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About Cygrid

Cygrid is the identity enforcement platform for AI-driven enterprises. It maps human, non-human and AI agent identities into one graph, scores what each one can do, and enforces it wherever an identity can act. Founded and headquartered in Berlin, Cygrid GmbH is backed by Atlantic, D11Z.Ventures and leading cybersecurity operators. Identity, enforced. AI, unlocked.

Most cyberattacks start with a stolen identity. Now AI agents act on behalf of people, with real access to business systems, and every new agent is another identity to compromise. Companies were stuck between blocking AI and accepting identity risk they could not see or stop.

Dmitry and Dekel founded Cygrid to give them a third option: enforcement that keeps up with AI.

Our founders

Meet the founders

Meet the founders

Meet the founders

Dmitry Kharchenko, Co-founder and CEO of Cygrid

Dmitry Kharchenko

Dmitry Kharchenko

Dmitry Kharchenko

Co-founder and CEO

Served in military intelligence and spent 20 years building technology and fintech companies: CTO at bonify (acquired by SCHUFA), CTO/CDO at Friendsurance (acquired by Cover Genius) and Tech Leader at Firelayers (acquired by Proofpoint). He lived the identity and compliance challenges Cygrid now solves.

Served in military intelligence and spent 20 years building technology and fintech companies: CTO at bonify (acquired by SCHUFA), CTO/CDO at Friendsurance (acquired by Cover Genius) and Tech Leader at Firelayers (acquired by Proofpoint). He lived the identity and compliance challenges Cygrid now solves.

Dekel Paz, Co-founder and Chief Security Architect of Cygrid

Dekel Paz

Dekel Paz

Dekel Paz

Co-founder and Chief Security Architect

Served in military intelligence and brought that background into security research, with 15 years of building and breaking enterprise security systems. Led teams at Zero Networks, Novartis and LightCyber (Palo Alto Networks), and builds open-source tools used by security practitioners worldwide.

Served in military intelligence and brought that background into security research, with 15 years of building and breaking enterprise security systems. Led teams at Zero Networks, Novartis and LightCyber (Palo Alto Networks), and builds open-source tools used by security practitioners worldwide.

Investors and advisers

Our investors and advisers

Our investors and advisers

Our investors and advisers

Pre-seed led by Atlantic, with D11Z.Ventures and angels including Andreas Bermig, Boris Gorin and Vlad Tropko (AmberVale Capital). The funding goes into enforcement capabilities, the team and go-to-market across Europe and beyond.

Pre-seed led by Atlantic, with D11Z.Ventures and angels including Andreas Bermig, Boris Gorin and Vlad Tropko (AmberVale Capital). The funding goes into enforcement capabilities, the team and go-to-market across Europe and beyond.

Atlantic

“Dmitry and Dekel are proven builders who combine deep cybersecurity experience with a real understanding of what enterprises need: security that stops the wrong action without slowing the business down. AI agents are widening the identity attack surface faster than any control can keep up. Intelligence-driven enforcement is the only answer that scales. The timing for Cygrid couldn’t be better.”

— Marc-Olivier Lücke, General Partner, Atlantic (lead investor)

D11Z.Ventures

“AI agents already act inside business systems, and most companies can’t see what each one is allowed to do. Cygrid is an EU-based cybersecurity company that doesn’t stop at showing that risk: it enforces against it, for every identity, so organisations can use AI securely. That is exactly the kind of company we want to back.”

— Tom Villinger, CEO, D11Z.Ventures

Boris Gorin

“Cygrid is solving one of the most critical challenges in modern cybersecurity: not just seeing identity risk, but stopping it. Where existing tools report, Cygrid enforces, whether the identity behind the action is an AI agent, a machine or a human. That positions Cygrid to become the foundational enforcement platform for identities in the AI era.”

— Boris Gorin, VP Product, Zscaler · Founder and CEO, Canonic Security

Andreas Bermig

“As AI agents gain real access to business systems, every enterprise will need to control what each identity, human or AI, is allowed to do. Cygrid is building exactly that, with a team that has solved identity and compliance challenges at scale before.”

— Andreas Bermig, CEO, bonify (SCHUFA)

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Our office

Headquartered in Berlin

Built in Berlin, Europe’s tech capital.

Office Location:
Indy by Industrious
Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin

Berlin Cathedral

Our office

Headquartered in Berlin

Built in Berlin, Europe’s tech capital.

Office Location:
Indy by Industrious
Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin

Berlin Cathedral

Our office

Headquartered in Berlin

Built in Berlin, Europe’s tech capital.

Office Location:
Indy by Industrious
Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin

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© 2026 Cygrid GmbH. All rights reserved.