TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Semifinal Round Four: Enterprise Technology and Cybersecurity Pitches

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield round four features five early-stage companies presenting enterprise technology and cybersecurity solutions to a panel of venture investors. Each startup has six minutes to pitch and demo, followed by six minutes of judge Q&A. The session covers scam disruption, database consolidation, inheritance infrastructure for banks, self-maintaining customer data platforms, and narrative threat intelligence.

■ Pitch format and judges
- Overview of semifinal round rules, judge introductions, and finalist selection

■ Apate AI
- Conversational AI agents that engage scammers to waste their time and extract intelligence for banks, telcos, and governments

■ CedarDB
- Single database engine for transactions, analytics, and AI; launches CedarDB Cloud as a managed service

■ Prism
- Inheritance infrastructure helping financial institutions capture and retain next-generation beneficiary relationships

■ Flocker
- Self-maintaining customer data platform using AI agents and 80+ data vendors to clean and connect business data

■ GDA
- Platform tracking narrative threats across social platforms to help brands anticipate and respond to coordinated online attacks

The video is suited for founders, investors, and professionals interested in enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech infrastructure, and data/AI platforms. It provides an overview of current startup approaches, product positioning, and investor questions in these sectors.