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title: ZioSec Raises $2.1M Seed Round to Secure the Future of AI Agent Deployment
description: ZioSec raises $2.1M to launch the first offensive security platform for AI agents, helping enterprises find vulnerabilities and secure AI before production.
url: https://ziosec.com/blog/ziosec-raises-21m-seed-round
category: Announcement
publishedAt: 2025-07-17
author: ZioSec
authorRole: Team
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ZioSec, the cybersecurity startup helping enterprises secure their AI agents before they reach production, today announced the close of a **$2.1 million seed round**.  
The round was led by **Frank Mendicino of Access Venture Partners**, with participation from **Jason Calacanis's LAUNCH Fund, Superhero Capital, Greater Colorado Venture Fund**, and a network of experienced angel investors.

ZioSec is building the first offensive security platform purpose-built for testing AI agents and agent-to-agent (A2A) workflows. As businesses race to embed LLM-powered agents into critical systems, security teams are left scrambling—often asked to approve agents they had no hand in building. While developers focus on permissions and known risks, AI agents introduce unpredictable behaviors and entirely new attack surfaces.

> “Security has traditionally been an afterthought—bolted on after products are already live,” said **Aaron Walls, CEO and co-founder of ZioSec**. “AI is moving even faster. Developers might say, ‘I built this with AWS Bedrock, so it’s secure,’ but offensive testing consistently reveals vulnerabilities they never anticipated. That’s where ZioSec comes in.”

ZioSec’s platform simulates real-world attacks against AI agents and multi-agent frameworks like MCP and A2A, exposing the kinds of logic flaws, prompt injection paths, and broken control mechanisms that threat actors can exploit. By surfacing these risks before deployment, ZioSec gives security, GRC, and legal teams the confidence to move forward **without blocking innovation**.

> “Most traditional tooling doesn’t know what to do with AI agents,” said **Andrius Useckas, ZioSec’s CTO and co-founder**. “We’re building a red team assistant that understands how agents behave—and how they break. We test like an attacker would.”

ZioSec is currently running pilots with large enterprises and AI-forward security teams. The new funding will accelerate product development, expand offensive testing coverage, and grow the company’s team of full-stack engineers and security researchers.

ZioSec is led by seasoned security and startup operators. CTO **Andrius Useckas** previously founded **ThreatX**, an API and application security company acquired by A10 Networks. CEO **Aaron Walls** is a Techstars alumnus and multi-time founder. Together, they’re building a platform that meets the urgency of today’s AI adoption with the rigor of real-world adversarial testing.

> “Our mission is simple: to make sure the AI agents powering the future don’t introduce vulnerabilities into the systems that run the world,” said Walls. “Security can’t afford to play catch-up anymore.”

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### About ZioSec
ZioSec empowers enterprises to securely deploy AI agents by simulating how those agents can be attacked in production-like environments. Built by red teamers and AI researchers, ZioSec is designed for offensive testing of LLM agents, A2A frameworks, and AI-integrated workflows. The platform gives security leaders a critical edge: **the ability to find and fix agent vulnerabilities—before adversaries do.**