CEQUENCE SECURITY, INC.

SUNNYVALE, CA · Founded 2013 · CIK 0001731265 · Cybersecurity · Private

AI-powered API security and fraud detection platform

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Grants: —; No SBIR or STTR on record; Sector median: 0
Raised: $22M; 2 Form D · Mar 2019; 91 months since last filing
Contracts: —; No federal contracts on record
Patents: 33; 14 granted · 19 pending; Sector median: 0

Capital Timeline

Federal above the line · equity below · node area scaled to amount

Federal ↑Equity ↓

201720182019

Capital and federal award history
Date	Event	Source	Amount
13 Feb 2018	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$8,007,067
08 Mar 2019	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$13,584,999

Form D · SEC

Peer position

Cybersecurity · 603 companies · ranked on federal contract value

Cybersecurity companies ranked by federal contract value
#	Company	Contracts	Disclosed equity
478	ThreatMate, Inc.	—	$6.3M
479	OCKAM INC.	—	$18M
480	Black Ice Data Inc.	—	$250K
481	CEQUENCE SECURITY, INC.	—	$22M
482	Oasis Equity Partners, LLC	—	$7.4M
483	Gauntlet Networks, Inc.	—	$45M
484	Avistar Technologies Inc.	—	$300K

Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.

Founders & Team

From Form D filings · 17 related persons

Michael BarrettPromoter
Rod BeckstromPromoter
Jayaram BhatDirector
JAYARAM BHATDirector
Nitin ChopraDirector
NITIN CHOPRADirector
Michael DanaherExecutive Officer
MICHAEL DANAHERExecutive Officer
John De SantisDirector
JOHN DE SANTISDirector
DEEPAK JEEVANKUMARDirector
Ramesh KesanupalliPromoter
LAWRENCE LINKDirector · Executive Officer
Shreyans MehtaDirector · Executive Officer
SHREYANS MEHTADirector · Executive Officer
Ameya TalwalkarDirector · Executive Officer
AMEYA TALWALKARDirector · Executive Officer

Patents

USPTO · 14 granted of 33

28 Jul 2026Passive Detection Of Digital Skimming Attacksgranted
16 Jul 2026Automated Application Programming Interface (api) Testingapplication
09 Jul 2026Human And Bot Behavior Classification For Application Programming Interface (api) Securityapplication
07 Apr 2026Automated Application Programming Interface (api) Testinggranted
19 Feb 2026Automatic Detection Of Application Programming Interface (api) Attack Surfacesapplication
05 Feb 2026Automated Detection And Mitigation Of Bot Attacks Using Machine Learningapplication
08 Jan 2026Near Real Time Aggregation Using Dynamic Data Extractionapplication
04 Dec 2025Foundational Machine Learning Model Application Programming Interface (api) Securityapplication
18 Nov 2025Automatic Detection Of Application Programming Interface (api) Attack Surfacesgranted
20 Mar 2025Domain Reputation Systemapplication
07 Jan 2025Domain Reputation Systemgranted
05 Dec 2024Application Programming Interface (api) Attack Surface Discovery Using Cloud Security Posture Management (cspm)application