IPV leads Rs 7 Cr seed round in cybersecurity startup Zaperon

Cybersecurity startup Zaperon has raised Rs 7 crore in a seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV). The fresh funds will be used to advance product capabilities, launch enterprise-grade AI security frameworks and expand its presence in India and the US, Zaperon said in a press release. Co-founded in 2021 by Vineet Gupta and Sachin Aggarwal, Zaperon is a cybersecurity firm that builds products to protect enterprises from data breaches. It offers a platform-centric approach to enterprise security that allows organisations to secure their entire IT landscape through a single Zaperon console. By bringing together identity security, data security and AI governance, Zaperon enables enterprises to control how users, applications and AI agents access and interact with sensitive data and cloud infrastructure. The platform aims to replace fragmented security controls with consistent, identity and context-aware policies across digital and AI environments. According to market research, identity security and data security represent an estimated $16 billion global opportunity today, which is projected to reach $35 billion by 2030. The Delhi-based startup’s enterprise client base spans banking and financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, technology and government sectors, where protecting sensitive data and controlling access to critical systems are key security and compliance requirements. Indian cybersecurity startups raised $89 million across 17 funding rounds in H…