Brinqa

Brinqa is a privately held cybersecurity company headquartered in Austin, Texas, specializing in unified exposure management and attack surface intelligence. Founded in 2008–2009, the company developed the Brinqa Platform, which aggregates vulnerability and exposure data from over 240 security, IT, cloud, identity, and business tools into a centralized Cyber Risk Graph. This graph-driven approach normalizes and contextualizes data with threat intelligence and business context, enabling risk-based prioritization, scoring, and automated remediation workflows for Global 2000 and Fortune 1000 enterprises, particularly in regulated sectors such as healthcare and finance. The platform supports continuous threat exposure management (CTEM), attack surface intelligence, compliance and vendor risk management, and Risk Operations Center enablement. In 2025, Brinqa launched BrinqaIQ, an AI-powered conversational interface for natural-language querying of exposure data. The company was bootstrapped for over a decade before securing a $110 million growth-equity investment from Insight Partners in 2021, its first institutional round. It has reported strong organic growth, profitability prior to funding, and record bookings in 2025, including doubled overall bookings and triple-digit increases in new-logo acquisitions. Leadership transitioned in 2025 with Dan Pagel appointed as CEO while co-founder Amad Fida moved to Chairman. Brinqa maintains partnerships with vendors including Checkmarx, Horizon3.ai, Torq, and Google Cloud Marketplace, and continues expanding AI and agentic capabilities. The company has been recognized on Built In’s Best Places to Work lists and noted as a Notable Vendor in proactive security and exposure-management platforms.

Brinqa’s mission is “to change the very idea of what vulnerability and exposure management means to modern enterprises” by bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to security chaos and helping organizations own their cyber risk through a knowledge-driven, business-aligned approach.

• Bootstrapped for approximately 12 years with profitability before first external funding
• $110 million growth-equity investment from Insight Partners in June 2021
• 210% ROI reported in Forrester Total Economic Impact study
• Record 2025 growth: doubled bookings in first nine months and triple-digit increase in new-logo bookings
• Named to Built In’s Best Places to Work (multiple years)

Sources

• Brinqa About Us
• PitchBook Brinqa Profile
• BusinessWire November 2025
• Brinqa Platform Page