PR Newswire · Feb 2025
Press release stating the round was led by Left Lane Capital and that Riot’s total capital reached $45M; it also named Benjamin Netter (CEO) and Louis Cibot (CTO).
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Overview
Riot is a private cybersecurity SaaS company founded through Y Combinator that helps organizations measure and improve employee security posture. Its platform combines awareness training, phishing simulations, employee-security monitoring, breach and permission-drift detection, and conversational guidance to reduce human-centered cyber risk.
Primary product
Riot Employee Security Posture Management (ESPM): a platform with Awareness, Studio, Simulation, Sonar, Inbox, Slash, Breaches, and the Albert cyber coach, integrated with tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, email, Google, Microsoft, and Okta.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States (company and LinkedIn listings); Riot also has a major Paris, France office/HQ presence in recruiting materials.
Team size
Approximately 100–160 employees; third-party listings report 105–107, 100–150, or approximately 160.
Work style
Hybrid
Open Positions
23 jobs at Riot
Customer Care Specialist (Technical Support)
On-siteParis3w ago
On-site
Full-time