is not only faster but also more proactive, helping enterprises identify and fix vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
Strike360: AI-driven pentesting engine
The launch of Strike360 marks a major leap forward for Strike, leveraging AI and machine learning to automate security testing from end to end. Key features include detecting hidden attack paths and vulnerabilities that traditional tools often overlook, reducing detection times from months to seconds while eliminating false positives with precision, and simplifying security certifications and regulatory compliance processes for enterprises.
By automating 50% of the pentesting process, Strike360 ensures that security teams can identify and fix vulnerabilities faster than ever before.
Future goals: US and Brazilian expansion
To capitalise on its growing momentum, Strike is expanding operations into two of the world’s most critical cybersecurity markets. CEO Santiago Rosenblatt has relocated to the US to lead growth efforts, supported by a 14-person team targeting mid-to-large enterprises across finance, tech, and healthcare sectors. Also, the company is establishing a regional headquarters in São Paulo with a 7-person team and forming strategic partnerships to meet growing demand in the region’s rapidly expanding cybersecurity landscape.
Looking ahead, the company plans to surpass eight figures in ARR by 2025, automate 50% of the pentesting process with Strike360, and expand and expand beyond the 20 countries where it currently operates. It is also exploring new product innovations to continuously improve its offerings and address emerging cybersecurity challenges.
“Companies are spending millions on security, yet hackers still breach them before they are aware of their vulnerabilities and can react. Strike is already flipping the script – and our AI-driven platform will accelerate vulnerability detection, retesting, and compliance reporting even more, at an unprecedented scale”, said Santiago Rosenblatt, CEO and founder of Strike.
“Our goal isn’t just to find vulnerabilities – we’re creating the future of security automation, making pentesting a seamless, AI-driven process”, said Facundo López, Strike’s VP of Product.
“This oversubscribed round reflects Strike’s potential to redefine offensive security. We’re excited to back their vision as they scale globally”, said Carlos Alonso-Torras, Partner at FinTech Collective.
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