Amid a landscape of Capitol riots, heightened national security threats, rising extremism and ongoing COVID-19 challenges, Ontic, the protective intelligence software innovator, today reported 177% revenue growth for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2021, as compared to the prior year. Ontic is digitally transforming and setting a new standard for how Fortune 500 and emerging enterprises proactively address physical threat management to protect employees, customers and assets.

Ontic has been named by Built In as one of Austin’s Best Places to Work and Best Small Companies to work for. The annual awards include companies of all sizes, from startups to the enterprise, nationally and in the eight largest tech markets.

Ontic has been named a gold winner in the Small Company of the Year category in the 2020 Best in Biz Awards. The Best in Biz Awards is the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North America.

A technology-based industry standard is needed as Physical Security modernization solutions, driven by COVID-19, are accelerated

Immediate access to the world’s largest dark web dataset, as well as critical open source and public data seamlessly surfaces pre-incident physical threat indicators to help mitigate potential harm to Fortune 500 executives, employees, customers and assets

Ontic today announced the appointment of Scott Shepherd as Chief Legal Officer, leading all corporate legal affairs, including regulatory compliance and legal counsel for Ontic leadership and Board of Directors.

The award adds Ontic as approved Software as a Service (SaaS) provider for school districts across Texas

Physical Security Professionals at Fortune 500 Companies and Higher Education Institutions Gain Access to Structured Professional Judgement Guide and Methodology for Risk Management and Assessment

General James A. “Spider” Marks and Rich Battista Join as Advisors Following Company’s $12 Million Series A Funding and Exponential Growth

Collaboration Expands Ontic Offering, Empowers Large Enterprise Physical Security Teams with Critical Protocols and Technology, From Incident Report and Threat Level Assessment to Threat Management 

Investment Accelerates Ontic’s Automated Threat Management Solution for Fortune 1000 Clients through First-of-its-Kind Protective Intelligence Platform, Purpose-Built for Physical Security

Burton is the world’s foremost authority on Protective Intelligence, security and counterterrorism. He served in the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service where he served in high-profile investigations including the hunt for and arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the first World Trade Center bombing.

Ontic today announced that Manish Mehta has joined the company as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Mehta brings over 25 years of engineering and product management experience to Ontic.

Ontic announced today it has raised a $4.65 million Series Seed round investment led by Silverton Partners, with participation from Floodgate and Village Global.

Ontic is pleased to announce that Murali Swaminathan has joined the team as a Board Member. Swaminathan will bring a wealth of knowledge to the table, having built enterprise software as a service (SaaS) platforms before and having the expertise necessary for scaling technology to meet clients’ needs.

Ontic today announced that it has closed a round of funding with Village Global, the venture firm backed by some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, including Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and Anne Wojcicki.