Pentest for Early-Stage Startups: Pre-Investor Pack
Lean pentest for seed/Series A startups — investors ask, enterprise clients ask, your team isn't mature yet. BRL 8-25k, 2-3 weeks.
Why now
The real pain
Early-stage startup sells to enterprise. The enterprise asks for pentest. The Series A investor asks for pentest. The team has neither maturity nor enterprise budget. Result: the startup hires a disguised scan (which will fail in production when it scales) or loses the client/check. There's a serious middle ground.
Context and regulation
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Startup Early-Stage
Every engagement is designed for your environment. The points below are part of our standard playbook for this sector — final scope is adapted to your stack and contract.
Lean, prioritized scope
1 product, 3-5 critical flows, 1 platform (web or mobile) — cropped to fit cashflow.
Auth and tenancy validation
In a multi-tenant startup, validating client isolation is item #1. Enterprise auditors check.
Supabase/Firebase RLS
For vibecoding-stack startups, validating RLS, service_role, secrets in release.
API and webhook signature
Stripe webhook, GraphQL, third-party integrations. IDOR, BOLA, signature validation.
Sellable report
Report formatted for enterprise client and investor. Not just technical — a sales asset.
Maturity roadmap
6-12 month plan to evolve from one-off pentest to SOC 2/ISO 27001 when funding allows.
/methodology
Genuinely manual pentest
Automated scanners find what's documented. Real attackers find what isn't. 90% of the work is manual — performed by specialists holding OSCP, CISSP, CRTO and GPEN.
01 · Reconnaissance
Target mapping, OSINT, footprint, sector-specific threat modeling.
02 · Discovery
Deep enumeration, complementary scanning, manual exposure identification.
03 · Exploitation
Manual validation with controlled PoC, finding chaining, escalation.
04 · Report
Executive + technical, step-by-step replication, mapped to applicable regulation.
/why-trust
Who has trusted our work
Vibecoding startups, early-stage B2B SaaS and healthtech in pre-Series A/B phase.
Technical assessment recognized in highly regulated, mission-critical environments — the pentest that finds what nobody had found before.
Douglas Lopes
Founder · CEO · intrus.io
/faq
FAQ — Startup Early-Stage
Real price range?
BRL 8-25k for typical lean scope (1 web or mobile app, up to 5 critical flows, no heavy regulation). Companies with 3-15 employees fit this range.
Does the investor accept this report?
Yes. Executive + technical report template structured for VC presentation. Already presented in seed/Series A rounds with Brazilian and US funds.
Does the enterprise client accept it?
Depends on the client. Clients requiring SOC 2 will demand more. But manual pentest with formal reporting covers 80% of initial vendor-security questionnaires from enterprise buyers.
Will you redo it next year as we scale?
Yes. Works as a pentest-pivot — we start lean and scale as the company grows. Monthly retainer available starting at BRL 6-8k/month when you're ready.
/contact
Pentest to close the enterprise client
Schedule a confidential meeting. Within 48h we'll send a proposal with scope, timeline and pricing.