Hexens

About Hexens

Hexens is a security consulting company that provides smart contract audits and offensive security services. It serves DeFi projects, blockchain networks, and other crypto companies. The company uses senior offensive engineers who have won international competitions, and it combines manual review with AI models. It has completed over 300 engagements and protected more than $120 billion in digital assets, with zero client exploits. Hexens also offers Glider, a system for tagging and finding logic in deployed smart contracts. Glider supports over 32 chains and provides token risk analysis. It powers products such as Token Risks API, Glider IDE, Data API, and Glider Monitor. The company's work is built around making crypto safer and easier to use.

Products

• Glider MonitorA continuous threat exposure management system built for Web3.
• Token Risks APIAn API for analyzing token risks across multiple chains in seconds.
• Glider IDEAn integrated development environment for smart contract logic search and labeling.
• Data APIAn API that provides access to Glider's data.
• Glider Query DatabaseA database that consolidates knowledge from data and security researchers.

Ownership and deals

1. October 2022Raised $4.2m in a seed roundInvestor IOSG VenturesReport on the Hexens funding round of October 2022 (opens in a new tab)

Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.

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