CyDeploy receives a vote of confidence from Google for Startups

CyDeploy, a Baltimore-based cybersecurity company, has been selected as one of the recipients of Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund.

The fund provides CyDeploy with a cash infusion of $150,000, along with a range of invaluable resources to propel its business forward. Among the offerings are sales and fundraising training, technical support from Google mentors, up to $100,000 in Google Cloud credits and even mental health coaching from a team of Black therapists. 

With this funding, the company aims to expand its customer base while continuously refining their innovative cybersecurity product.

“The Google for Startups Black Founders Fund means continued focus on customer acquisition and product development,” says Tina Williams-Koroma, founder and CEO of CyDeploy, in an emailed announcement. “The support will be used to engage with existing and new customers and continue developing a product with meaningful features.”

By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, CyDeploy creates an exact replica of a company’s systems, enabling comprehensive protection against cyber threats. CyDeploy provides these services to a mix of government and private clients. Its innovative approach sets CyDeploy apart, as did such honors as landing on Technical.ly’s 2022 RealLIST Startups roster and participating in the inaugural cohort of Techstars and UpSurge Baltimore’s Equitech accelerator. 

Going forward, Williams-Koroma said via email that she plans to use Google for Startups’ Sales Academy to build her skills in B2B SaaS sales. In addition, she said the Google Cloud credit will help the company build out its accessibility on that platform.

“The goal for CyDeploy is to be available in any cloud,” she said. “Right now, we are built in Azure, and our AWS deployment is in development.  As we expand our team, we have Google Cloud accessibility planned, and the Google Cloud credits will position us to build quickly at little to no platform costs upfront.”

“Google is a prospective future client for CyDeploy, so technical and business feedback on how CyDeploy can best be positioned for use by Google and integrated within Google’s services to customers is great feedback that helps shape our roadmap,” she added. “These roadmap features are strategic as enterprises increasingly move into the cloud and as applications increasingly become less on prem, and more cloud native, CyDeploy will be positioned to work within the infrastructure of the cloud providers and the owners/providers of cloud native solutions.”

CyDeploy is the lone Maryland-based recipient of this fourth iteration of Google’s signature fund for Black startup creators. Recipients came from 12 states, including Kentucky, California and Alabama.