# Nudge Security

> Nudge Security is an Austin-based cybersecurity company that helps organizations discover and govern the SaaS and AI applications their employees adopt, often without IT's knowledge. Founded in 2021 by Russell Spitler and Jaime Blasco, the platform combines Day One SaaS and AI app discovery, security posture management, identity governance, third-party risk, and spend management, then reaches employees directly with 'security nudges' via browser, Slack, and Teams to guide safer choices without blocking work. It raised a $22.5M Series A in November 2025 and serves nearly 200 customers.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Russell Spitler (Co-Founder & CEO), Jaime Blasco (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~46 employees
- **Products:** SaaS & AI Discovery, SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM), Identity Governance, Third-Party & Supply Chain Risk, OAuth Risk Management
- **Notable:** Raised $22.5M Series A led by Cerberus Ventures (Nov 2025), Nearly 200 customers onboarded since Oct 2022 launch, 3x ARR growth for two consecutive years

## Products & services

- **SaaS & AI Discovery** — Finds every app, account, tenant, AI tool, agent, and integration ever created by anyone in the organization, detecting shadow IT and shadow AI as soon as accounts are created - no agents or VPN required.
- **SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)** — Continuously monitors misconfigurations and identity risks in critical apps like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Okta, Salesforce, and Snowflake, with remediation workflows.
- **Identity Governance** — Streamlines SSO onboarding, automates user access reviews, and manages employee offboarding across all discovered accounts.
- **Third-Party & Supply Chain Risk** — Vendor risk assessments with security profiles for 200,000+ SaaS vendors and alerts for breaches affecting third- and fourth-party providers.
- **OAuth Risk Management** — Identifies risky OAuth grants with risk scoring and enables two-click revocation.
- **SaaS Spend Management** — Automatically analyzes up to two years of historical SaaS expenditure to surface waste, redundant apps, and inactive accounts.
- **Security Nudges & Playbooks** — Guides employees toward best practices via browser, Slack, Teams, and email without blocking access, plus automated playbooks for offboarding and access reviews.

## Achievements

- Raised $22.5M Series A led by Cerberus Ventures (Nov 2025)
- Nearly 200 customers onboarded since Oct 2022 launch
- 3x ARR growth for two consecutive years
- Discovered 70,000+ unique SaaS applications for customers
- 100+ product releases since 2022 (60+ in the past 12 months)
- 2025 GGV 'Rising in Cyber' honoree
- 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Award winner for Best AI Governance Platform

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Raised $22.5M Series A led by Cerberus Ventures to secure workforce AI and SaaS adoption; Morgan Mahlock joined the board.
- **2025** — Named a GGV 'Rising in Cyber' honoree and won a 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Award for Best AI Governance Platform.
- **2024-09** — Extended the platform with new SSPM capabilities for continuous posture monitoring.
- **2024-05** — Welcomed Forgepoint Capital to the seed syndicate, bringing total seed funding to $16.5M.

## Links

- Website: https://nudgesecurity.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nudge-security
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/nudge_security

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Last updated: 2026-07-18