Cybersecurity

1Password is an enterprise password manager and secrets management platform enabling individuals, teams, and businesses to securely store, manage, and share credentials, credit cards, and sensitive in

Abnormal Security is a San Francisco, California-based AI-native cloud email security company — founded in 2018 by Evan Reiser (CEO) and Sanjay Jha (CTO), both former Google engineers — using behavior

Aglide is a San Francisco-based enterprise identity and access management (IAM) company — backed by Y Combinator (S23) with $3.5 million raised from YC, Davidovs Venture Collective, and Gurtin Venture

AiPrise is a San Francisco-based global compliance platform that automates KYC (Know Your Customer) and KYB (Know Your Business) verification processes for enterprises operating across multiple countr

Alter is an identity security company providing privileged access management (PAM), zero-trust architecture tools, and identity threat detection capabilities for enterprise security teams. As identity

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company building autonomous weapons systems, surveillance infrastructure, and AI-driven defense platforms for the US military and allied nations. Founded in

Arctic Wolf is a managed security operations center (SOC) platform providing security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and security awareness training as a fully managed service — comb

Astrix Security is a San Francisco and Tel Aviv-based non-human identity (NHI) and AI security company — founded in 2021 by Alon Jackson (CEO) and Idan Gour — protecting enterprises against the explos

Auth0 (now Okta Customer Identity Cloud) is a developer-friendly identity platform providing authentication, authorization, and user management as a service for applications, allowing product teams to

Avast is a Prague-based cybersecurity brand — now part of Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GEN), formed from the $8.6 billion merger of NortonLifeLock and Avast in 2022 — providing antivirus, internet securi

AVG Technologies is a consumer and small business cybersecurity brand owned by Gen Digital (NASDAQ: GEN) — formerly Avast, which merged with NortonLifeLock in 2022 to form Gen Digital — providing anti

Ballerine is an open-source compliance and risk management infrastructure platform that automates KYC (Know Your Customer) and KYB (Know Your Business) workflows for fintech companies and financial in

Bits Technology is a Stockholm-based business and customer identity verification fintech — providing API-based business identity (KYB) and customer identity (KYC) verification infrastructure for finan

Bitwarden is a Santa Barbara-based open-source password manager and identity security platform — backed with $100 million raised in a Series C led by PSG in September 2022 — providing individuals, tea

Chainguard is a Seattle, Washington-based software supply chain security company — having raised over $892 million total including a $356 million Series D in April 2025 at a $3.5 billion valuation and

Clover Security is a cybersecurity company delivering endpoint security, identity protection, and managed detection and response (MDR) services to enterprise and mid-market organizations. The company'

Conntour is a security camera intelligence platform that enables organizations to query their existing CCTV and surveillance footage using natural language — allowing security operators and investigat

ContraForce is a North Texas-based cybersecurity company providing an AI-powered Security Delivery Platform for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) — automa

Corgea is a United States-based AI-powered application security automation company — backed by Y Combinator (S23) with $2.6 million in seed funding in January 2025 led by Shorooq Partners with partici

Coris is a Palo Alto, California-based AI-powered merchant risk platform — backed by Y Combinator with $4.2 million raised including a $3.7 million seed round co-led by Lux Capital and Exponent Capita

Cotool is an application security company that integrates AI-powered security analysis into the software development lifecycle, automatically reviewing pull requests and code commits for security vuln

Credal.ai is a New York-based enterprise AI security platform enabling organizations to securely connect proprietary data to AI models and deploy AI agents — providing permission-aware AI access contr

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 San Francisco-based cyber risk analytics platform for the insurance and reinsurance industry — backed with $100 million+ in total funding including a $50 million Series C in 2022 led by

Cyble is a threat intelligence and dark web monitoring platform providing organizations with real-time visibility into cyber threats, data breaches, compromised credentials, and threat actor activity

Cyera is a New York City-based AI-powered data security platform — backed with $460+ million in total funding including a $300 million Series C in January 2024 at a $1.4 billion valuation (unicorn) fr

Deepnight is a San Francisco-based defense technology company — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $6 million in total funding including a $5.5 million seed in February 2025 from Initialized Capital pl

DeepSource is a San Francisco-based unified DevSecOps and code security platform — backed by Sequoia Capital India — providing development teams at 6,000+ companies with an AI-powered platform combini

Duo Security (now Cisco Duo) is an enterprise-grade zero-trust security platform providing multi-factor authentication (MFA), device trust, and secure access solutions that protect applications and us

Feroot Security is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based client-side cybersecurity company providing compliance and security monitoring for B2B websites — detecting malicious third-party JavaScript, pre

Firezone is a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and VPN replacement platform built on WireGuard — providing fast, secure remote access that's 3-4x faster than traditional VPNs through encrypted peer-to

Flock Safety is a public safety technology company providing automated license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras, drone-as-first-responder systems, gunshot detection, and integrated video intelligence

Fortinet is a global leader in network security, providing enterprise firewalls, endpoint protection, network access control, and cloud security products under the FortiGate and Fortinet Security Fabr

Huntress is a cybersecurity company that has built a managed detection and response (MDR) platform specifically designed to protect small and medium-sized businesses through managed service providers

Infisical is a San Francisco-based open-source secrets management and privileged access platform — backed by Y Combinator (W23) with $19.3 million raised including a $16 million Series A led by Elad G

Keeper Security is a Chicago-based enterprise password management and privileged access management (PAM) platform providing businesses and consumers with encrypted password vaults, secrets management,

Kodex is a San Francisco-based government data request compliance platform — backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with $33.3 million in total funding including a $10 million seed in November 2023 led

Lacework is a cloud security platform providing automated threat detection, vulnerability management, and compliance monitoring for cloud-native infrastructure — using behavioral analytics and machine

McAfee is a consumer cybersecurity company providing antivirus, identity protection, VPN, and privacy management tools to individuals and households globally. The company was originally founded in 198

Microsoft Defender is Microsoft's comprehensive endpoint security platform — providing antivirus, anti-malware, endpoint detection and response (EDR), vulnerability management, and attack surface redu

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) platform built on Azure — providing enterprise securit

Multifactor is an enterprise security company focused on next-generation multi-factor authentication (MFA) and identity verification. Traditional MFA implementations—SMS codes, time-based OTP apps—hav

Netskope is a Santa Clara, California-based Security Service Edge (SSE) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: NTSK) after completing its IPO in September

Norton (NortonLifeLock, now Gen Digital) is a consumer cybersecurity brand providing antivirus, VPN, identity theft protection, dark web monitoring, and parental controls to individuals and families.

Notabene is a Brooklyn-based cryptocurrency compliance platform that helps crypto exchanges, financial institutions, and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) meet Travel Rule requirements across 80

Nozomi Networks is a San Francisco, California-based operational technology (OT) and IoT cybersecurity company — acquired by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for $883 million in September 2025 in the l

Okta is a San Francisco-based identity and access management (IAM) platform — the leading independent identity infrastructure provider — offering workforce identity (employee SSO, MFA, lifecycle manag

OneLogin (now part of One Identity) is an enterprise identity and access management (IAM) platform providing cloud SSO, adaptive MFA, user provisioning, and directory services for organizations managi

Optery is a personal data privacy service that automatically removes users' personal information from data brokers — the companies that aggregate and sell personal data including home addresses, phone

Orca Security is a Tel Aviv-based cloud security platform — backed with $550 million raised at a $1.8 billion valuation from investors including ICONIQ Growth, GGV Capital, and Redpoint — providing en

Overwatch (not the game — a distinct company) is a New York-based enterprise cybersecurity and fraud intelligence platform providing an AI-native OSINT (open-source intelligence) system that combines

Palitronica is a Waterloo, Ontario-based cybersecurity company — backed with $2.43 million raised from Canada's National Cybersecurity Consortium ($1 million) and Canadian federal research funding ($1

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is a Santa Clara, California-based cybersecurity platform company — publicly traded on the NASDAQ (NASDAQ: PANW) as an S&P 500 Information Technology component — providing net

Ping Identity is an enterprise identity security platform providing workforce and customer identity solutions including SSO, adaptive MFA, directory services, and API security across hybrid and multi-

PromptArmor is a cybersecurity company specializing in protecting AI systems and large language model (LLM) applications from adversarial attacks — particularly prompt injection, jailbreaking, and dat

Protex AI is a Dublin-based industrial computer vision company providing AI-powered workplace safety monitoring that integrates with existing CCTV infrastructure to detect unsafe behaviors and conditi

QueryPie is a Seoul, South Korea-based enterprise data access governance platform — backed with $30+ million in total funding including a strategic investment round in Japan in 2024 — providing large

Reality Defender is an AI-powered deepfake and synthetic media detection platform protecting enterprises, media organizations, and government agencies from AI-generated voice cloning, video manipulati

Revyl is an AI-native mobile testing platform — backed by Y Combinator (Fall 2024) with $1.6 million in total funding including a $1.1 million USD pre-seed led by Panache Ventures with Feld Ventures a

Riot is a Paris, France-based employee cybersecurity awareness and monitoring platform — backed with $45 million in total funding including a $30 million Series B in February 2025 led by Left Lane Cap

SafetyKit is a San Francisco-based AI trust and safety automation platform — backed by Y Combinator (S23) with $27.5 million in total funding including a $27 million Series A in April 2025 led by Firs

Seal Security is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based open source vulnerability patching platform — backed by Y Combinator (W20) with $20 million in total funding from MORE Investment House, SBI Insurance Group,

SentinelOne is a cybersecurity company providing AI-powered endpoint detection and response (EDR), extended detection and response (XDR), cloud security, and identity security through its Singularity

Skypher is a San Francisco-based AI-powered security questionnaire automation platform — backed by Y Combinator (W20) with $1 million in seed funding — providing B2B SaaS companies with automated resp

SpruceID is a digital identity company building infrastructure for verifiable digital credentials — enabling governments, enterprises, and individuals to issue, hold, and verify digital identity docum

SubImage is a cloud security posture management (CSPM) platform built as the open-core alternative to enterprise security tools like Wiz — mapping cloud infrastructure to visualize attack paths to sen

Sublime Security is a Washington D.C.-based AI-powered email security platform — backed with $240+ million in total funding including a $150 million Series C in November 2025 led by Georgian with Aven

SuperTokens is a San Francisco-based open-source authentication platform that enables developers to implement secure user authentication (email/password, social login, passwordless, multi-factor authe

Swif.ai is a San Francisco-based AI-powered device management and IT security compliance platform — bootstrapped to $4.7 million in annual revenue in 2024 (up from $1.5 million in 2023, +213% year-ove

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 B2B authentication infrastructure company — backed by Y Combinator with $3.3 million in seed funding raised in May 2025 from YC, Jessica Livingston, and Paul Graham

Tracecat is a San Francisco-based open-source security automation platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $500,000-$2 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, Pioneer.app, Pioneer Fund, and Sur

TrueBiz is a New York-based business verification and fraud prevention platform that provides instant business background checks for financial services companies — delivering 250+ data points on busin

Upwind is a San Francisco-based cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) — backed with $180 million in total funding including a $100 million Series A extension in December 2024 led by Cra

Vanta is a trust management platform that automates security compliance for companies seeking SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS, and other certifications — continuously monitoring security contro

Variance is a trust and safety platform providing AI-powered risk intelligence to help online platforms detect fraud, enforce content policies, and prevent marketplace abuse — offering the tooling tha

Verkada is a physical security company that has modernized enterprise security infrastructure by building cloud-managed cameras, access control systems, environmental sensors, and intercoms with integ

Wiz is a New York-based cloud security platform — acquired by Alphabet/Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) in a $32 billion deal announced in March 2025 (the largest cybersecurity acquisition in history) — that ha

WorkOS is a developer platform providing enterprise features as a service, allowing SaaS companies to add single sign-on (SSO), directory sync (SCIM), audit logs, and user management to their applicat

Zscaler is a San Jose, California-based cloud security company — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: ZS) at approximately $30 billion market capitalization — operating the world's largest security clou