SEQURETEK: How Pankit Desai is Building a Global Cybersecurity Product Powerhouse from India
In the global cybersecurity landscape, India has long been the "back office"—a hub for services and support. Pankit Desai, Co-founder and CEO of SEQURETEK, is changing that narrative. By building a consolidated, product-led cybersecurity platform that protects enterprises from the "endpoint to the identity," Pankit is proving that Indian engineering can create world-class security products. With over $28 million in funding and a vision to protect a hyper-digitized Bharat, SEQURETEK is the vanguard of India's product revolution.
Pankit Desai’s journey is a masterclass in leveraging deep industry experience to solve a massive systemic problem. After nearly two decades in senior leadership roles at IBM, Wipro, and NTT Data, Pankit identified a "security fatigue" in the enterprise world. In 2013, alongside co-founder Anand Naik, he launched SEQURETEK. Backed by marquee investors like **Omidyar Network India**, **HDFC Bank**, and **Narottam Sekhsaria Family Office**, the company has emerged as a premier cybersecurity player, securing the digital transformation of 100+ large enterprises.
The Security Consolidation Paradox
Enterprises often manage 50 to 80 different security tools from various vendors. This creates a "fragmented defense" where the tools don't talk to each other, leaving gaps for attackers. SEQURETEK’s core innovation is Consolidation: building a single platform that handles Endpoint, Identity, and Threat Intelligence, ensuring that if one part of the system detects a threat, the entire organization is immediately shielded.
The Problem: The "Besieged" Enterprise
As businesses go digital, their attack surface explodes. Most companies respond by buying more products—one for emails, one for laptops, one for user logins. But this "product bloat" leads to complexity that small security teams cannot manage. Furthermore, many of these tools are built for Western contexts and fail to handle the unique scale and "connected risk" of an emerging market like India, where millions of first-time internet users are entering the ecosystem every month.
"I saw security fatigue," Pankit explains. "CIOs were tired of managing dozens of vendors. We wanted to build a company that says: 'We will give you the three pillars of security in one integrated stack, and we will make it work in the real world of hyper-connectivity.'"
The Solution: The SEQURETEK Three-Pillar Stack
SEQURETEK provides a unified security platform designed to detect and mitigate threats in real-time across the entire enterprise architecture.
The SEQURETEK 3-Pillar Defense
- Endpoint Security (Percept): Protecting every laptop, mobile, and server from malware and ransomware.
- Identity Management (Access): Ensuring that only the right people have access to the right data, at the right time.
- Threat Intelligence (Analytics): Using AI to analyze millions of logs and identify hidden patterns of an attack.
- Consolidated Dashboard: Providing a single "pane of glass" for the CISO to monitor the entire organization's health.
- Real-time Mitigation: Automatically blocking compromised accounts or devices before they can cause damage.
The "Made in India" Mission: Products over Services
Pankit is vocal about the need for India to move up the value chain. He believes that while services generate jobs, products generate global influence and long-term value. By building SEQURETEK as a product-first company, he is challenging the notion that India can't innovate in deep-tech domains like cybersecurity. He shares the challenges of the early days—overcoming the "trust deficit" where clients were hesitant to buy Indian security products over global incumbents.
"Success is about resilience," Pankit notes. "In the early years, we had to 'invest to explain' why an Indian product was better suited for the local landscape. Today, our growth in both India and international markets is a testament to the quality of our engineering."
SEQURETEK Impact & Scale
- $28 Million Funding: Secured a significant $15M Series A in late 2025 to fuel global expansion.
- 100+ Enterprise Clients: Protecting major banks, retail giants, and government infrastructure.
- 3 Integrated Pillars: The only platform to combine Endpoint, Identity, and Threat Analytics.
- 10+ Years Innovation: A decade-long journey of building a deep-tech product in a service-heavy market.
Lessons in Leadership: The Power of Partnership
Pankit advocates for "Co-founder Alignment" as the secret sauce of startup survival. He believes that entrepreneurship is an "extremely lonely and sometimes depressing journey," and having a partner like Anand Naik to share the highs and lows is critical. He also emphasizes "Customer-Centric Innovation"—inviting early customers to be part of the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) journey so that the product solves real-world pain points, not just theoretical ones.
"Don't build in a vacuum," he advises. "Get your customers to break your product. Get them to tell you what's wrong. If you survive the first three years by listening to your users, you have a foundation for the next thirty."
Founder's Lesson: Radical Ownership of Risk
Pankit believes founders must take total responsibility for their outcomes. "If a plan doesn't work, it's not the market or the economy—it's your execution. If you realize early on that you are solely responsible for the result, you stop making excuses and start finding solutions."
The Future: A Secure Digital Bharat
Pankit’s vision for SEQURETEK is to become the "Digital Shield" for India’s growth. He sees a future where cybersecurity isn't an afterthought but a fundamental right for every connected citizen. By continuing to consolidate security tools and leveraging AI for predictive defense, he aims to ensure that as India becomes the world's most connected nation, it also becomes the most secure. For Pankit, the goal isn't just a valuation—it's building a legacy of Indian product excellence.
SEQURETEK is proving that the next generation of global tech giants will be built on "Integrated Intelligence." By giving enterprises a unified defense against digital chaos, Pankit Desai and his team are ensuring that for the future of global security, the truth is finally protected by Indian innovation.
About the Guest
Pankit Desai is the Co-founder and CEO of SEQURETEK. A veteran of the global tech industry, Pankit held senior leadership roles at IBM, Wipro, and NTT Data before co-founding SEQURETEK in 2013. He is a pioneer in the Indian cybersecurity product space and a vocal advocate for moving India from a services-led to a product-led economy. Under his leadership, SEQURETEK has emerged as a premier cybersecurity platform, recognized by Gartner and securing millions in funding from global investors like Omidyar Network. He is a recognized thought leader in the deep-tech ecosystem and a mentor to several emerging tech startups.
SEQURETEK is a cybersecurity company that provides an integrated security platform designed to protect enterprises from modern digital threats. By consolidating Endpoint Security, Identity Access Management, and Threat Intelligence into a single, AI-powered stack, SEQURETEK helps businesses simplify their security architecture, reduce risk, and ensure real-time protection across their entire digital footprint.