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ONE PLATFORM TO AUTOMATE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

www.regverse.com

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AI-POWERED AUTOMATION FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT

www.kovair.com

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UNIFIED ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

www.kitecyber.com

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CYBER SECURITY SOLUTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT ADVISORS

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Blake Koriath

Chief Financial Officer

Sid Yenamandra is a highly accomplished and exceptionally talented entrepreneur and executive with a proven track record of success in the field of cybersecurity and technology. He has founded and successfully exited three startups, leaving a lasting impact on the industry with each venture. His most notable achievement is the founding and leadership of Entreda, a company that quickly rose to become the top provider of cybersecurity compliance software to financial services firms. Under Sid’s guidance, Entreda was acquired by K1 Capital and RegTech Unicorn Smarsh in 2020, and he served as CEO for two years post-acquisition. During this time, Sid also led the company in acquiring Privva, a leading provider of third party vendor risk management software, and took over the role of running Smarsh’s wealth management business, a $100M ARR business. He also served as the head of the customer success organization for all Smarsh products.Sid’s impressive track record also includes key leadership roles at Plato Networks, where he served as VP of Product and Marketing, and PacketFX. During his time at Plato Networks, the company was acquired by publicly-traded Netlogic Microsystems in 2010, and later by Fortune 500 company Broadcom for a staggering $4B in 2012. This sale speaks to Sid’s exceptional ability to drive growth and innovation, and his expertise in building and scaling successful businesses.In addition to his successes in the tech industry, Sid has also made significant contributions to the field of cybersecurity through his work with the NSA. He led a program with an elite team to accelerate Suite B cryptographic algorithms with integrated compression for the agency’s Information Assurance directorate in solutions approved for protecting National Security Systems (NSS).With dual B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and two software patents and numerous publications to his name, Sid is a highly respected and accomplished figure in the tech industry, known for his unparalleled expertise in cybersecurity and his ability to develop and implement innovative solutions for some of the most complex and challenging problems facing our world today

RegVerse

Your Compliance Co-Pilot
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Avery by RegVerse is a platform that simplifies regulations management for compliance teams using the power of automation and modern day AI technology.

Blake Koriath

Chief Financial Officer

Sid Yenamandra is a highly accomplished and exceptionally talented entrepreneur and executive with a proven track record of success in the field of cybersecurity and technology. He has founded and successfully exited three startups, leaving a lasting impact on the industry with each venture. His most notable achievement is the founding and leadership of Entreda, a company that quickly rose to become the top provider of cybersecurity compliance software to financial services firms. Under Sid’s guidance, Entreda was acquired by K1 Capital and RegTech Unicorn Smarsh in 2020, and he served as CEO for two years post-acquisition. During this time, Sid also led the company in acquiring Privva, a leading provider of third party vendor risk management software, and took over the role of running Smarsh’s wealth management business, a $100M ARR business. He also served as the head of the customer success organization for all Smarsh products.Sid’s impressive track record also includes key leadership roles at Plato Networks, where he served as VP of Product and Marketing, and PacketFX. During his time at Plato Networks, the company was acquired by publicly-traded Netlogic Microsystems in 2010, and later by Fortune 500 company Broadcom for a staggering $4B in 2012. This sale speaks to Sid’s exceptional ability to drive growth and innovation, and his expertise in building and scaling successful businesses.In addition to his successes in the tech industry, Sid has also made significant contributions to the field of cybersecurity through his work with the NSA. He led a program with an elite team to accelerate Suite B cryptographic algorithms with integrated compression for the agency’s Information Assurance directorate in solutions approved for protecting National Security Systems (NSS).With dual B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and two software patents and numerous publications to his name, Sid is a highly respected and accomplished figure in the tech industry, known for his unparalleled expertise in cybersecurity and his ability to develop and implement innovative solutions for some of the most complex and challenging problems facing our world today

Kovair

kovair.com

Empowering your digital evolution with seamless data transformation.

Blake Koriath

Chief Financial Officer

Sid Yenamandra is a highly accomplished and exceptionally talented entrepreneur and executive with a proven track record of success in the field of cybersecurity and technology. He has founded and successfully exited three startups, leaving a lasting impact on the industry with each venture. His most notable achievement is the founding and leadership of Entreda, a company that quickly rose to become the top provider of cybersecurity compliance software to financial services firms. Under Sid’s guidance, Entreda was acquired by K1 Capital and RegTech Unicorn Smarsh in 2020, and he served as CEO for two years post-acquisition. During this time, Sid also led the company in acquiring Privva, a leading provider of third party vendor risk management software, and took over the role of running Smarsh’s wealth management business, a $100M ARR business. He also served as the head of the customer success organization for all Smarsh products.Sid’s impressive track record also includes key leadership roles at Plato Networks, where he served as VP of Product and Marketing, and PacketFX. During his time at Plato Networks, the company was acquired by publicly-traded Netlogic Microsystems in 2010, and later by Fortune 500 company Broadcom for a staggering $4B in 2012. This sale speaks to Sid’s exceptional ability to drive growth and innovation, and his expertise in building and scaling successful businesses.In addition to his successes in the tech industry, Sid has also made significant contributions to the field of cybersecurity through his work with the NSA. He led a program with an elite team to accelerate Suite B cryptographic algorithms with integrated compression for the agency’s Information Assurance directorate in solutions approved for protecting National Security Systems (NSS).With dual B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and two software patents and numerous publications to his name, Sid is a highly respected and accomplished figure in the tech industry, known for his unparalleled expertise in cybersecurity and his ability to develop and implement innovative solutions for some of the most complex and challenging problems facing our world today

Kite Cyber

Catalyzing your cybersecurity journey with comprehensive threat defense.

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Our solutions drive measurable efficiency and accuracy improvements across critical compliance tasks, empowering organizations to streamline processes and achieve regulatory excellence.

  • Calendar Task Automation: Increases task tracking efficiency by 40%, eliminating the need for manual task entry and simplifying calendar management.
  • Task Mapping to Procedures: Improves procedure compliance by 30% and cuts audit preparation time by 50 hours.
  • Regulatory Insights with Avery AI: Automated query responses accelerate regulatory reviews by 35%, delivering faster, data-driven insights.

These statistics showcase how our compliance solutions bring agility, precision, and significant time savings to complex regulatory processes.

75%
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