The economy is rapidly shifting toward a model powered by AI agents, bots that autonomously access data at unprecedented speed. Traditional Identity Management oversees human users but leaves AI agents largely unsupervised, creating a massive “Shadow AI” blind spot.
CyberDesk closes this gap with a data-level identity approach that enables precise access for humans and AI agents while minimizing data exposure risks. The platform visualizes and adaptively controls the 95% of unused data access rights across hybrid multi-cloud environments – securing both human and machine identities, providing transparency at the data level, and enforcing “Least Privilege” principles through automated compliance.
Gründerfonds Ruhr is proud to lead this investment alongside co-investors Venture Stars, Haufe Group Ventures, caesar., TKM, adesso ventures and angelinvest, and welcomes Dr. Tobias Lieberum, Prabhakar Mishra and the entire CyberDesk team to our portfolio.
“Organizations understand the risk of unused access rights, but managing them across hybrid multi-cloud environments has remained complex and unsolved. CyberDesk provides the visibility and adaptive control that existing solutions can’t deliver.” – Ann-Christin Kortenbrede, Managing Director
“As AI adoption accelerates and regulations like DORA and NIS2 raise the bar, authorization becomes critical infrastructure. We’re excited to partner with Tobias, Prabhakar and the CyberDesk team as they build this essential layer for the AI era.” – Dr. Fabian Hogrebe, Investment Manager