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AI security startup Mirror Security has raised $2.5 Mn (about INR 22.5 Cr) in a pre-seed funding round led by Sure Valley Ventures and Atlantic Bridge.

With the fresh funds, the startup looks to expand engineering and AI security teams in Ireland, the US

and India. Besides, it also plans on advancing product development in encrypted inferencing and secure fine-tuning. An immediate expansion into the US enterprise market is also on the roadmap.

Founded in 2024 by Pankaj Thapa and Dr Aditya Narayana K, Mirror Security is a cybersecurity-focussed AI startup that spun out of University College Dublin. The startup develops fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) solutions and “security of AI” platform to protect enterprise data while AI systems are using it. It currently operates in India, Ireland and the US.

In layman’s terms, it builds security tools specifically for systems using GenAI. Its products suite include:

AgentIQ: Provides full-spectrum agentic security, safeguarding every class of AI agent from single-task executors to complex multi-agent swarms and the latest reasoning architectures.

DiscoveR: Delivers fully-automated red teaming that continuously probes AI systems to detect vulnerabilities.

VectaX FHE: Uses vector encryption to enable AI to work on encrypted data, ensuring privacy and high-performance model operations.

“Our mission is bigger than protecting data — we are building the trust layer for the AI economy. Just as the internet required a secure foundation to scale, AI now demands a new security paradigm. Mirror Security is pioneering that paradigm, enabling enterprises and governments to innovate confidently, knowing their data, strategies, and sovereignty are protected by design,” said Thapa.

Alongside the funding announcement, the Dublin-based startup announced that it has signed a multi-million-dollar strategic agreement with Inception AI, a UAE-based G42 company in the agentic AI innovation space. Through this partnership, Mirror’s full AI security suite will be deployed across Inception’s enterprise and government ecosystem to power secure, scalable AI adoption worldwide, it claims.

Besides, it has also signed similar partnerships with Intel, MongoDB, Qdrant, SiSys AI, and Accops.

Mirror Security’s pre-seed round arrives at a time when enterprise AI adoption is on the up due to the rising demand for robust, confidential data handling and regulatory compliance.

Data security is important as AI systems often process highly sensitive information. Without safeguards, this data can be leaked, leading to widespread misuse. This is even more critical given that businesses are now increasingly relying on AI for decision-making and automation.

In October, another such startup Matters.AI (erstwhile known as OptiQ.AI) raised INR 42 Cr ($4.7 Mn) in seed funding co-led by Kalaari Capital and Endiya Partners. Prior to that, cybersecurity startup Aurva has raised $2.2 Mn (INR 19.4 Cr) in its seed funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners.

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