Danny Grander

About

Born in Belarus, living in Israel. Hacker & Builder. Co-founder @SnykSnyk is a security platform designed to empower engineering teams by seamlessly embedding vulnerability detection and remediation into the software development lifecycle, securing applications from source code to the cloud. (2015–2021) | Former CTO Gita Technologies (2008–2015) | Co-founder @pastenctfPasten is one of the world's top capture-the-flag teams — four-time champions of both Google CTF and CCC.

Current Focus

• Bringing AI to the real world.
• Angel Investing: Supporting early-stage founders.
• AI x Cybersecurity: Researching evolving capabilities.
• Education: Building a CTF-style game for kids.

Interests: BJJ, CTFs (pre AI), Wing surfing.

Quirks: SDAM & Aphantasia.

Contact

• Email danny@grander.io

Links

• LinkedIn
• X / Twitter
• GitHub

Portfolio Companies

• Cybersecurity
• Lakera (acq. by Checkpoint) Enterprise-grade security for GenAI applications, protecting LLMs and agents from prompt injection, data leakage, and adversarial attacks.
• Aim Security (acq. by Cato Networks) Comprehensive GenAI security platform that lets enterprises adopt AI tools safely while preventing data leakage, prompt-based attacks, and shadow AI usage.
• Astrix Security (acq. by Cisco) Securing the non-human identity layer — service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens, and AI agents — across cloud and SaaS environments.
• Laminar (acq. by Rubrik) Cloud-native data security platform that discovers, classifies, and protects sensitive data across multi-cloud environments.
• Dazz (acq. by Wiz) Cloud security remediation platform that unifies findings across the security stack and automates fixes directly in code.
• Sentra Cloud-native data security posture management — discovering sensitive data and detecting risks across cloud data stores.
• Reco Labs SaaS security platform mapping identities, apps, and data across the SaaS ecosystem to catch shadow access and AI governance gaps.
• Hypernative Real-time threat prevention platform for Web3, detecting and stopping attacks on protocols and treasuries before funds are lost.
• Guard.io Browser-based security for consumers, protecting against phishing, scams, and malicious extensions across everyday browsing.
• Blink Ops No-code security workflow automation, turning manual SOC, IR, and compliance operations into automated playbooks.
• Tenzai Agentic AI penetration testing — using autonomous agents to find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities at scale.
• Permit.io Authorization-as-a-service — fine-grained access control and permissions for apps without building from scratch.
• Dev / Infra
• Qodo AI-powered code integrity platform — generating tests, reviews, and quality assurance for production-grade software.
• Tessl Pioneering AI-native software development — letting teams describe what software should do and have it built and maintained by AI.
• GroundCover eBPF-powered observability delivering deep, full-stack visibility into Kubernetes and cloud-native apps without code changes.
• Komodor Kubernetes operations platform helping teams troubleshoot, monitor, and manage workloads across the full K8s lifecycle.
• AI
• Decart.AI Real-time generative AI infrastructure powering interactive video, gaming, and immersive AI experiences at ultra-low latency.
• Deepdub AI-powered voice dubbing and localization that translates and re-voices content across languages while preserving the original speaker's voice.
• Wonderful Deploy AI agents anywhere work happens.
• Reindeer AI AI-powered platform for intelligent automation and workflow.
• Consumer
• Ansa World's first single dose coffee roaster.
• ChunkFoods Plant-based whole-cut meat alternatives — making realistic steaks, briskets, and chicken from plants for foodservice and retail.
• Totem Maker of the Totem Compass — a friend-finding device that keeps your group together off-grid, with no cell service or Wi-Fi needed.
• Robotics
• reVol Robotics company building autonomous systems for real-world environments.
• Xpand Automated, modular unmanned retail stores — self-contained robotic units for frictionless commerce and inventory management.
• Cloud
• Eon Next-generation cloud backup posture — automated backup, recovery, and data protection across cloud workloads.
• Compute
• NextSilicon Intelligent compute architecture for HPC and AI workloads, delivering software-defined acceleration that adapts to the workload.
• Fintech
• Finaloop Real-time accounting and bookkeeping built specifically for ecommerce — replacing traditional bookkeepers with automation.
• Biotech
• BioRaptor Bioprocessing data analytics platform helping biotech teams collect, analyze, and optimize biological process data in real time.
• Climate
• FireWave Climate tech using AI to detect and mitigate wildfire risk.