{"id":5081,"date":"2022-09-15T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2024-08-20T14:04:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:04:19","slug":"purdue-foundry-invests-in-senteon-a-cybersecurity-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/Q3\/purdue-foundry-invests-in-senteon-a-cybersecurity-startup","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Foundry invests in Senteon, a cybersecurity startup"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Senteon<\/a>, a cybersecurity startup founded by Purdue University alumni, completed a round of seed funding that includes an investment from the\u00a0Purdue Startup Fund<\/a>. The fund is managed by the Purdue Foundry. Other investors are Valor Ventures, Lytical Ventures and SaaS Venture Capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Henry Zhang, co-founder of Senteon, said the company will use the funding to expand its cybersecurity technology to a full-scale, marketable solution. Senteon\u2019s solution centers on end-point hardening. The process secures servers and workstations by enabling various security configurations and removing unused features to reduce the operating system\u2019s attack surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis round of funding also will assist us in executing our initial go-to-market strategy,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riley Gibb, director of business development at Purdue Foundry<\/a>, said Senteon fits well into the Foundry\u2019s portfolio of invested companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Foundry invests in Purdue-connected companies in several industrial sectors, including cybersecurity,\u201d Gibb said. \u201cThese high-tech companies are either led by Purdue alumni, commercialize Purdue intellectual property or sometimes both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senteon previously reported that Sean Higgins<\/a>, co-founder and chief technology officer at Herjavec Group, joined the company as an adviser. He also is director of security and hosting services at AT&T Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Senteon<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senteon<\/a> is a cybersecurity tool to help reduce your organization\u2019s attack surface and increase security compliance through intelligent, preventive system hardening that bridges the gap between audit and remediation. We make hardening systems understandable and streamlined for small to midsize businesses and MSPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Purdue Foundry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Purdue Foundry<\/a>\u00a0is an entrepreneurship and commercialization hub whose professionals help Purdue innovators create startups. The Purdue Foundry is managed by the\u00a0Purdue Research Foundation<\/a>, which received the 2019 Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universities Award for Place from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. Contact the Purdue Foundry at\u00a0foundry@prf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n Writer:\u00a0<\/strong>Steve Martin,\u00a0sgmartin@prf.org<\/a>
Sources:<\/strong>\u00a0Riley Gibb,\u00a0rtgibb@prf.org<\/a>
Henry Zhang,\u00a0hzhang@senteon.com<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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