Sector

Cybersecurity companies

Security tooling, threat detection and infrastructure defence companies, ranked by investor backing.

3,188 companies
3,188
Cybersecurity companies tracked
2,655
With a known investor
81
Countries represented

Most backed cybersecurity companies

Ranked by the number of distinct investors on record. Investor counts come from recorded rounds, so a company with few investors may simply be early rather than unbacked.

Cobalt

series c plus
9
investors
GermanyFounded 2013

Electric

series b
8
investors
United StatesFounded 2016

Flare

seed
8
investors
Germany

BugCrowd

unknown
7
investors
United KingdomFounded 2012

Forescout

unknown
7
investors
United StatesFounded 2000

Jump

series a
7
investors
FranceFounded 2013

LifeLock

acquired
7
investors
United StatesFounded 2005

Redpoint

series c plus
7
investors
SpainFounded 2011

Rencore

acquired
7
investors
Germany

VMRay

series b
7
investors
GermanyFounded 2010

Claroty

series c plus
6
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Constellation

unknown
6
investors
France

Hornetsecurity

series c plus
6
investors
GermanyFounded 2007

Lookout

seed
6
investors
United States

Sentra

series a
6
investors
IsraelFounded 2020

1Password

series c plus
5
investors
CanadaFounded 2005

Alice

series c plus
5
investors
United States

AQEMIA

series a
5
investors
France

Arctic Wolf Networks

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2012

Arqit

series c plus
5
investors
United KingdomFounded 2017

BigPanda

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2012

Blackbird

seed
5
investors
Germany

Citizen

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2016

Clouder

series a
5
investors
FinlandFounded 2008

Coalition

unknown
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2017

Cyble

seed
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2014

Dashlane

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2009

DataDome

unknown
5
investors
FranceFounded 2015

Delos

seed
5
investors
France

Expel

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2016

Eye Security

series a
5
investors
Netherlands

HackerOne

unknown
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2012

Hypr

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Iron Hack

series c plus
5
investors
AllFounded 2013

Medigate

acquired
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2016

Mimecast

acquired
5
investors
United KingdomFounded 2003

Nord Security

series c plus
5
investors
LithuaniaFounded 2012

OVHcloud

series c plus
5
investors
FranceFounded 1999

Persona

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2009

Plume

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Quan

pre seed
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Rubrik

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2014

SCorp-io

series a
5
investors
France

Second Front

unknown
5
investors
United KingdomFounded 2018

Securonix

series c plus
5
investors
United States

Silverfort

series c plus
5
investors
IsraelFounded 2017

Soteria

unknown
5
investors
United Kingdom

Tier

series a
5
investors
Canada

Vesper

unknown
5
investors
GermanyFounded 2015

A-LIGN

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2014

Aclaimant

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2010

Acronis

unknown
4
investors
SwitzerlandFounded 2003

ActiveFence

series b
4
investors
IsraelFounded 2016

adjust

seed
4
investors
GermanyFounded 2012

AlienVault

unknown
4
investors
United Kingdom

Altan

seed
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

anecdotes

seed
4
investors
IsraelFounded 2023

ARTI

series a
4
investors
ChinaFounded 2002

Astrix Security

series a
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2020

Astrum IT GmbH

unknown
4
investors
GermanyFounded 2017

Where cybersecurity companies are, and how far along

Computed across the whole tagged set, not just the companies listed above. Percentages are of the companies that have the field recorded, which is stated for each.

By country

2,934 companies with a recorded country

  • United States1,16340%
  • Germany2488%
  • United Kingdom2298%
  • France2218%
  • Israel1455%
  • Netherlands682%
  • India632%
  • Denmark612%

By stage

2,237 companies with a recorded stage

  • Seed86339%
  • Series A74233%
  • Series C+26012%
  • Series B1989%
  • Acquired944%
  • Pre seed743%
  • Ipo40%
  • Growth20%

Who funds cybersecurity

The investors behind these companies are ranked on the cybersecurity investor page, ordered by how many cybersecurity companies each one has actually funded rather than by stated focus.

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