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Columbus, United StatesFounded 2016Cybersecurity
Valuation $250–500M Last recorded · 2021
Revenue $10–50M Latest reported FY
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $100–500M Disclosed equity funding
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About Aware

AwareHQ is a technology startup that provides an AI-powered platform designed to help organizations manage their collaboration technology stack and uncover hidden risks that could potentially threaten their operations. The company operates in the risk assessment and data management market, serving a diverse range of clients, including IT and collaboration owners, security teams, and legal teams.

AwareHQ's business model revolves around providing solutions for data loss protection, insider risk, forensics, investigations, and eDiscovery. The platform allows clients to unify, understand, and assess risk from unstructured messaging within minutes. It also enables them to automatically identify and mitigate human behavior risks in collaboration tools like Slack, Teams, and Zoom.

For legal teams, AwareHQ offers efficient eDiscovery at scale, reducing time to context, minimizing false positives, and optimizing workflow. It simplifies collections, document review, and data preservation. The platform also allows for control of data from a central repository with one-click legal holds and granular retention for collaboration tools.

The company makes money by charging clients for access to its platform and its various features. The use of AI technology allows for automation of data management, acceleration of incident response, and expedited forensic research, thus providing value to clients by elevating the visibility of threats and enabling them to safeguard against data loss.

In summary, AwareHQ is a startup that leverages AI to provide risk assessment, data management, and eDiscovery solutions to organizations, helping them manage their collaboration tech stack and uncover hidden risks.

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At a glance

Founded
2016
Headquarters
Columbus, United States
Sector
Cybersecurity
Power Law
Colt$25–100M revenue

Investors

9 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Series A7 investors entered at this stage

  • Ohio Innovation Fund
  • Draper Triangle Ventures
  • Spring Mountain Capital
  • JobsOhio
  • Allos Ventures
  • Rev1 Ventures
  • Blue Heron Capital

Series B and later2 investors entered at this stage

Team profiled 16 named & role-tagged
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 3 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
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Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
3 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States84.6%
🇮🇪 Ireland7.7%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom7.7%
3 countries shown
Web traffic by country
60 monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States166.7%
Top 1 markets shown

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