The solution
TouchBrick's solution ensures sensitive data is safe from breaches by substituting it with synthetic data that remains fully functional.
They find and protect sensitive information, including hidden data, across a company's systems, using artificial intelligence and secure databases to keep the information safe.
Their primary tool, AI Sentinel, is like a special container that searches for and secures data (even hidden data) that the company might not know about. The system uses digital twin technology (synthetic data) to make the actual data safer while still allowing the company to use it.
With databases in secure customer networks and data access secured by the blockchain, the AI Sentinel ensures only the right people can access this information. It is a network of connected devices that work together to quickly identify any threats to this data, making a more substantial network detection of sensitive data and deepening scalable and safe data usage within a company.
The team
Jason Melo (CTO & co-founder)
Jason is a serial entrepreneur with an exceptional track record, having founded two unicorn startups. He founded Paxos, the first regulated crypto exchange that raised over $500M in capital, and was Senior vice president at the ADP Enterprise HR platform. He also founded Exactera as CTO, leading the company from seed to Series C, raising $130M in funding (Insight Partners), and growing it to 400 employees.
Shayra Antia (CEO & co-founder)
Shayra complements Jason's founding experience with a unique scientific acumen and entrepreneurial drive. With a background in Biomedical Sciences and Psychology, she has demonstrated a remarkable ability to excel academically and build a successful investment portfolio through strategic decision-making and a calculated approach to risk. This experience is further complemented by her focus on blockchain and decentralized systems. Shayra also brings valuable expertise in building high-performing sales teams for startups and enterprises.
Why we’re excited to invest
Edoardo Gentili, investor at Founders Factory, says: "As AI adoption increases, there's no doubt about the escalating challenge of data security that enterprises face. Touchbrick have identified one of the most overlooked types of data - shadow data - and built a critical AI solution to protect it. CEO Shayra's expertise in building blockchain businesses is backed up by CTO Jason's exceptional track record as a multiple unicorn founder, which bodes well for their ambition to solve this enormous global challenge."
What TouchBrick are looking to get out of the programme
- Commercial partnerships across Enterprise customers
- Access to innovation programs in and across Fastweb’s network
- Accelerating our GTM through industry partnerships, collaboration and thought leadership alongside the Fastweb team
