Maxime CARTAN
Co-Founder & CEO
Maxime joined the operational centre of ANSSI (the French cyberdefence agency) in 2015 as a Cyber Threat Intelligence specialist. Both IT engineer from École Centrale Paris and graduated from ESSEC Business School, he specializes in offensive computer security (OSCP, CEH). Before joining ANSSI, Maxime was a partner at Hypermind, a start-up dedicated to predictive geopolitical analysis.
Alexandre DIEULANGARD
Co-Founder & COO
Alexandre has managed crisis cells in the operational centre of ANSSI (the French cyberdefence agency) between 2012 and 2017. He is both a legal expert in Intellectual Property & New Technologies law and graduated from École Normale Supérieure & Sorbonne in Geopolitics. Before joining ANSSI, Alexandre worked as cybercrime analyst for an economic intelligence company.
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Citalid’s timeline
Citalid wins the "Grand Défi Cyber"
Citalid is among the 11 winners of the government’s “Grand Défi Cyber” for the MATRICE project, which aims to unify the entire cyber-risk management chain in a single tool.
> More info : https://bit.ly/39esIrl
Citalid joins the PwC Scale!
PwC Scale | Cybersecurity is a 10 weeks program for the most innovative start-ups in the field of Cybersecurity.
> More info: https://pwc.to/2JAVvwH
Citalid joins the Allianz Accelerator !
Citalid has been selected to integrate the Allianz Accelerator, which helps startups to invent the insurance of tomorrow! Citalid is one of the 6 startups with CooLoc, Streetco, Core For Tech, Velco and WeMed selected for the 2020 batch!
> More info: http://bit.ly/3m7HaFH
Citalid joins the Allianz Accelerator !
Citalid has been selected to integrate the Allianz Accelerator, which helps startups to invent the insurance of tomorrow! Citalid is one of the 6 startups with CooLoc, Streetco, Core For Tech, Velco and WeMed selected for the 2020 batch!
> More info: http://bit.ly/3m7HaFH
Citalid wins the StartYouUp competition !
Citalid has the honor to be among the winners of the Startyou_up contest ! Thanks to this initiative, Citalid benefits from legal support and expertise of August Debouzy that fully contributes to accelerating its development.
> https://startyou-up.com/the-tribe/
Citalid wins the StartYouUp competition !
Citalid has the honor to be among the winners of the Startyou_up contest ! Thanks to this initiative, Citalid benefits from legal support and expertise of August Debouzy that fully contributes to accelerating its development.
> https://startyou-up.com/the-tribe/
Jury Award of FIC 2020!
Citalid wins the Jury Award of the 2020 edition of the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC)
> https://www.forum-fic.com/en/home/price/the-fic-start-up-award.htm
Citalid raises €1.2M seed round for its new approach to cyber risk
Citalid raises a €1.2M seed round for its new approach to cyber risk. Citalid raised €1.2M with 2 investment funds: Axeleo Capital and BNP Paribas Développement.
> https://www.maddyness.com/2019/06/05/citalid-leve-12-million-euros/
Citalid raises €1.2M seed round for its new approach to cyber risk
Citalid raises a €1.2M seed round for its new approach to cyber risk. Citalid raised €1.2M with 2 investment funds: Axeleo Capital and BNP Paribas Développement.
> https://www.maddyness.com/2019/06/05/citalid-leve-12-million-euros/
Paris Call of November 12th 2018 for Trust and Security in Cyberspace
On November 12th at the UNESCO Internet Governance Forum (IGF), French President Emmanuel Macron launched the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. Citalid is one of the first companies to sign this high-level declaration in favor of the development of common principles for securing cyberspace.
> https://pariscall.international/en/
Paris Call of November 12th 2018 for Trust and Security in Cyberspace
On November 12th at the UNESCO Internet Governance Forum (IGF), French President Emmanuel Macron launched the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. Citalid is one of the first companies to sign this high-level declaration in favor of the development of common principles for securing cyberspace.
> https://pariscall.international/en/
Innovation Awards of the Assises 2018!
Citalid wins both the Innovation and the Audience (300 CISOs) Awards of the 2018 edition of the Assises de la Sécurité.
> https://en.lesassisesdelasecurite.com/content/location/603443
Shake’Up by Wavestone
Citalid was fortunate enough to have been selected by the international consulting firm Wavestone for its startup acceleration program called “Shake’Up”.
> https://www.wavestone.com/fr/offre/shakeup/
> https://www.digitalcorner-wavestone.com/2019/10/citalid-a-cybersecurity-startup-going-viral/
Shake’Up by Wavestone
Citalid was fortunate enough to have been selected by the international consulting firm Wavestone for its startup acceleration program called “Shake’Up”.
> https://www.wavestone.com/fr/offre/shakeup/
> https://www.digitalcorner-wavestone.com/2019/10/citalid-a-cybersecurity-startup-going-viral/
Research Partnership
Citalid benefits from a one-year research partnership with the prestigious École Polytechnique (Collective Scientific Project) in order to optimize its cyberattack anticipation models through geopolitical data analysis.
> https://portail.polytechnique.edu/etudes/ingenieur-x/projets-experimentaux
Research Partnership
Citalid benefits from a one-year research partnership with the prestigious École Polytechnique (Collective Scientific Project) in order to optimize its cyberattack anticipation models through geopolitical data analysis.
> https://portail.polytechnique.edu/etudes/ingenieur-x/projets-experimentaux
Foundation of the company
A few months after leaving the French national cyberdefense agency (ANSSI), Maxime and Alexandre used to develop a first Minimum Viable Product (MVP), benchmark the market and build a business plan, the two co-founders officially created Citalid.
> https://www.ssi.gouv.fr/
Foundation of the company
A few months after leaving the French national cyberdefense agency (ANSSI), Maxime and Alexandre used to develop a first Minimum Viable Product (MVP), benchmark the market and build a business plan, the two co-founders officially created Citalid.
> https://www.ssi.gouv.fr/
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