CloudSEK Launchpad: 12-Week Cybersecurity Startup Programme

Bengaluru-based cybersecurity company CloudSEK has launched CloudSEK Launchpad, a 12-week incubation programme for early-stage cybersecurity startups. Each of the 10 companies in the first cohort is eligible for up to $5,000 in AI model credits.

The programme is open to pre-seed and seed-stage startups, and idea-stage founders can also apply if they have a strong team and a clearly defined security problem. Applications remain open until November 20, 2026.

CloudSEK said the programme is built around product development, security research and commercial adoption rather than mentorship alone. Founders will have weekly interactions with its leadership across research, product, enterprise sales and fundraising, and access to its threat intelligence resources, researchers and partner ecosystem.

The company said it will introduce founders to potential customers and channel partners in India, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and the United States. Selection runs in four stages: an application, interactions with CloudSEK’s leadership, the incubation, and a demo day where founders pitch to investors and potential customers.

The credits are for KeyVigil, a new secure gateway CloudSEK introduced alongside Launchpad. Startups can use them to access frontier AI models through the gateway while building their products.

CloudSEK provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform designed to identify potential attack paths before cyberattacks occur. Founded in 2015, its products cover digital risk protection, external attack surface monitoring and third-party risk management.

KeyVigil lets applications and AI agents reach several frontier AI models through one endpoint, so developers can switch models without changing application code. It centrally manages the master API keys used to access model providers, so those keys do not have to sit in application code or development environments.

According to the company, KeyVigil detects and masks personal information, secrets and customer records before they are sent to a model, and flags and blocks prompt-injection and jailbreak attempts.

Rahul Sasi, Founder and CEO of CloudSEK, said: “With Launchpad, we want to share what we have learned and help promising founders get to their first ten paying customers.”