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Protecto

Protecto develops an AI data control plane that protects enterprise sensitive data across every AI interaction, detecting, masking, and controlling PII, PHI, and business-confidential data before it reaches any LLM, agent, or MCP tool. The platform plugs into the AI stack as a lightweight API layer that enforces security at the moment an agent or model actually touches data, rather than at the database perimeter.…

📍 San Jose,_x000D_ Bengaluru, United States,_x000D_ India · AI Infrastructure,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeed
Amount$4M
Date8 November 2023
Total raised$5M
Team size40

About

Protecto develops an AI data control plane that protects enterprise sensitive data across every AI interaction, detecting, masking, and controlling PII, PHI, and business-confidential data before it reaches any LLM, agent, or MCP tool. The platform plugs into the AI stack as a lightweight API layer that enforces security at the moment an agent or model actually touches data, rather than at the database perimeter. Key capabilities include sensitive data detection with 99.9% accuracy across 200+ data types, context-based access control (CBAC) that dynamically determines what data each user and agent can see based on identity and task context, privacy-preserving tokenization that replaces sensitive values with entropy-based tokens while maintaining semantic meaning for AI model accuracy, and secure RAG and agent workflow protection. Protecto supports pre-built compliance policies for HIPAA, GDPR, PDPL, and DPDP with full audit trails, and offers SaaS, private VPC, and on-premises deployment options. The platform is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, and trusted by enterprises including Automation Anywhere (protecting 3,000+ enterprise clients), Inovalon, Citrix, Bank of Muscat, and Dell. Founded in 2021 with offices in San Jose, California and Bengaluru, India, Protecto has raised $5 million in a Seed round backed by Together, Better Capital, FortyTwo.VC, Arali Ventures, and Speciale Invest.

Business model

Cybersecurity > Data Security > AI Model Security,

AI Infrastructure > Enabling Technologies > Software > ML Model Security

Team background

Company Wise > Apple

Institutional investors

Together Better Capital FortyTwo.VC Arali Ventures Speciale Invest

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