# DeNexus

> DeNexus is a Boston-based cyber risk company that quantifies the financial impact of cyber threats to industrial and operational technology (OT) environments. Its DeRISK platform uses AI, machine learning and simulation to predict where breaches are likely in OT/ICS networks, express that risk in dollar terms, and prioritize mitigation by ROI. The company serves CISOs, boards, risk managers and cyber insurers across data centers, energy, manufacturing and transportation, and has expanded into agentic-AI underwriting automation for the industrial cyber insurance market.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founders:** Jose M. Seara (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~33 employees
- **Products:** DeRISK CRQ, DeRISK QVM, DeRISK UWA Agentic, DeNexus Knowledge Center, Risk Management Services
- **Notable:** Raised $32.8M total, including a $17.5M Series A led by Punja Global Ventures with AXA XL and Prosegur (October 2024), Launched DeRISK UWA Agentic, described as the first agentic-AI underwriting platform for industrial cyber insurance (2026), Serves Global 1000 companies across three continents

## Products & services

- **DeRISK CRQ** — Cyber Risk Quantification and management platform that predicts where breaches are likely in OT/ICS environments, calculates their probability and financial impact using AI, ML and millions of simulations, and benchmarks risk posture against industry peers.
- **DeRISK QVM** — Quantified Vulnerability Management that translates technical vulnerabilities into business risk visibility and prioritizes mitigation projects by financial ROI rather than severity score alone.
- **DeRISK UWA Agentic** — Agentic AI underwriting platform for industrial cyber insurance that uses five specialist AI agents coordinated by an orchestration agent to complete an underwriting assessment - from submission ingestion to actuarial output - in 10-20 minutes, with compliance across US/NAIC, UK/FCA, Lloyd's and EU/EIOPA.
- **DeNexus Knowledge Center** — A repository of OT/ICS threat intelligence and risk data aggregated from internal and external sources that feeds the DeRISK models.
- **Risk Management Services** — Advisory and managed services helping industrial organizations operationalize cyber risk quantification and risk-transfer strategy.

## Achievements

- Raised $32.8M total, including a $17.5M Series A led by Punja Global Ventures with AXA XL and Prosegur (October 2024)
- Launched DeRISK UWA Agentic, described as the first agentic-AI underwriting platform for industrial cyber insurance (2026)
- Serves Global 1000 companies across three continents
- Member of the NVIDIA Inception program
- Recognized with a 2024 Infosec Innovation Award and featured in VentureBeat's Women in AI and Insurtech Innovation Lab

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Launched DeRISK UWA Agentic, an agentic-AI underwriting platform using five specialist AI agents to deliver industrial cyber insurance assessments in 10-20 minutes.
- **2026** — Announced presence at the ISA Cybersecurity Summit 2026, positioning for OT cyber-risk leadership.
- **2024-10** — Closed $17.5M Series A led by Punja Global Ventures with AXA XL, Prosegur and HCS Capital.
- **2024** — Expanded its cyber risk management solution to cover the physical security of data center facilities.

## Links

- Website: https://denexus.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/denexus-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DeNexusInc1

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Last updated: 2026-07-21