Founded By: Ankita Dhakar
Traditional penetration testing is slow, expensive, and completely out of sync with how modern teams ship software. Capture The Bug is a PTaaS platform that replaces outdated, one-off audits with continuous, subscription-based security testing. We integrate directly into the CI/CD pipeline so vulnerabilities are identified in real time - not months later. It’s enterprise-grade pentesting, delivered like software: fast, scalable, and always on.
To become the trusted standard for continuous security testing across ANZ - enabling fast-moving software teams to ship securely, confidently, and without compromise.
Capture The Bug was born to serve the unique needs of tech-forward, compliance-conscious companies in Australia and New Zealand -where innovation moves fast, but security often lags behind. Our vision is to embed security into the everyday rhythm of development, turning pentesting from an annual audit into a continuous, product-driven experience.
We aim to empower SaaS companies, fintechs, infrastructure providers, and growing enterprises across the region with year-round, real-time pentesting that’s developer-friendly, audit-ready, and built to scale.
By proving it works here - in some of the most risk-aware and regulated markets in the world - we’re laying the foundation to take our vision global.
In today’s world, companies push code daily – but still test for security quarterly. That gap is where real-world breaches happen. Capture The Bug was founded to close that gap – not with slow, checklist-driven audits, but with modern, always-on pentesting that runs in sync with how software is actually built.
We’re building the security layer for the CI/CD generation -replacing outdated PDFs with real, validated vulnerabilities, embedded directly into developer workflows. Our platform transforms pentesting from a one-time event into a continuous product experience – affordable for startups, powerful enough for enterprises.
At its core, our company exists because we believe security should be as agile as the code it protects. And we’re on a mission to make that true for teams everywhere – starting with the ones who need it most.
Capture The Bug outperforms traditional PTaaS platforms by turning pentesting into a truly continuous, developer-first experience. Unlike competitors who rely on scheduled test sprints or noisy scanner outputs, we integrate directly into the dev workflows-running tests on every code release and delivering only proof-verified, high-impact findings. Our hybrid model combines automation for speed and human expertise for precision, eliminating false positives and streamlining remediation. We don’t just find bugs-we map them to frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and ANZ-specific compliance standards, delivering audit-ready evidence straight into Jira or GitHub. With local support, predictable pricing, and faster turnaround, Capture The Bug is the smarter, more scalable way to secure fast-moving engineering teams in the ANZ region.
Funding Stage: Bootstrapping/Organic
Gross Revenue: Pre-Revenue
