Delhi : Cybersecurity startup Zaperon has raised ₹7 crore in seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV). The funds will be used to advance Zaperon’s product capabilities, launch enterprise-grade AI security frameworks, and accelerate its market presence in India and the US.
Zaperon is building a unified cybersecurity platform for the Agentic AI era, designed to secure the rapidly expanding ecosystem of human and non-human identities. By converging identity security, data security and AI governance, Zaperon gives enterprises a single platform to control how users, applications and AI agents access and interact with sensitive data and cloud infrastructure. This unified approach helps organizations replace fragmented security controls with consistent, identity and context-aware policies across their digital and AI environments.
Its enterprise client base spans banking and financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, technology and government sectors where protecting sensitive data and controlling access to critical systems are central to security and compliance. This work has also earned industry recognition, with Zaperon being recognised by Nasscom and MeitY among the most innovative cybersecurity products.
Minal Shah, Principal – Southeast Asia, IPV, says, “As enterprises move from experimenting with AI to deploying AI agents across critical workflows, securing the identities, access, and data associated with these systems is becoming increasingly important. Zaperon is addressing this shift with a unified approach to identity and data security, backed by its experience working with enterprises across security-sensitive sectors. We see an opportunity for Zaperon to build on this foundation, strengthen its AI security capabilities and expand its presence across global markets.”
Zaperon was founded in 2021 by Vineet Gupta and Sachin Aggarwal, former MBA classmates with more than two decades of experience across product engineering, corporate strategy and management consulting. Vineet Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO, has held product and engineering roles at VMware, Juniper Networks and Norton and leads product development and business strategy at Zaperon, while Sachin Aggarwal, Co-Founder and COO, has worked across corporate strategy and consulting with KPMG, POSCO and Kia Motors and leads business operations, sales and marketing at Zaperon.
Commenting on the investment, Vineet Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO, Zaperon, said, “Our vision is to build the world’s leading unified cybersecurity platform that protects enterprises from data breaches involving both human and non-human identities. We aim to make enterprise security more effective, accessible, and scalable, while enabling organisations globally to confidently adopt AI without compromising security. We are grateful to IPV for believing in our vision and for guiding us through a structured and thoughtful fundraising process, an experience that has helped us strengthen our strategic approach and prepare Zaperon for its next phase of growth.”
Zaperon sits at the intersection of two rapidly growing markets: identity security and data security. Globally, this convergence represents an estimated US$16 billion opportunity today, projected to grow to US$35 billion by 2030, driven largely by the rapid adoption of AI agents and rising incidents of data leakage involving non-human identities accessing enterprise applications and sensitive data.
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