+8%

est. 2Y upside i

CybersecuritySeries B

Cinder is the industry’s first Trust and Safety operations platform to help organizations combat Internet abuse at scale. We provide Trust and Safety teams with a single system to manage complex integrity operations and investigations to create a safe environment for their users.

Rank

#1865

Sector

Cybersecurity

Est. Liquidity

~4Y

Data Quality

Data: Low

Cinder shows promise in a hot market, but the lack of financial data makes equity valuation highly uncertain.

Last updated: July 3, 2026

Bull (15%)+95%

Cinder capitalizes on AI safety regulation and expands to enterprise, sustaining high valuation multiple; exit ~$600M.

Base (55%)+31%

Moderate growth with some multiple compression; exit ~$420M.

Bear (30%)-77%

Incumbent competition and slowing growth compress multiple; preference stack erodes common return; exit ~$175M.

Est. time to liquidity~4.0 years

Preference Stack Risk

high

Funding Intensity

20%

Total funding $55M against $279M valuation, giving 19.7% preference overhang.

Dilution Risk

high

As a Series B company with $55M total funding, additional rounds before liquidity are likely, diluting common by ~20% over 2 years.

Secondary Liquidity

none

No secondary market activity reported.

Product & Engineering — 5 roles

Operations — 1 role

Sales & Customer Success — 1 role

View all 7 open roles at Cinder →

Last updated: February 22, 2026

Questions to Ask at the Interview

Strategic questions based on Cinder's data — designed to show you've done your homework.

  • 1

    “How does Cinder's AI differentiate from in-house safety tools at OpenAI or Meta?”

  • 2

    “What is the unit economics and CAC payback period?”

  • 3

    “Given 38 employees, how do you see the equity pool being managed in future rounds?”

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