Announcing Our Investment in DryRun Security
We're excited to lift the covers on AI-native appsec company, DryRun Security!
We led the Pre-Seed and doubled down on the Seed round led by LiveOak Ventures, alongside Cannage Capital, for a total of $8.7M raised.
As application security reaches a new level of scale, organizations are seeing two compounding issues: development velocity has outpaced security tools and architecture complexity has exploded. The result is that security teams spend endless hours writing and maintaining complex rules to catch potential threats, only to generate hundreds of alerts that overwhelm developers.
Security tools need to think like security teams, considering not just the code itself, but how it fits into the broader application. Founded by two longtime appsec leaders - James Wickett and Ken Johnson - DryRun Security takes this approach and helps application security teams cut through thousands of code changes to find critical vulnerabilities by combining contextual analysis with natural language security policies.
The platform seamlessly integrates into existing GitHub workflows, enabling teams to:
Identify unknown risks before they enter production
Enforce security policies without slowing down development
Get precise, contextual feedback directly in developer workflows
Eliminate the complexity of traditional rule-writing
With strong validation from customers like PlanetArt, BrightHR, and Gusto, we're thrilled to support James, Ken, and the entire DryRun Security team as they build the next generation of AI-native application security tools. 💪
