Tech Company Financing Transactions
Empirical Security Funding Round
Empirical Security, operating out of Chicago, secured $25 million from Bright Minds Capital Partners, Costanoa Venture Capital and Hyde Park Angels.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
7/20/2026
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the development and deployment of the company's two flagship products: Foundation, a global model that helps organizations predict threats by monitoring over 18,000 exploited CVEs; and Radiant, a custom predictive engine built and fine-tuned for each organization to identify the threats most relevant to its unique environment.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
215 N Damen Ave
Chicago, IL 60612
USA
Chicago, IL 60612
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
We're building a new kind of security platform--driven by modern AI, grounded in real-world telemetry, and designed to make decisions, not just generate alerts. Our first product reimagines Vulnerability Management. It's early, but the results speak for themselves: less noise, more signal, and radically better prioritization.
Profile
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Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Ed Bellis
Chief Scientific Officer
Jay Jacobs
Chief Technical Officer
Michael Roytman
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