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Best Cybersecurity Companies in Connecticut, United States

The 37 best Cybersecurity companies in Connecticut, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kusari.

37companies tracked
$24.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CYBERSECURITY × CONNECTICUT

Our analysis of 71 Cybersecurity companies

$12.5b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

71companies analysed
100%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
17unicorns
2020median founding year

Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in Connecticut

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Kusari
Provider of software supply chain security, and visibility solutions for managing the development process
$10M32 mo agoSeedParth Patel
Co-Founder
2022WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24——
2Zorus
Cloud based endpoint security solutions for managed service providers
$9M57 mo agoAcquiredGreg Gage
Founder & CEO
2017WordPressMySQLPHP+29——
3ValidSoft
Provider of voice biometrics and deepfake protection security authentication solutions
57AI top 20%Innovation top 23%Product top 26%Funding top 37%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Innovationtop 23%
Producttop 26%
Fundingtop 37%
Moattop 48%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 46%
Globalbottom 44%
Marketbottom 31%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Innovation: 8 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100
$4M6 mo agoAcquiredPat Carroll
Founder & CEO & Executive Chairman
2003———
4NXT-ID
Provider of medical alert devices and personal emergency response systems
$244K88 mo agoSeed—2011—52 patents
Wearable sensor fusion for health monitoring and secure IoT authentication
—
5ResourceVerified
Blockchain-based AML compliance management solutions provider
$150K109 mo agoDeadpooledJaspreet Randhawa
Founder & CEO
2017———
6Symmera
Provider of IoT security solutions
—24 mo agoSeedSrinivas Kumar
CEO & Co-Founder
2023—13 patents
Secure data streaming and PSK‑based encryption/authentication for AI and network devices
—
7InterGuard
Cloud based endpoint auditing & control solution for insider threat protection
—195 mo agoAcquiredPeter Fuhrman
Co-Founder & ex-CEO
2002———
8Awareness Technologies
Computer and mobile device monitoring software
——Funding RaisedRon Penna
Co-Founder
2002—19 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
—

Top 7 Cybersecurity companies in Connecticut

#1
Acquired · Hartford, Connecticut · founded 2003 · 17 employees
$4.2Mraised
▾

Provider of voice biometrics and deepfake protection security authentication solutions. The company delivers voice identity assurance for contact centers and omnichannel communications. It offers digit-based voice authentication, speech analysis algorithms, and multi-factor authentication. The business provides technology that detects synthetically generated speech from genuine human speech.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Innovation
top 23%
Product
top 26%
Funding
top 37%
Moat
top 48%
Talent
bottom 49%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Innovation: 8 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Product: 8 distinct product lines · Company stage: Acquired
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 10.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series A$449.3K
  • Mar 2025Series A$260K
  • Mar 2023Series A$300K
  • Mar 2021Series A$12.9M
Founders & team
Pat CarrollFounder & CEO & Executive Chairman
Investors
Europa, HU Investments, Capital Factory
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpBootstrapVimeoRedux Framework
#2
Seed · Ridgefield, Connecticut · founded 2022
$10.1Mraised
▾

Provider of software supply chain security, and visibility solutions for managing the development process. It helps in managing software security. The company offers a software that provides end-to-end visibility and insights for software development lifecycle.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 9.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Seed$8.1M
  • Seed$2M
Founders & team
Parth PatelCo-FounderMichael LiebermanChief Technology OfficerTim MillerCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
J2 Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Glasswing Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Turnstile
#3
Acquired · Monroe, Connecticut · founded 2017 · 14 employees
$9.4Mraised
▾

Zorus cloud based endpoint security solutions for managed service providers. It offers a cybersecurity solution from on-premise to the Cloud. The product offered by the company is Archon. It is a cloud-based web filtering solution to protect websites from viruses, ransomware, botnets, phishing scams, and other forms of malware. Other features include SSL inspection, content filtering, and application filtering.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 15.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Series A$9M
  • Jan 2019Seed$405K
Founders & team
Greg GageFounder & CEO
Investors
General Catalyst, ACP Partners, Innospark Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Simon School Venture Fund, UConn Innovation Fund
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyes
#4
Seed · Shelton, Connecticut · founded 2011 · 25 employees
$244Kraised
▾

Provider of medical alert devices and personal emergency response systems. The company offers solutions for veterans affairs, senior living facilities, and home healthcare providers. Products include fall detection, geofencing, and crisis hotline access. Some solutions offer monitoring and caregiver support tools.

Funding rounds
  • May 2019Conventional Debt$16.5M
  • May 2018Conventional Debt$16M
  • Jul 2016Post IPO$4.5M
  • Jan 2016Post IPO$2M
Investors
WorldVentures, Sagard Holdings, Connecticut Innovations
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityWordpressMysqlPhpParticles.JsAstra
#5
Deadpooled · Greenwich, Connecticut · founded 2017 · 2 employees
$150Kraised
▾

Resource Verified is a blockchain-based AML compliance management solutions provider. It offers solutions such as due diligence management, FINRA compliance management, employee verification management, data streamlining, and vendor directory management.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2017Seed$150K
Founders & team
Jaspreet RandhawaFounder & CEO
#6
Seed · Stamford, Connecticut · founded 2023
—raised
▾

Provider of IoT security solutions. It simplifies XIoT and AI or ML by providing cyber-safe devices and trusted data through device authentication, quantum-proof cryptography, and secure data streams, offering a SaaS platform with simple APIs for developers, OEMs, and end-users to enhance operational risk management and enable secure field communications.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 84 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Srinivas KumarCEO & Co-Founder
Investors
Emerson, Boulder Ventures
#7
Acquired · Westport, Connecticut · founded 2002 · 30 employees
—raised
▾

Cloud based endpoint auditing & control solution for insider threat protection

Founders & team
Peter FuhrmanCo-Founder & ex-CEOBrad MillerCEO & President
Investors
Balance Point Capital, Advantage Capital, Montage Capital
Tech stack
HstsCloudflare

Funding & investor landscape

$24.1Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
23disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Connecticut Innovations5 rounds
Balance Point Capital2 rounds
ACP Partners1 rounds
Advantage Capital1 rounds
Boulder Ventures1 rounds
Calm Company Fund1 rounds
Capital Factory1 rounds
DC Capital Partners1 rounds
Emerson1 rounds
Europa1 rounds

Notable founders

Pat Carroll
Founder & CEO & Executive Chairman · ValidSoft
Parth Patel
Co-Founder · Kusari
Michael Lieberman
Chief Technology Officer · Kusari
Greg Gage
Founder & CEO · Zorus
Jaspreet Randhawa
Founder & CEO · ResourceVerified
Srinivas Kumar
CEO & Co-Founder · Symmera
Peter Fuhrman
Co-Founder & ex-CEO · InterGuard
Brad Miller
CEO & President · InterGuard
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,588,973 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Cybersecurity coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Cybersecurity is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 3,240 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 22% → 38% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Purdue University West Lafayette85
  • Northeastern University82
  • Film Independent58
  • Georgia Institute of Technology46
  • DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory41
leading researchers
Crypto Education Research Lab · Ehab Al‐Shaer · Quanyan Zhu · Nathaniel D. Bastian · Freederia AI Researcher · Charles Kamhoua · Jin-Hee Cho · Guofei Gu
▲ Breakthroughs1,292 · 40%
▲ 37%→45% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations58% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (37%→45% of field), led by Intrusion detection system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Intrusion detection system94→301
  • Anomaly detection30→107
  • Key (lock)11→84
  • Internet of Things2→61
  • Artificial neural network2→57
Newly emergingAdversarial system 0→32 · Reinforcement learning 0→31 · Convolutional neural network 0→26
Landmark BotMiner: clustering analysis of network traffic for protocol- and structure-independent botnet detection · 1,021 cites
◆ Advancements1,121 · 35%
▼ 36%→32% share
▼0.9× share momentum2 median citations48% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (36%→32% of field), led by Intrusion detection system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Intrusion detection system97→202
  • Artificial neural network3→47
  • Anomaly detection25→61
  • Internet of Things1→33
  • Support vector machine8→38
Newly emergingRandom forest 0→28 · Convolutional neural network 0→18 · Adversarial system 0→16
Landmark Machine Learning DDoS Detection for Consumer Internet of Things Devices · 628 cites
▼ Concerns554 · 17%
▼ 18%→16% share
▼0.9× share momentum1 median citations49% since 2021mostly position pieces
Concerns are cooling (18%→16% of field), led by Key (lock).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Key (lock)6→39
  • Intrusion detection system13→45
  • Exploit9→30
  • Malware6→26
  • Adversarial system1→19
Newly emergingInternet of Things 0→16 · Resilience (materials science) 0→14 · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution 0→8
Landmark A Deep Learning Approach for Network Intrusion Detection System · 1,188 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where cybersecurity is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Boston107 · +0.58
Hot · Network securityAdvancing · Data miningOpportunity · Adversarial systemConcern · Computer security
New York52 · +0.53
Hot · SophisticationAdvancing · Intrusion detection systemOpportunity · Computer security modelConcern · Software
Atlanta47 · +0.57
Hot · Domain (mathematical analysis)Advancing · MalwareOpportunity · Cloud computingConcern · Computer network
Pittsburgh36 · +0.49
Hot · Computer securityAdvancing · AdversaryOpportunity · Data modelingConcern · Computer network
Los Angeles34 · +0.51
Hot · Game theoryAdvancing · AdversaryOpportunity · EncryptionConcern · Computer security
Philadelphia33 · +0.59
Hot · Software-defined networkingAdvancing · Distributed computingOpportunity · Anomaly detectionConcern · Network security
SF Bay Area31 · +0.56
Hot · Game theoryAdvancing · Resilience (materials science)Opportunity · Denial-of-service attackConcern · Computer security
Seattle21 · +0.56
Hot · Anomaly detectionAdvancing · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Malware
Chicago21 · +0.46
Hot · Information securityAdvancing · Intrusion detection systemOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Computer security
Ann Arbor21 · +0.56
Hot · Software deploymentAdvancing · ExploitOpportunity · Cloud computing
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing cybersecurity patents in the United States

United States cybersecurity patent filing is accelerating — 237,304 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by IBM, Microsoft, Intel; annual filings 18790→23467.

237,304 filings8,000 assigneespeak 26548/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • IBM27110
  • Microsoft22601
  • Intel12666
  • Google8565
  • Qualcomm7612
  • Apple6755
  • Hewlett Packard Development5761
  • Capital One Services4646

Common questions

How many Cybersecurity companies are there in Connecticut, United States?
Radar tracks 37 indexable Cybersecurity companies headquartered in Connecticut, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cybersecurity companies in Connecticut, United States?
The Cybersecurity companies in Connecticut, United States on this list have raised a combined $24.1M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Connecticut, United States?
Kusari is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Connecticut, United States, with $10.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cybersecurity companies in Connecticut, United States are funded?
5 of the 37 Cybersecurity companies in Connecticut, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cybersecurity unicorns are there in Connecticut, United States?
None of the Cybersecurity companies in Connecticut, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Connecticut, United States Cybersecurity companies?
The most active investors in Connecticut, United States Cybersecurity companies on this list include Connecticut Innovations, Balance Point Capital, ACP Partners, Advantage Capital, Boulder Ventures.
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