
The VETTDD 50 · UK startups · 2026
Peter Garraghan
Founder and Chief Science Officer, Mindgard · mindgard.ai ↗
Mindgard attacks AI systems the way criminals would, so their owners find the flaws first. Its founder turned a decade of Lancaster University research into a $30m Series A
- Series A, August 2026
- $30m
- AI vulnerabilities publicly disclosed
- 150+
- moved from CEO to chief science officer
- Oct 2025