Black Kite
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Standards-based third-party cyber risk rating and management platform, rebranded from NormShield in 2021: non-intrusive, OSINT-based continuous risk ratings mapped to compliance frameworks, used to scale vendor risk monitoring programs.
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Founded
- 2016
- Website
- blackkite.com/
Notable facts
- Originally founded as NormShield in 2016 by Candan Bolukbas; rebranded to Black Kite in 2021 with a relocation from Vienna, VA to Boston, MA
- Raised a $22M Series B in 2021 following a $7.5M Series A in 2020
- Serves 300+ customers globally across financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology
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