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Pallma

Category: AI in Cybersecurity

An AI-native security platform designed to provide complete lifecycle protection for autonomous AI agents against sophisticated cybersecurity threats and operational risks. Pallma was founded in 2024. The company is led by Pavlos Mitsoulis. Based in London, United Kingdom. Team size: 2-10. Total funding raised: €1.36M. Latest round: Pre-Seed. Key investors include ["Marathon Venture Capital","Executives from AWS","Executives from Meta","Executives from Google","Executives from Hack The Box","Executives from Workable"].

Founded
2024
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Team size
2-10
Total funding
€1.36M

Value proposition

Enables the safe deployment of autonomous agents by providing a real-time security layer that prevents unauthorized actions, data exfiltration, and prompt-based attacks while maintaining operational speed.

Products and solutions

["Pallma Guard (Lifecycle security for AI agents)","Real-time Threat Detection & Automated Remediation","Proactive Agentic Red Teaming","Agent Observability & Policy Enforcement Dashboard"]

Unique value

Specifically engineered for 'Agentic AI'—autonomous systems that have the agency to execute tasks—rather than just standard LLM chatbots, addressing the unique security gaps created by AI-driven actions.

Target customer

Enterprise security teams (CISOs), AI engineering departments, and organizations deploying autonomous agentic workflows.

Industries served

["Cybersecurity","Enterprise Software","Financial Services","E-commerce","Healthcare"]

Technology advantage

Leverages the founders' deep expertise in MLOps and large-scale ML infrastructure (from leadership roles at On, King, and Expedia) to build a low-latency, scalable security interceptor that monitors agent-tool interactions in real-time.

How they differentiate

Pallma differentiates by focusing specifically on 'Agentic AI'—autonomous systems that execute actions. While competitors often focus on prompt injection or model integrity, Pallma provides a real-time security interceptor that monitors agent-tool interactions to prevent unauthorized real-world actions and data exfiltration.

Main competitors

["Lakera","Protect AI","Prompt Security","HiddenLayer"]

Key partnerships

["Marathon Venture Capital (Lead Investor)","Strategic Angel Network (Executives from AWS, Meta, Google, Hack The Box, and Workable)"]

Notable customers

["Early design partners in Financial Services","Enterprise security teams (names currently undisclosed)"]

Major milestones

["Company founded in London in 2024","Successful exit from stealth mode in January 2025","Raised €1.36M Pre-Seed round led by Marathon Venture Capital"]

Growth metrics

Emerged from stealth in January 2025; core team composed of former AI/ML leaders from On, King, and Expedia.

Market positioning

Early-stage specialist in the Agentic AI Security (AISec) niche, targeting enterprise CISOs and AI engineering teams.

Geographic focus

United Kingdom, European Union, and North America.

Patents and IP

No registered patents disclosed as of latest update

About Pavlos Mitsoulis

Pavlos Mitsoulis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pallma. He previously served as the Director of Data, Machine Learning, and AI at On (On-Running), where he led the global data and AI strategy. His prior experience includes leadership roles as a Machine Learning and Engineering Leader at King (Activision Blizzard) and a Staff Data Scientist at Expedia Group. He is a recognized AWS Machine Learning Hero and the co-creator of Sagify and Kenza.

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