Asvin

Overview

Asvin (asvin GmbH) is a Stuttgart, Germany-based cybersecurity company founded in 2018 that builds cyber threat intelligence and risk-management tools for the Internet of Things (IoT), operational technology (OT) and software supply chains. Its customers sit mainly in industrial and automotive environments, per the company's own site https://asvin.io .

Why this entity matters

As manufacturers and automotive OEMs connect more devices to networks, the attack surface across IoT and OT environments has grown quickly, and EU cybersecurity and supply-chain rules are pushing industrial buyers to formalize vulnerability management. Asvin positions itself in that gap with an AI-assisted "Risk-by-Context" approach to prioritizing vulnerabilities rather than simply cataloguing them.

Company background

Asvin was founded in 2018 in Stuttgart by CEO Mirko Ross and CFO Sven Rahlfs, per the company's own site. A 2020 announcement from Blockrocket stated that the Blockchain Founders Group and Blockrocket backed asvin GmbH to roll out a distributed-ledger-based secure software supply chain approach for IoT devices; this is a single-source claim from the investor's own post and has not been independently re-verified for this record. The company's current product set has broadened well beyond that original DLT framing toward a wider cyber threat intelligence and vulnerability-management platform, including tools it calls "Risk-by-Context," a "Device Security Booster," and an in-house "asvin Labs" research unit. Asvin's site states it holds ISO 27001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certifications and describes research collaborations with KIT, Fraunhofer, MIT and OTH Regensburg; these are self-reported claims not independently corroborated for this record.

Role in the ecosystem

Asvin sits in the IoT/OT and software-supply-chain security segment of the DACH deep-tech and industrial-technology landscape — a category Startuprad.io covers alongside other German cybersecurity vendors such as Link11.

Selected relationships and affiliations

Public sources point to early backing from the Blockchain Founders Group and Blockrocket (2020, per Blockrocket's own announcement) and named, self-reported research partnerships with KIT, Fraunhofer, MIT and OTH Regensburg. No independent confirmation of funding amounts or current investor cap table was found in public sources at the time of writing.

Startuprad.io relevance

Startuprad.io has covered Asvin since its earlier growth phase, most directly in a dedicated company profile, and again in an adjacent cybersecurity-sector interview.

Asvin Provides Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT)
Published: 27 June 2022
Last updated: 20 September 2026
Coverage type: Blog
https://www.startuprad.io/post/asvin-provides-cybersecurity-for-the-internet-of-things

DDoS Protection & Tech Scaling: Link11's Jens Philipp Jung on Cybersecurity's Future (Part 1)
Published: 1 April 2025
Last updated: 20 September 2026
Coverage type: Interview
https://www.startuprad.io/post/ddos-protection-tech-scaling-link11-s-jens-philipp-jung-on-cybersecurity-s-future-part-1

Public source context

This record draws on asvin's own company website (asvin.io), a 2020 Blockrocket announcement published on Medium, and Startuprad.io's own archive coverage cited above. Funding amounts, a complete current investor list, and precise headcount were not found in publicly available sources at the time of writing and are omitted rather than estimated.

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