Bulgarian-American WiseBee attracts $2.5 million

Bulgarian-American startup WiseBee, whose R&D center is in Sofia, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding. This funding closes one of the largest seed rounds in Central and Eastern Europe in recent years. The investment, led by Frontline Ventures and BrightCap Ventures, marks not only a major success for the company but also reinforces Bulgaria's position as an important hub for innovation in the field of cybersecurity.

The startup is actively expanding in Europe and North America, with initial market success in Central and Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, the German-speaking region (DACH), and the US West Coast.

The Bulgarian footprint: Sofia – a hub for innovation

Although headquartered in New York, WiseBee has strong Bulgarian DNA. Co-founder and CEO Stoyan Stoyanov is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in creating successful cybersecurity products.

The decision to build a development team in Sofia underscores the potential of local talent and expertise. The investment will be used to strengthen the platform's autonomous capabilities, expand integrations, and grow the team. The Bulgarian office will play a key role in this development.

The team is growing in both New York and Sofia, with the goal of having half of it in Bulgaria by the end of the year," WiseBee commented to Economic.bg.

This expansion is a clear sign of the strategic importance of the Sofia center, which will be a key driver of the company's technological innovation.

"AI brain" for small and medium-sized businesses

Traditional cybersecurity tools are often ineffective for small and medium-sized businesses.

Most tools generate thousands of alerts but do not say what is really important and how to respond. This is not a sustainable model, especially for medium-sized companies without round-the-clock security teams," the company said.

Against this backdrop, WiseBee is changing this logic. Their platform acts as an AI-powered cybersecurity operating system that not only detects risks but also eliminates them.

It monitors both your organization and your suppliers in real time, detects significant threats, and proposes a response plan  – much of which is executed automatically by AI agents."

AI agents work as a virtual cybersecurity team that operates around the clock and becomes smarter over time. The platform combines threat intelligence, attack surface management, and vendor risk assessment. It is the "AI brain" above existing security systems that saves time, money, and stress. Thanks to this innovation, complex functionality previously only available to large corporations is becoming more accessible and effective for medium-sized organizations (with between 200 and 2,000 employees).

The future of the industry: Cybersecurity in the age of AI

The investment in WiseBee comes at a time when artificial intelligence is changing the entire landscape of cybersecurity, creating both new opportunities and new threats.

The platform already has real results, being used by a global fintech unicorn, a Bulgarian bank, a European fintech company, and even a government organization in the US. This proves that WiseBee's innovative approach is viable and meets real needs in highly regulated sectors. With its expansion in Europe and North America, the company is on track to establish itself as a key player in the market.

Translated with DeepL.