Bugcrowd

Bugcrowd is a San Francisco security company that connects organisations with a global community of researchers and testers. Organisations use it to find and fix weaknesses in their software and networks before attackers do.

What Bugcrowd offers

• Bug bounty programmes — researchers hunt for unknown vulnerabilities and are rewarded for valid findings.
• Vulnerability disclosure — a route for receiving, prioritising and fixing reports from outside hackers.
• Penetration testing as a service — scheduled testing aimed at compliance goals and risk reduction.
• Red team as a service — simulated real-world attacks that expose tactical and strategic gaps.
• AI safety and security testing — assessments for AI systems.

Who it works with

The platform serves enterprise security teams, and its testers come from a worldwide hacker community. Triage staff review submissions and give remediation advice.

Key facts

• Based in: San Francisco, USA
• Investors: Backed by several venture firms, among them Blackbird Ventures and Costanoa Ventures