Promoting, supporting & connecting Charleston's entrepreneurial community

October 1, 2025

➤Five Founder Questions Feature

Bill Haber, Founder of  tekrisq, inc.

1. What is your startup's elevator pitch?

Cybersecurity risks continue to explode, contributing to a $10T annual market of cybercrime. Defenseless SMBs are the new targets, but the cybersecurity industry mostly speaks past them, often focused on companies with developed budgets and skilled tech teams. SMBS often lack in house IT, don't have CISOs and don't appreciate the jargon.

At tekrisq, we help SMBs adopt safer ways to use technology in business that protect them, and make them more resilient to cyber crime. Our platform helps them easily assess their unique cyber risk, remediate them in pragmatic ways and even insure them when needed.

2. What is your ideal customer profile and plan to reach them?

A business between 2 and 200 employees, under $50M in revenue who may use technology and work with multiple clients, but hasn't paid much attention to the risks and regulations they face. Even if they have in house IT, that may not guarantee they have sound cybersecurity process and procedures in place.

3. What is the next key milestone in your startup's journey?

tekrisq actively assesses, remediates and insures cyber risks across our customer base. We operate as a professional cyber risk assessor, a managed security service provider (MSSP), a virtual CISO and a technology-focused insurance brokerage... all in one.

We are presently building awareness and traction with our TEKCHEK® software that automates risk assessments using AI avatars to address cyber risk. This provides convenience, affordability and a secure resource to use with all risk profile requests going forward.

4. How can Chucktown Startups and the local startup community best support your startup?

tekrisq would like to help Charleston-area SMBs to protect themselves and be ready for the demands that growth will bring to them. We can help them to affordably understand their cyber risks, right-size their cybersecurity solutions, make independent cyber risk assessment an annual exercise, and comply with regulation law. This will make them safer, will protect their clients data, and ensure they're ready for their next big client opportunity. it will also ensure resilience in the event of a cybersecurity incident.

5. Wildcard- What else would you like the community to know about you and your startup?

We intend to provide a great option to costly cybersecurity consultants with our innovative TEKCHEK® product, and offer a discount to all Chucktown startups!

➤Invitation to Reach Out

Please reach out to schedule an in-person or Zoom meeting. Feel free to email me at toby@chucktownstartups.com or text 843-830-7452.

Thanks for being part of Chucktown Startups. We’re excited to see what happens next as we connect the dots in Charleston’s growing startup scene!

Cheers!

Toby Palmer, Founder

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