Pyrra Technologies, a Washington, DC-based provider of an artificial intelligence solution that identifies threats through alternative social media, raised $2.3M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Ducera Investments with participation from Andav Capital and Growth Science Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its technical roadmap and market expansion plans.
Launched in late 2021 by CEO Dr. Welton Chang, as a research and development project of Human Rights First, a non-governmental organization (“NGO”) based in New York, Pyrra has developed a suite of solutions that enables customers to stay ahead of emerging threats such as financial, reputational, operational, and physical attacks inspired and organized by content on alternative social media platforms. Over the past two years, Pyrra has developed commercial products such as Discover, Protect, and an API solution, which are used by almost twenty organizations including security teams at Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries, media outlets, NGOs, and academic researchers.
FinSMEs
12/06/2023