Tala Security Inc

MILPITAS, CA · Founded 2016 · CIK 0001684295 · Cybersecurity · Acquired

Automated security policy generation software for web applications using hybrid static/dynamic analysis and machine learning

Grants: $225K; 1 award; Sector median: 0
Raised: $10M; 5 Form D · Jan 2021; 68 months since last filing
Contracts: —; No federal contracts on record
Patents: 8; 3 granted · 5 pending; Sector median: 0

Capital Timeline

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

Federal ↑Equity ↓

201620172018201920202021

Capital and federal award history
Date	Event	Source	Amount
05 Oct 2016	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$505,050
01 Jan 2017	Federal grant	National Science Foundation · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Automated Security for the DevOps World	$225,000
06 Nov 2017	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$2,636,601
31 Dec 2018	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$550,000
03 May 2019	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$4,850,750
25 Jan 2021	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$1,521,444

Federal grant · SBIR/STTRForm D · SEC

Peer position

Cybersecurity · 603 companies · ranked on federal contract value

Cybersecurity companies ranked by federal contract value
#	Company	Contracts	Disclosed equity
138	ODIN Labs, Inc.	—	$8.2M
139	ZeroDB, Inc.	—	$15M
140	WithSecure Corp.	—	—
141	Tala Security Inc	—	$10M
142	Recorded Future, Inc.	—	$25M
143	Quantstamp, Inc.	—	$3.3M
144	Network Perception, Inc.	—	$15M

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 · 10 related persons

Stephen BennettDirector
STEPHEN BENNETTDirector
Aanand KrishnanDirector · Executive Officer
AANAND KRISHNANDirector · Executive Officer
Tom McNeightDirector
Kenneth PelowskiDirector
KENNETH PELOWSKIDirector
Sanjay SawhneyDirector
SANJAY SAWHNEYDirector
Peter SolvikDirector

Patents

USPTO · 3 granted of 8

27 Oct 2022Adaptive Sampling Of Security Policy Violationsapplication
25 Aug 2022Automatic Insertion Of Security Policies For Web Applicationsapplication
17 May 2022Centralized Trust Authority For Web Application Componentsgranted
26 Apr 2022Method For Detecting Malicious Scripts Through Modeling Of Script Structuregranted
20 Jan 2022Creation Of Generalized Code Templates To Protect Web Application Componentsapplication
30 Apr 2020Creation Of Security Profiles For Web Application Componentsapplication
17 Mar 2020Application Security Servicegranted
—Application Security Serviceapplication