Selected cybersecurity vendors
Growth Hub works selectively with vendors that address meaningful control problems in connected environments, and where we can provide reliable, execution-led support across African markets.
How the portfolio fits together
The portfolio answers four questions about the same exposure. runZero establishes what exists, including the unmanaged assets. Censys shows what of that estate is reachable from the internet. Zero Networks contains what can move once an attacker is inside.
The fourth question is what has access: the service accounts, secrets, certificates and AI agents that can reach those assets. Today, Zero Networks restricts where privileged and service accounts can log in. Dedicated capabilities for machine and AI-agent identity, secrets and certificate lifecycle are where the portfolio is expanding. We welcome conversations with vendors in that space.
Find it, then control it. Each control point addresses a distinct part of the same problem, which is why partners can sell the portfolio as one conversation.
Vendors are listed only once operational support, market alignment and partner readiness are in place.
Growth Hub was incorporated in 2025. runZero was the first vendor to appoint us, and the portfolio has been built one vendor at a time since.
Current portfolio
Asset discovery and exposure management
runZero provides asset discovery and exposure management technology that helps organisations establish accurate visibility across connected environments, including managed and unmanaged assets across on-premise, cloud, OT and hybrid infrastructures.
Internet intelligence and attack surface management
Censys is the authority for Internet intelligence and insights. Delivering the most complete, accurate and up-to-date global map of Internet infrastructure, Censys provides industry leading solutions for attack surface management, threat hunting and proactive cyber defense.
Microsegmentation and containment
Zero Networks helps organisations prevent attacks, minimise blast radius and maintain business continuity — even when attackers get inside. Zero Networks makes every connection verified and intentional, using microsegmentation to keep attacks contained and the business running.
Current engagements
Where we are working
Customers are not named. Each entry gives the problem, the kind of organisation we are working on it with, the region, and the stage the work has reached: evaluation, proof of value, deployment or operational use.
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Knowing what is connected
- DeploymentA mobile operator in East Africa
- Proof of valueA telecoms operator in West Africa
- Operational useA port operator in Southern Africa
- Operational useInsurers in South Africa
Establishing what is actually on their networks, including the assets nobody had inventoried.
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Seeing exposure from the outside
- Operational useA national CERT in West Africa
- Proof of valueA diversified services group in South Africa
The CERT monitors the attack surface of the country's internet-facing infrastructure and uses the same platform for incident response. The services group is assessing third-party and supplier exposure.
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Limiting lateral movement
- EvaluationAn insurer in South Africa
Evaluating how to restrict what can move inside its network.
In each case the reseller partner leads the work with the customer, from proof of value to delivery. Our role is technical validation, deployment support and partner enablement, alongside the vendor.
Method
How an engagement runs
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Outside-in view
Censys shows what of the organisation is reachable from the internet, including supplier-facing systems.
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Inside discovery
runZero establishes what is connected inside the network, managed and unmanaged.
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Findings to the partner
The reseller partner scopes the remediation work: closing exposure, patching, decommissioning.
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Contain what cannot be fixed quickly
Zero Networks limits what can move, including where accounts can log in.
Our technical team supports each step alongside the partner.
Portfolio development
We welcome conversations with cybersecurity vendors whose technology complements our portfolio and addresses a clear customer need in our markets.
Before taking on an appointment, we agree the partner opportunity, technical support requirements and resources needed to build the business.
The portfolio already reaches into OT and connected device environments. runZero discovers OT and ICS assets without disrupting them, Censys surfaces exposed industrial protocols reachable from the internet, and Zero Networks segments the IT/OT boundary. We are extending that coverage with dedicated OT and xIoT vendors.