Cybersecurity

1Password reached $400M ARR in October 2025 (up from $331M in 2024) with $6.8B valuation (2022 ICONIQ Growth/Accel funding). 75%+ revenue from 180,000 business customers, gross retention above 90%, fr

Abnormal Security is the leading AI-native human behavior security platform that protects organizations from sophisticated cyber threats that traditional email security solutions miss. Founded in 2018

Aglide is a United States-based security company founded in 2023 building SSO single sign-on access management raising $3M+ seed from world's greatest investor moving HQ to San Francisco plus $500K ea

AiPrise is an AI-powered global compliance platform that streamlines KYC/KYB verification processes from weeks to minutes across 150+ countries by combining data from 80+ local registries with automat

YC W25; Zero-trust AI agent identity; Access control; Authentication guardrails; Agent security; YC W25

Anduril is a defense technology company developing autonomous systems and AI-powered military hardware. $1B revenue in 2024 (doubled from 2023), $30.5B valuation in June 2025, $2.5B Series G funding.

Arctic Wolf is a managed security operations provider delivering 24/7 security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response services through its cloud-native platform. The company serves mid-ma

Astrix Security is pioneering the emerging category of non-human identity (NHI) security, protecting enterprises from supply chain attacks and data breaches caused by excessive, unnecessary, and harmf

Auth0 was a developer-first identity platform with ~$200M recurring revenue before acquisition by Okta for $6.5B in May 2021. At acquisition, Auth0 had $1.9B valuation (Jul 2020) and $333M total fundi

Avast is a cybersecurity company providing antivirus software and digital security solutions to hundreds of millions of users worldwide, including free and premium consumer products. The company serve

AVG is a cybersecurity brand owned by Avast offering antivirus software, internet security, and privacy protection tools for consumers and small businesses worldwide. The company serves users seeking

Ballerine is an open-source KYC and risk management infrastructure company that provides automated decision-making tools to help financial institutions streamline Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know You

Bits Technology is a Stockholm-based business and customer identity fintech startup that raised €4M ($5.49M USD) in seed funding in April 2023 led by Unusual Ventures with participation from Fin Capit

Bitwarden raised $100M Series C in September 2022 led by PSG, total funding $100M over 2 rounds. 148 employees as of December 2024. Won Password Management Solution of the Year Award in Identity Manag

Chainguard emerged in 2021 as a transformative force in software supply chain security, founded by a team of open-source security luminaries who previously shaped cloud-native security at Google. Dan

$36M (Notable/Team8); Alon Kollmann/Or Chen (ex-Checkmarx) founders; Wiz founders backed; Fortune 500 clients

Conntour lets governments and corporations query their security cameras using natural language. Users can search past footage ('Find a man with a blue backpack'), set alerts ('Notify me if someone cli

ContraForce is a North Texas-based cybersecurity company that provides an AI-powered Security Delivery Platform for MSPs and MSSPs, automating detection, investigation, and response across Microsoft a

Corgea is a United States-based AI-powered cybersecurity company founded by Andrew Flannery building automated code security platform raising $2.6M seed January 2025 led by Shorooq Partners with Y Com

Coris is a Palo Alto-based AI-powered merchant risk management platform that automates underwriting, fraud prevention, and transaction monitoring for payment processors, banks, and payment facilitator

YC X25; Max Pollard/Eddie Conk/Logan Carmody (ex-Material/Apple) founders; 70-90% time savings; YC Spring 2025

Credal.ai is a New York-based AI security platform founded in 2022 that enables enterprises to securely connect company data to AI models and deploy AI agents. Founded by Palantir alumni and backed by

CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity technology company specializing in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services powered by AI and behavioral analytics. Th

CyberArk is a cybersecurity company specializing in privileged access management (PAM) solutions that secure, manage, and monitor privileged accounts and credentials across enterprise IT environments.

CyberCube is a leading cyber risk analytics provider that transforms complex cyber threats into clear, actionable intelligence for the insurance industry. Founded as a division within Symantec in 2015

Cyble is an Atlanta, Georgia-based cybersecurity company founded in 2019 that provides AI-powered threat intelligence and digital risk protection services, monitoring the dark web, deep web, and surfa

Cyera is a pioneering data security company founded in 2021 that has rapidly become the fastest-growing data security company in history. The company specializes in AI-powered Data Security Posture Ma

Deepnight is a defense technology company founded 2023 raising $6M total ($5.5M seed February 27 2025 Initialized Capital plus YC $500K) securing $4.6M government contracts first year including $100K

DeepSource is a unified DevSecOps platform that helps developers write secure code through static application security testing (SAST), software composition analysis (SCA), code coverage, and code form

Duo Security is a multi-factor authentication platform serving 10,000+ customers. Acquired by Cisco for $2.35B in 2018. Named 2025 Gartner Customers' Choice for User Authentication (97% recommend scor

Feroot Security is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based cybersecurity company that provides a leading compliance and security platform for B2B websites to help achieve and maintain compliance with PCI

Firezone is a Zero Trust VPN replacement built on WireGuard® that delivers secure, peer-to-peer encrypted access 3-4x faster than traditional VPNs through holepunching technology and automatic failove

$275M Series F March 2025 ($7.5B valuation); a16z led; $300M+ ARR; 4,800+ agencies; IPO planned; YC S17

Fortinet is a cybersecurity platform serving 500,000+ customers with 2024 revenue of $5.96B (+12% YoY). Public company (FTNT). Record 39% non-GAAP operating margin in Q4 2024. $1.88B free cash flow. 6

Huntress is a cybersecurity platform specializing in endpoint protection for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded by former NSA operators, it protects 4M+ endpoints and 2.3M identities.

Infisical is a San Francisco-based security platform that provides a unified open-source solution for secrets management, certificates, and privileged access management with enterprise-grade identity

Keeper Security reached $90.6M revenue in 2024 (up from $73.5M in 2023) with 77% CAGR in ARR across all GTM segments over five years. Surpassed 4M paid users globally April 2025. Raised $60.2M total f

Kodex operates a government data request compliance platform that enables companies to centrally manage and respond to law enforcement subpoenas and government data requests across global jurisdiction

Lacework is a cloud security platform that provides automated security and compliance monitoring for cloud-native environments. The company uses behavioral analytics and machine learning to detect thr

McAfee is a global cybersecurity company providing antivirus software, endpoint protection, and comprehensive security solutions for consumers and enterprises. The company offers threat detection, mal

Microsoft Defender is Microsoft's enterprise-grade endpoint protection platform providing antivirus, anti-malware, and advanced threat protection across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android devices

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native security information and event management platform that provides intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across an enterprise. The solution collects

YC batch; AI agent security; Rogue agent prevention; Cloudflare/Okta/Wiz for AI comparison; YC

Netskope is a global leader in Security Service Edge (SSE) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), providing modern cloud security and networking solutions for the AI and cloud era. Founded in 2012 by

Norton is a cybersecurity brand owned by Gen Digital that provides antivirus software, identity theft protection, VPN services, and comprehensive digital security solutions for consumers and families.

Notabene is a Brooklyn-based regulatory compliance platform that helps cryptocurrency exchanges, financial institutions, and virtual asset service providers meet Travel Rule requirements across 80+ ju

Nozomi Networks is the global leader in OT (Operational Technology) and IoT cybersecurity, protecting critical infrastructure and industrial systems from cyber threats. Founded in 2013 by Andrea Carca

Okta is an identity and access management platform that provides secure authentication, single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management for workforce and customer identitie

OneLogin is an SSO and identity management platform with 2024 revenue of $60M serving 7,500+ customers (via parent One Identity). Acquired by One Identity in Oct 2021. $190M total funding pre-acquisit

Optery is a San Francisco-based data privacy company that provides automated software to remove users' personal information from hundreds of data brokers selling home addresses, phone numbers, emails,

Orca Security is a cloud security platform that provides agentless vulnerability management, compliance monitoring, and threat detection across multi-cloud and container environments without requiring

Overwatch is a New York-based enterprise software company that operates an AI-native OSINT platform combining automated agents with expert insights to help cyber and fraud teams detect, investigate, a

Palitronica is a Canadian cybersecurity company that protects critical physical infrastructure and supply chains using side-channel endpoint monitoring for attack detection across defense, energy, com

Palo Alto Networks stands as the global leader in cybersecurity, protecting over 70,000 organizations across 150+ countries, including 85 of the Fortune 100, through its comprehensive AI-powered secur

Ping Identity is an enterprise IAM platform approaching $800M ARR with 31% YoY SaaS revenue growth (Sep 2024). Acquired by Thoma Bravo in Aug 2022. Serves 1,500+ customers across 60+ countries. 2,000

YC W24; Garry Tan (YC President) group partner; AI security; Prompt injection protection; YC Winter 2024

Protex AI provides privacy-preserving AI-powered computer vision technology that integrates with existing CCTV infrastructure to autonomously detect and prevent unsafe events in warehouses, manufactur

QueryPie is an enterprise-ready unified access governance platform that provides secure, Zero Trust-based access management for multi-cloud data environments and AI infrastructure. The company has rai

Reality Defender is a YC Winter 2022 enterprise deepfake detection platform serving tier-one banks, media companies, and government organizations with real-time voice and video fraud prevention techno

Revyl is an AI-native mobile testing platform founded in 2024 by Anam Hira and Landseer Enga, two Canadian entrepreneurs who met at the University of British Columbia. The company emerged from Anam's

Riot provides real-time employee cybersecurity monitoring and awareness training, helping businesses strengthen their security posture by detecting vulnerabilities such as weak passwords and unsafe fi

SafetyKit is a United States-based security company founded in 2023 by David Graunke Steven Guichard Alex Rosenblatt building AI agents for risk compliance safety raising $27.5M total over 2 rounds in

Seal Security develops a security patching platform designed to fix open source vulnerabilities without requiring version upgrades or breaking changes, offering standalone, production-ready patches fo

SentinelOne is a cybersecurity company providing AI-powered endpoint protection, detection, and response solutions for enterprises and organizations. The autonomous security platform uses machine lear

Skypher is a compliance automation platform that uses artificial intelligence to automatically fill out security questionnaires, DDQs, and RFPs for B2B companies, reducing the time required from weeks

SpruceID is a Brooklyn, New York-based digital identity company founded in 2020 by Wayne Chang and Gregory Rocco that lets users control their data across the web through implementing digital wallet e

SubImage is the open-core alternative to Wiz that maps your infrastructure so security teams can fix the most pressing risks first. It's built on top of Cartography, the open source security graph tha

Sublime Security is pioneering the next generation of email security with its adaptive, AI-powered cloud platform that combines best-in-class threat detection with unprecedented visibility and control

SuperTokens is an open-source authentication platform positioning itself as an alternative to Auth0, Firebase Auth, and AWS Cognito. Founded in 2019 by Rishabh Poddar and Advait Ruia, the San Francisc

Swif.ai is a GenAI-powered device management and compliance automation platform that simplifies device security and compliance for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android systems. Founded in 2022, the

Tenable is a cybersecurity company providing vulnerability management and exposure management solutions that help organizations understand and reduce cyber risk across IT, cloud, OT, and IoT environme

Tesseral is a US-based open source identity management company that builds B2B authentication infrastructure, enabling developers to integrate SAML and SCIM protocols with existing identity providers.

Tracecat is an open-source AI automation platform built for security, IT, and infrastructure teams seeking a modern alternative to expensive commercial SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Re

TrueBiz is a New York-based security company that provides instant business background checks, delivering 250+ data points including industry information, addresses, and key risk indicators to help fi

Upwind is a pioneering cloud security company founded in 2022 that has rapidly emerged as a leader in Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) solutions. The company revolutionizes cloud s

Vanta is a security and compliance automation platform that helps companies achieve and maintain certifications like SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR. The company serves startups and enterprises that

Variance is a San Francisco-based trust and safety platform that provides AI-powered risk intelligence to help companies detect, investigate, and enforce against fraud, user-generated content violatio

Verkada provides cloud-managed physical security systems including video cameras, access control, and environmental sensors with built-in AI analytics. Serves 33,500+ organizations globally.

Wiz is a cloud security platform that provides comprehensive visibility, threat detection, and risk prioritization across multi-cloud environments. The company serves security teams and cloud architec

WorkOS provides enterprise-ready authentication and user management APIs for B2B SaaS applications. $30M ARR in Oct 2025 (up from $20M in June), 1,000+ customers, $525M valuation, $95M total funding.

Zscaler is a global leader in cloud security, pioneering the Zero Trust security model since its founding in 2007. The company operates the world's largest security cloud, the Zscaler Zero Trust Excha