Naoris Protocol

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Field	Value
Name	Naoris Protocol
Tagline	Decentralized cybersecurity protocol using blockchain, Swarm AI, and post-quantum cryptography to secure Web2 and Web3 systems
Headquarters	251 Little Falls Dr, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808, United States
Founded	2017
Stage	Series A
Business Model	API / Developer Platform
Industry	Cybersecurity
Technology Type	Blockchain / Web3
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Co-Founders (2): David Carvalho, Monika Oravcova
Funding Label	$10M+
Total Disclosed	~$11.5M seed plus $3M strategic (2025)

Links

• Website: https://www.naorisprotocol.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/naorisprotocol

Summary and Signal

Naoris Protocol is a Delaware-registered cybersecurity company building a Sub-Zero Layer 1 blockchain that turns connected devices into validator nodes for a decentralized security mesh, with post-quantum cryptography applied across both Web2 and Web3 environments [Naoris Protocol]. Founded in 2017 by David Carvalho and Monika Oravcova, the company has positioned itself at the intersection of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) and post-quantum readiness [Cointribune]. The product centers on a Decentralized Proof-of-Security (dPoSec) consensus layer paired with a Swarm AI mechanism that correlates participant signals against known threat models in real time [OKX] [Blockonomi]. Carvalho, who serves as CEO and Chief Scientist, brings more than 20 years as a Global CISO and ethical hacker advising nation-state and NATO-adjacent critical infrastructure programs [Cointribune] [Global Risk Community]. Capital to date includes an $11.5M seed round led by Draper Associates in July 2022 and a $3M strategic round led by Mason Labs disclosed in May 2025 [CoinDesk] [The Block]. The Token Generation Event concluded on August 1, 2025, with mainnet activity reported in the 2026 cycle [ICO Drops] [Crowdfund Insider].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Confirmed by Crunchbase, FinanceFeeds, CoinDesk, and the company's own published materials.

Taxonomy Snapshot

Axis	Value
Stage	Series A (post-strategic round, post-TGE)
Business Model	API / Developer Platform with token-based validator economics
Industry / Vertical	Cybersecurity, Digital Trust Infrastructure
Technology Type	Blockchain / Web3, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Swarm AI
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Co-Founders (2)
Funding	~$11.5M seed plus $3M strategic, total ~$14.5M disclosed

Company Overview

Naoris Protocol is the operating identity of a cybersecurity venture incorporated in Delaware and founded in 2017 with a thesis that centralized security stacks create the very single points of failure they are meant to prevent [PitchBook] [Crunchbase]. The founding story traces to a 2017 conversation with Kjell Grandhagen, former Head of the NATO Intelligence Committee, about how distributed adversaries were systematically outpacing centralized defenders [Cointribune] [LinkedIn]. That framing became the design constraint for what the company describes as a Decentralized Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture (dCSMA) [LinkedIn].

The company spent its first several years in stealth and research mode before surfacing publicly with an $11.5M financing led by Draper Associates that closed on July 27, 2022 [CoinDesk] [Crunchbase] [FinanceFeeds]. From 2022 onward Naoris evolved its public identity from a distributed cybersecurity firm into a post-quantum DePIN, in which every participating device functions as a validator node contributing to a real-time security consensus [Blockchain Technology News] [Cyber Risk Leaders]. Notable subsequent milestones include a $3M strategic round led by Mason Labs disclosed on May 29, 2025 [The Block], a Token Generation Event concluded on August 1, 2025 [ICO Drops], and mainnet activity reported in the 2026 cycle [Crowdfund Insider].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Confirmed by Crunchbase, PitchBook, FinanceFeeds, CoinDesk, and The Block.

The Product and the Stack

Naoris Protocol positions its core product as the first Sub-Zero Layer 1 blockchain, a security layer that sits beneath other decentralized stacks while also functioning as a sovereign L1 capable of hosting applications, devices, and digital trust workflows [Naoris Protocol website]. The company's public materials describe a Post-Quantum DePIN model in which devices, rather than passive endpoints, become active validators and continuously attest to the security posture of their peers [Naoris Protocol website] [Blockchain Technology News]. The cryptographic claim is that the protocol is engineered to remain resistant to quantum-era attacks, a positioning that aligns with NIST's broader post-quantum standardization push [Cyber Risk Leaders].

Two mechanisms do most of the technical work in the public narrative. The first is Decentralized Proof-of-Security (dPoSec), a consensus layer the company describes as creating a self-healing cybersecurity environment by validating device state across the mesh in real time [OKX]. The second is Swarm AI, which applies Decentralized Swarm Intelligence (DSI) principles to surface anomalies from across protocol participants and correlate them against known threat models and malicious-behavior signatures [Blockonomi]. Crunchbase's profile reinforces the framing as a decentralized cybersecurity and digital trust infrastructure for both Web2 and Web3 systems [Crunchbase]. CoinMarketCap's primer describes the broader thesis as building a decentralized immune system for the digital world that addresses both centralization risk and the looming quantum threat to current encryption [CoinMarketCap].

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Product framing is consistent across the company website, Crunchbase, CoinMarketCap, OKX, and Blockonomi, but lower-level technical specifics are not corroborated in the public sources surfaced.

Market Research and Opportunity

Naoris sits at the intersection of three demand pools: conventional cybersecurity, Web3 security, and post-quantum readiness. CoinMarketCap explicitly frames the company's mission as responding to two converging weaknesses: centralized cybersecurity systems concentrating single points of failure, and current encryption being threatened by quantum advances [CoinMarketCap]. Blockchain Technology News and Cyber Risk Leaders both place Naoris within an emerging post-quantum DePIN category [Blockchain Technology News] [Cyber Risk Leaders].

Regulatory and macro forces lean in the company's favor on the post-quantum dimension. The US Office of Management and Budget's M-23-02 memorandum and equivalent European guidance have made post-quantum migration a multi-year compliance program, which provides a tailwind for any vendor that can credibly claim post-quantum capability. Following the August 2025 TGE [ICO Drops] and the 2026 mainnet activity [Crowdfund Insider], the most useful near-term metric for outside observers is validator-node count and geographic distribution.

Sizing or growth claim	Value	Source
Naoris seed funding round	$11.5M	[FinanceFeeds]
Naoris strategic round (May 2025)	$3.0M	[The Block]
TGE concluded	August 1, 2025	[ICO Drops]

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Confirmed by FinanceFeeds, The Block, and ICO Drops.

The Competitive Field

Naoris is positioned as a category-creator in post-quantum DePIN cybersecurity. The competitive map is best understood as three concentric rings. The innermost ring is other security-focused DePIN and decentralized-trust projects, where the comparison is largely about validator economics, node count, and chain neutrality; in this ring Naoris's earliest claim to defensibility is the Sub-Zero Layer 1 framing [Naoris Protocol website]. The middle ring is Web3-native security vendors, including audit firms, on-chain monitoring tools, and bridge-security specialists. The outermost ring is conventional enterprise cybersecurity incumbents, which dominate enterprise budgets and have started branding their own post-quantum migration services.

Where the company has a defensible edge today is in narrative positioning and founder credibility. Carvalho's two-decade CISO and NATO-adjacent advisory background gives the company an unusually credible voice in conversations about nation-state threat models [Cointribune] [Global Risk Community]. The Draper Associates lead investor signal, combined with the May 2025 Mason Labs strategic round, suggests continued capital access [CoinDesk] [The Block].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Confirmed by Cointribune, Global Risk Community, CoinDesk, and The Block.

Opportunity

The size of the prize, if Naoris executes, is the chance to become the default trust layer for the next decade of distributed infrastructure, both Web3 and post-quantum Web2. The protocol is live following its August 2025 TGE [ICO Drops] and 2026 mainnet activity [Crowdfund Insider]. The category framing of post-quantum DePIN has been adopted by independent trade press [Blockchain Technology News] [Cyber Risk Leaders]. And the founder has the credibility to be in rooms where category-defining standards get drafted [Cointribune] [Global Risk Community].

Scenario	What happens	Catalyst	Why it's plausible
Web3 infrastructure standard	Naoris becomes the default validator-layer security mesh for new L1s, bridges, and custodians	Two or more named protocol integrations in the 12 months following mainnet	Trade press has positioned the company as a category-creator in post-quantum DePIN [Blockchain Technology News]
Post-quantum compliance wedge	Naoris wins enterprise and government pilots as a turnkey post-quantum readiness layer	A named pilot with a regulated entity citing NIST or OMB guidance	Founder background includes nation-state and NATO-adjacent advisory work [Cointribune]
Token-economy flywheel	Validator participation scales meaningfully, making decentralization measurable rather than rhetorical	Validator node count growth disclosed quarterly post-TGE	TGE concluded August 1, 2025 with $3M strategic capital from Mason Labs supporting post-launch operations [ICO Drops] [The Block]

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Scenarios are constructed from confirmed funding, TGE, and product-positioning evidence; revenue and customer figures are not publicly disclosed.

Sources

1. [Naoris Protocol] Home | Naoris Protocol | https://www.naorisprotocol.com/
2. [Naoris Protocol] What is Naoris Protocol? | https://www.naorisprotocol.com/what-is-naoris-protocol
3. [LinkedIn] Naoris Protocol company page | https://www.linkedin.com/company/naorisprotocol
4. [LinkedIn] Constantinos Antoniou profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/constantinos02/
5. [Crunchbase] Naoris Protocol company profile and funding | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/naoris-protocol
6. [PitchBook] Naoris Protocol 2026 company profile | https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/459370-18
7. [CoinMarketCap] What Is Naoris Protocol (NAORIS) And How Does It Work? | https://coinmarketcap.com/cmc-ai/naoris-protocol/what-is/
8. [FinanceFeeds] Distributed Cybersecurity Firm Naoris Protocol Raises $11.5M To Reinvent Web3 Security | https://financefeeds.com/distributed-cybersecurity-firm-naoris-protocol-raises-11-5m-to-reinvent-web3-security/
9. [CoinDesk] Coverage of Naoris Protocol $11.5M seed round (July 2022) | https://www.coindesk.com/
10. [The Block] Coverage of Naoris Protocol $3M strategic round led by Mason Labs (May 2025) | https://www.theblock.co/
11. [Global Risk Community] Quantum Risk: Before It's Too Late with David Carvalho | https://globalriskcommunity.com/video/quantum-risk-before-it-s-too-late-with-david-carvalho
12. [Cointribune] Profile of David Carvalho and Naoris Protocol founding story | https://www.cointribune.com/
13. [Blockchain Technology News] Naoris Protocol unveils world's first post-quantum DePIN for cybersecurity and digital trust | https://blockchaintechnology-news.com/news/naoris-protocol-unveils-worlds-first-post-quantum-depin-for-cybersecurity-and-digital-trust/
14. [Cyber Risk Leaders] Naoris Protocol Debuts Post-Quantum DePIN for Cybersecurity and Digital Trust | https://cyberriskleaders.com/naoris-protocol-debuts-post-quantum-depin-for-cybersecurity-and-digital-trust/
15. [OKX] Naoris Protocol NAORIS Price: Unlocking the Future of Post-Quantum Cybersecurity | https://www.okx.com/en-us/learn/naoris-protocol-naoris-price-cybersecurity
16. [Blockonomi] Coverage of Naoris Swarm AI and Decentralized Swarm Intelligence | https://blockonomi.com/
17. [ICO Drops] Naoris Protocol TGE listing | https://icodrops.com/
18. [Crowdfund Insider] Coverage of Naoris Protocol mainnet activity | https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/
19. [Enterprise Security Mag] Naoris Protocol | Top Blockchain Solutions Provider 2025 | https://www.enterprisesecuritymag.com/naoris-protocol
20. [ZoomInfo] Naoris Protocol overview and similar companies | https://www.zoominfo.com/c/ndse-cyber-ltd/566129246