
IronCore Labs provides application-layer encryption solutions for cloud software and AI, enabling secure data protection across databases, vector stores, and search services. Their products, including SaaS Shield, Cloaked AI, Cloaked Search, and Data Control Platform, allow developers to encrypt sensitive data while maintaining usability, supporting compliance with privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA. The company focuses on protecting AI vector embeddings, searchable encryption for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, and per-tenant encryption for SaaS applications with advanced key management options such as BYOK/HYOK. IronCore Labs emphasizes zero-trust security, crypto-agility for post-quantum cryptography, and customer-managed keys, serving enterprise clients with a scalable, cloud-agnostic platform that integrates with major cloud providers and databases. Their technology mitigates risks from breaches, insider threats, and cloud misconfigurations, positioning them as a leader in data security for modern cloud and AI applications.

IronCore Labs provides application-layer encryption solutions for cloud software and AI, enabling secure data protection across databases, vector stores, and search services. Their products, including SaaS Shield, Cloaked AI, Cloaked Search, and Data Control Platform, allow developers to encrypt sensitive data while maintaining usability, supporting compliance with privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA. The company focuses on protecting AI vector embeddings, searchable encryption for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, and per-tenant encryption for SaaS applications with advanced key management options such as BYOK/HYOK. IronCore Labs emphasizes zero-trust security, crypto-agility for post-quantum cryptography, and customer-managed keys, serving enterprise clients with a scalable, cloud-agnostic platform that integrates with major cloud providers and databases. Their technology mitigates risks from breaches, insider threats, and cloud misconfigurations, positioning them as a leader in data security for modern cloud and AI applications.
Headquarters: Boulder, Colorado, United States
Founded: 2015
Product focus: Application-layer encryption for cloud software and generative AI
Flagship products: SaaS Shield, Cloaked Search, Cloaked AI
Total disclosed funding: 3,100,000.00 USD (per provided profile data)
Securing application-layer data in cloud-native software and AI pipelines so data remains encrypted at rest and in use without routing plaintext or customer keys through the vendor.
2015
Security software
Listed as a Feb 2017 convertible note in public funding tables.
Listed as a May 2017 funding event in public profiles.
Crunchbase lists this Seed round (4 investors; lead investor shown as NEXT Frontier Capital).
1,600,000.00 USD
Dealroom lists an April 2021 Late VC round for $1.6M.
“Lead investor listed for Seed round: NEXT Frontier Capital; other disclosed investors include Tahoma Ventures, Right Side Capital Management, Techstars, Hilltop Venture Partners, Blue Note Ventures, PV Ventures, V1.vc, FirstMile Ventures, and Lontra.”