Discern Security, a company focused on improving cybersecurity posture through agent-driven optimisation of security controls, has secured $13m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Forgepoint Capital, with First Rays Ventures, Growth Enjin Partners, Vela Ventures and a number of angel investors also taking part. The capital will be used to speed up development and adoption of the Discern Security Loop, an agentic platform designed to help organisations continuously assess and strengthen the security controls they already own.
The raise comes as security teams grapple with a growing mountain of tools and findings. While AI is enabling firms to surface vulnerabilities faster than ever, the sheer volume of alerts generated risks swamping teams that are already stretched thin. Organisations, the company argues, want practical AI that supports their people rather than replaces them.
Discern operates an AI-native security workspace that pulls together data from across a customer’s environment to drive its Security Loop.
Through a mix of reusable AI Skills, intelligent agents and workflows approved by humans, the platform pinpoints the most significant control gaps, ranks remediation according to business context and coordinates activity across security, IT and compliance functions. Each cycle is intended to harden posture while handing leaders quantifiable proof of progress.
Beyond simply raising alerts or opening tickets, the platform links findings to the controls, assets and compliance obligations behind them. This allows firms to automate repetitive analysis and convert technical findings into executive-ready reporting mapped to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
With the fresh capital, Discern intends to expand its engineering and product teams, broaden its library of AI Skills and autonomous capabilities, and continue working to turn cybersecurity from a reactive function into a measurable driver of value.
Discern Security founder and CEO Sai Venkataraman said, “Our data shows that customers use less than 25% of the features of the security products they buy. With our agentic loops, we can at least double tool utilization for our customers.”
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