Cipherion

About Cipherion

Privacy is a promise, not an afterthought.

Encryption, key management and AI privacy that protect sensitive data before it reaches databases, team chats or AI models.

What is Cipherion

One security layer for your data and your AI.

Cipherion is a unified data security platform. It encrypts sensitive data where it is created and keeps it protected wherever it goes: into your database, across the apps your team uses and into the prompts you send to AI models. Teams in healthcare, fintech, manufacturing and AI use it to meet strict privacy requirements without rebuilding their systems.

Our mission

Fearless security. Borderless privacy.

Our mission is to redefine data security with zero-trust, quantum-resilient encryption that is ready for compliance at scale, protecting data fields, transactions and access points without locking you in.

Fearless security

Zero-trust encryption, with post-quantum protection for the keys, built to hold up against the threats of today and the ones still coming.

  • AES-256-GCM
  • Envelope keys
  • Post-quantum KMS
  • Zero trust

Borderless privacy

Architected to support GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS and DPDP compliance, so the same protection travels with your data across regions and vendors.

  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • PCI-DSS
  • DPDP
  • Zero trust

    No user, service, network or device is trusted by default. Every request to read protected data is verified.

  • Zero change

    Protection fits the databases, apps and tools you already run, through SDKs, APIs and the browser.

  • Zero compromise

    Proven cryptography such as AES-256-GCM, with keys protected by post-quantum algorithms in VOID KMS.

  • Zero training on your data

    Customer data is never logged in plaintext and never used to train AI models.

Our journey

From a college project to a data security company.

Cipherion grew out of one question: why does protecting sensitive data still depend on keys that can be stolen?

  1. CipherionCPH-J-01

    The spark

    Conversations about rising cyber threats and the future of encryption led to a simple observation: key-based encryption had become a hidden weak point. The goal became data protection that is lighter, smarter and ready for what comes next.

    2024Day zeroIdea
  2. CipherionCPH-J-02

    From Prototype to a Mission

    What began as a college mini project explored keyless encryption. The prototype showed that sensitive data could be secured without storing encryption keys beside it.

    2024KeylessPrototype
  3. CipherionCPH-J-03
    The Cipherion team on stage receiving the Smart India Hackathon 2024 winner's cheque for ₹1,00,000

    National recognition

    The idea won the Smart India Hackathon 2024 (Software Edition) and was proposed to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for infrastructure-level data security.

    2024₹1,00,000 prizeWinner
  4. CipherionCPH-J-04

    The build-up

    Early collaborations and interest from fintech, healthcare and manufacturing teams turned a promising prototype into a focused venture, shaped by real data and real compliance needs.

    Early 2025Fintech, health, mfgPilots
  5. CipherionCPH-J-05

    Cipherion launches

    Cipherion Pvt. Ltd. launched with a zero-trust architecture designed for modern compliance requirements and the risks of the quantum era.

    Mid 2025Pvt. Ltd.Founded
  6. CipherionCPH-J-06
    The Cipherion team holding the signed incubation agreement at IIIT Dharwad Research Park, with the IIIT Dharwad Research Park team

    Incubated at IIIT Dharwad Research Park

    Cipherion began its incubation at IIIT Dharwad Research Park, gaining infrastructure, research collaboration and mentorship.

    19 July 2025IIIT DharwadIncubated
  7. CipherionCPH-J-07
    The Cipherion team receiving a certificate on stage at the Hubballi-Dharwad-Belagavi Techcelebration 2025 in Belagavi

    Top 3 at HDB Blue 2025

    Named one of the top three fund-ready startups among the 52 ventures that pitched at HDB Blue 2025, and recognised on stage at the Hubballi-Dharwad-Belagavi Techcelebration in Belagavi.

    22 August 2025Of 52 startupsTop 3
  8. CipherionCPH-J-08
    The founders of AVINYA Cohort 1, including the Cipherion team, with the ACSEL Technology Forum team at Demo Day

    Selected for AVINYA Cohort 1

    Cipherion was selected for the first cohort of AVINYA, ACSEL Technology Forum's founder-first accelerator for early-stage AI startups. After 120 days of building with mentors, we presented at Demo Day on how enterprises can secure their data in an AI-first world.

    March 2026ACSEL acceleratorSelected
  9. CipherionCPH-J-09
    The Cipherion team with the ACSEL Technology Forum team, holding the signed investment agreement

    ₹1 crore from ACSEL Technology Forum

    After completing the first cohort of the AVINYA Accelerator, Cipherion was selected as one of ACSEL Technology Forum's first two portfolio companies, backed by a ₹1 crore investment. Our mentor through the programme was Anand Talwai.

    July 2026Backed by ACSEL₹1 Cr
  10. CipherionCPH-J-10

    One platform for data and AI

    EnQrypt, CipSec and ZentriQ protect sensitive data in applications, in the tools teams share it through and in the prompts sent to AI models. Each week the team also breaks down a real-world breach in its Trustless Tuesday and Freaky Friday case files on LinkedIn.

    TodayNow shippingLive
In the media

Cipherion in the media.

On national television, on stage at India's biggest tech events and on podcasts. Our videos, from Cipherion's LinkedIn.

Podcasts and shorts

Our team

The people building Cipherion.

A founding team of engineers and builders, guided by mentors from academia, research and industry.

  • Kunaal Shindagi

    Kunaal Shindagi

    Chief Executive Officer

    Leads Cipherion's strategy and cybersecurity vision, with experience in strategic planning and digital transformation.

  • Nagaraj Bhandare

    Nagaraj Bhandare

    Chief Technology Officer

    Leads engineering and specialises in advanced security architectures, from field-level encryption to the key management behind it.

  • Suyog Kulkarni

    Suyog Kulkarni

    Chief of R&D

    Leads research and development, turning new work in cryptography and AI privacy into what Cipherion builds next.

  • Pooja Ekbote

    Pooja Ekbote

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Leads marketing and brand, building awareness of Cipherion with customers and markets around the world.

Mentors

The mentors who guide our technology and business decisions.

Contact

Let's talk about your data.

Tell us what you are protecting and where it lives, and the right person on the team will get back to you.

Send us a message

We use your details only to reply to you. They are never used to train AI models.

Where we work

Our headquarters is in Belagavi, Karnataka.

BelagaviHeadquarters
Cipherion Pvt. Ltd.2nd Floor, 125/B/12 Vaze Galli, Vadgaon,
Belagavi, Karnataka 590005, India

Trusted by

The institutions that support us and the organisations we work with.

ACSEL Technology ForumACSEL Technology Forum
IIIT Dharwad Research ParkIIIT Dharwad Research Park
KDEMKDEM
NeXRNeXR
Unknwn AIUnknwn AI
ACSEL Technology ForumACSEL Technology Forum
IIIT Dharwad Research ParkIIIT Dharwad Research Park
KDEMKDEM
NeXRNeXR
Unknwn AIUnknwn AI
ACSEL Technology ForumACSEL Technology Forum
IIIT Dharwad Research ParkIIIT Dharwad Research Park
KDEMKDEM
NeXRNeXR
Unknwn AIUnknwn AI
FAQ

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Quick answers about who we are, where we work and what we build.

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Cipherion is a data security company that builds encryption, key management and AI privacy infrastructure. Its products, EnQrypt, CipSec and ZentriQ, protect sensitive data before it reaches databases, collaboration tools or AI models.

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