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Best Cybersecurity Companies in Ohio, United States

The 51 best Cybersecurity companies in Ohio, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Keyfactor.

51companies tracked
$405.6Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
18have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CYBERSECURITY × OHIO

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
2.7Mcombined LinkedIn audience
99%of audience held by top 3

Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in Ohio

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Keyfactor 🦄
Provider of digital trust, PKI, certificate automation, and crypto management solutions
74Funding top 24%Tech top 25%Moat top 28%Market top 35%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 24%
Techtop 25%
Moattop 28%
Markettop 35%
Patentstop 39%
Talenttop 39%
Innovationtop 42%
Globaltop 42%
Growthtop 45%
Newsbottom 45%
Funding: Raised $218M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 12 yrs (0.7/yr)
Tech: 75 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100
$218M33 mo agoSeries E—2001WordPressSentryZendesk+5815 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
1 award
2Finite State
Provider of a cyber threat detection and vulnerability assessment platform
$70M28 mo agoSeries BMatt Wyckhouse
Co-Founder & CEO
2017SanityTurbopackNode.js+27——
3Evident.io
Platform offering security and compliance automation for public clouds
$49M114 mo agoAcquired—2013—131 patents
Automated cloud security compliance and identity verification services
—
4Binary Defense Systems
Cybersecurity solutions: Managed detection, response, threat hunting, and digital risk protection
$36M45 mo agoLate StageRyan Burnheimer
Co Founder
2012Craft CMSApple iCloud MailPHP+20——
5Morphick
Cyber security experts providing managed detection and response services
$10M130 mo agoAcquired—2015—3 patents
Variable‑cardinality indexing for data retrieval and malware detection algorithms
—
6Endforce
Network access control and endpoint security
$8M259 mo agoAcqui-Hired—1999—5 patents
Network device configuration and policy management for telecom equipment
—
7Anchor
Cloud-based platform for enterprise data management
$7M30 mo agoSeries AHarihara Varma Indukuri
Co-Founder and CTO
2018—98 patents
Secure, multi-factor custodial platforms for proof‑of‑stake cryptoasset management
—
8CardinalCommerce
Enterprise-wide risk solutions preventing payments fraud across all payment endpoints and networks
$5M163 mo agoAcquired—1999SentryReadMeAlgolia+14231 patents
Secure electronic payment authentication, tokenization, and transaction processing platforms
—
9Agile Blue
Cloud based platform offering a suite of cyber security solutions
$2M14 mo agoSeed—2019WordPressMarkerMySQL+36—1 internship · 2 awards
10InnerApps
Identity management solutions for secure digital access and cyber resilience
$550K161 mo agoDeadpooled—2010———
11Everykey
Bluetooth device based location authentication solutions
$525K110 mo agoSeedChris Wentz
Co-Founder & CEO
2012NginxAmazon Web ServicesCloudflare+148 patents
Wearable biometric authentication devices for secure access control
—
12Brivas
Biometrics encryption based multivariate authentication solution
$350K152 mo agoSeedBeau Parry
Founder & Investor
2012—10 patents
Behavioral biometric authentication using relative motion and liveness verification
—
13Cureo
Cloud based online collaboration platform
$250K177 mo agoSeedAndrew Vaeth
Co-Founder & CEO
2009———
14Ignyte Assurance Platform
Platform for information security and compliance management
$100K90 mo agoSeed—2012WordPressMySQLPHP+24——

Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in Ohio

#1
Seed · Cleveland, Ohio · founded 2019 · 35 employees
$2Mraised
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Cloud based platform offering a suite of cyber security solutions. It provides a cyber security platform designed to monitor cloud, networks, cyber risk scores and endpoints. The platform also assists users in detecting vulnerabilities and cyber threats.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2025Seed—
  • Aug 2022Seed$2M
Investors
H.I.G. Growth Partners, H.I.G. Capital
Tech stack
6SenseAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBeaver Builder
#2
Series E · Independence, Ohio · founded 2001 · 258 employees
$217.8Mraised
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Provider of digital trust, PKI, certificate automation, and crypto management solutions. The company delivers tools for managing digital identities across devices, workloads, and AI agents. It offers solutions for certificate lifecycle automation, cryptographic inventory, and secure code signing. The company's products support various use cases, including preventing outages, enabling zero trust, and achieving crypto-agility.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 24%
Tech
top 25%
Moat
top 28%
Market
top 35%
Patents
top 39%
Talent
top 39%
Funding: Raised $218M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 12 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series E (Oct 2023)
Tech: 75 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Envoy
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 15 patents · Unicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 33k LinkedIn followers · 20 engagements/post (2.5× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Series E—
  • Apr 2021Series D$125M
  • Jan 2019Series C$77M
  • Mar 2017Series B$2.5M
Investors
Plymouth Growth, Sixth Street, Insight Partners, Generation Ventures, GM Ventures, Sixth Street Growth
Tech stack
6SenseAdobe Audience ManagerAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web Services
#3
Series B · Columbus, Ohio · founded 2017 · 65 employees
$69.5Mraised
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Provider of a cyber threat detection and vulnerability assessment platform. The features of the platform include continuous network monitoring for detecting vulnerable devices, real-time analysis of network traffic for threat detection, instant deployment of sensors and decoys to provide a complex attack surface, automatic alerts with actionable intelligence for immediate incident response.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Series B$20M
  • Aug 2021Series B$30M
  • May 2020Series A$12.5M
  • Seed$7M
Founders & team
Matt WyckhouseCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Energy Impact Partners, Zetta Venture Partners, Drive Capital, Merlin Ventures, SE Ventures, Energize Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#4
Series A · New Albany, Ohio · founded 2018 · 32 employees
$7.4Mraised
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Cloud-based platform for enterprise data management. It provides a platform to control data and to share data with other members. It offers tools for data storage & anchoring, CMMC compliance management, etc. It allows users to connect & collaborate data on cloud & IoT devices.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Series A—
  • Jun 2023Series A$6.3M
  • May 2021Series A—
  • Jan 2019Series A$6M
Founders & team
Harihara Varma IndukuriCo-Founder and CTOEmre KoksalCo-Founder
Investors
INVEST101, M7holdings, Valley Growth Ventures, First Leaf Capital, Hub GSYO, Aztec Capital Management
#5
Late Stage · Hudson, Ohio · founded 2012 · 98 employees
$36Mraised
▾

Cybersecurity solutions: Managed detection, response, threat hunting, and digital risk protection. The company offers a comprehensive platform and services designed to accelerate security operations. They provide services like managed detection and response with round-the-clock vigilance, proactive threat hunting, digital risk protection, phishing response, and co-management. They cater to various industries, including education, energy, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and technology. Their solutions focus on securing endpoints, identities, email, cloud environments, and networks. They also help maximize investments in security tools. The company emphasizes a human-first approach to cybersecurity, offering real action and partnership to defend businesses against evolving cyber threats. They provide visibility, threat intelligence, and strategic recommendations for remediation.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 34k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022PE$36M
Founders & team
Ryan BurnheimerCo Founder
Investors
Invictus Growth
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBlitzCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Acquired · Dublin, Ohio · founded 2013 · 112 employees
$49.1Mraised
▾

Evident provides security and compliance automation for public clouds. It offers cloud security services, including resource visibility, vulnerability assessment, and notifications and alerts, risk and compliance services for Amazon Web services. It enables users to easily manage, maintain, and remediate risk and compliance challenges in their infrastructure. It also provides businesses with an analysis of distributed resource security mechanisms in all phases of their infrastructure life cycle, giving them insight into what changed, when it changed, and if undue risk or exposure has occurred in their complex cloud environments.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2017Series C$22M
  • Apr 2016Series B$15.7M
  • Nov 2014Series A$9.8M
  • Sep 2013Seed$1.5M
Investors
True Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Venrock, Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel
#7
Acquired · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2015 · 38 employees
$10Mraised
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Cyber security experts providing managed detection and response services. They offer proactive threat hunting, incident response, and security defense assessments. Their services include managed detection and response for network and email, powered by tailored threat intelligence. They amplify security operations, protect enterprises, and strengthen teams with their sophisticated security platform. They deliver threat detection, investigation, and response, enabled by industry-leading analysts and accredited incident responders. They provide enterprise-scale threat visibility with analysts detecting real-time validated attacks, offering surgical response and containment. They focus on helping organizations effectively prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks. They offer cloud-based defense, stopping email-borne threats. They provide proactive threat hunting services and incident response services to minimize data loss and business impact. They offer managed EDR compromise assessment, identifying evidence of security breaches. They tailor security orchestration by addressing business needs with expert security guidance.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2015Series A$10M
Investors
Orchard Holdings Group
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpContact Form 7Apache Http ServerGoogle Tag Manager
#8
Acqui-Hired · Dublin, Ohio · founded 1999 · 11 employees
$7.5Mraised
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Endforce provided Network access control (NAC) and endpoint security solution to the enterprise. The solution employed security policy compliance to secure the access to the enterprise infrastructure. Acquired by Sophos for its NAC solution in Jan 2007 which maintains its operation and sells products under the Sophos brand.

Investors
Invesco, Kleiner Perkins, Industry Ventures
#9
Acquired · Mentor, Ohio · founded 1999 · 163 employees
$4.6Mraised
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Enterprise-wide risk solutions preventing payments fraud across all payment endpoints and networks. It offers comprehensive risk management solutions designed to safeguard payments and prevent fraud. Leveraging artificial intelligence and a vast data set, the platform provides real-time decisioning for authentication, authorization, and payments. The solutions empower businesses to streamline risk management, increase approval rates, and reduce friction for customers. It supports banks, merchants, acquirers, and real-time payment providers, offering tailored solutions to mitigate risk and enhance security. The company analyzes a high volume of payments daily to identify threats and provide insights across the payment ecosystem. It helps businesses grow by offering near real-time controls against fraud and scam transactions. The platform is a multi-layer defense against fraud, securing seamless payment experiences and fostering trust.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2.6M LinkedIn followers — 96.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2012PE—
  • Jun 2011Series A$3.5M
  • Apr 2007Unattributed$1.1M
Investors
Primus Capital, Glengary, Mutual Capital Partners, Symark
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDigicertGoogle Analytics
#10
Seed · Cleveland, Ohio · founded 2012 · 17 employees
$525Kraised
▾

Everykey is a bluetooth device based location authentication solutions. The features of the product include automatic locking and unlocking, automated website login, secure password generation, secure key remote device access, multi device compatibility, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2017Seed—
  • Jul 2015Seed$525K
Founders & team
Chris WentzCo-Founder & CEOCiCi QianCo-Founder
Investors
Alchemist Accelerator, Hard Yaka, Monozukuri Ventures, Kyto Technology & Life Science, Lateral Capital, Innovation Fund America
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesDudaGhostGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHsts
#11
Deadpooled · Perrysburg, Ohio · founded 2010 · 4 employees
$550Kraised
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Identity management solutions for secure digital access and cyber resilience. The company provides identity management solutions, focusing on securing digital identities and access across diverse environments. It addresses identity compromise threats with robust strategies, including Active Directory security and non-human identity management. The company offers tools and insights for organizations to enhance their cyber resilience through effective identity governance, access control, and monitoring. It emphasizes modern identity practices, such as password management, multi-factor authentication, and secure access to cloud resources. The company's solutions aim to reduce risk, prevent data breaches, and ensure regulatory compliance in an evolving digital landscape.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2013Seed$550K
Investors
Rocket Ventures
#12
Seed · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2012
$350Kraised
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Brivas provides biometrics & encryption based multivariate authentication solution. Products include Brivas OpenID which is biometrics based authentication solution & Brivas Sdk for custom app development. Solution is focused at mobile & cloud based technology employing facial detection algorithms, verification, authentication methods and contextual data from sensors on the mobile device. In 2015, Granted US patent over biometric encryption for system of man-machine binding and biosignature based cryptography to utilize their unique biometrics to share privately, and bind to IoT & cryptocurrency.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2013PE$150K
  • Aug 2013Seed$100K
  • Jan 2013Angel$100K
Founders & team
Beau ParryFounder & Investor

Funding & investor landscape

$405.6Mtotal disclosed funding
15companies funded
32disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
GLIDE2 rounds
Innovation Fund America2 rounds
ABS Capital1 rounds
Alchemist Accelerator1 rounds
Alchemy Crew1 rounds
Aztec Capital Management1 rounds
Bain Capital Ventures1 rounds
Breakaway Partners1 rounds
Bullpen Capital1 rounds
CincyTech1 rounds

Notable founders

Matt Wyckhouse
Co-Founder & CEO · Finite State
Harihara Varma Indukuri
Co-Founder and CTO · Anchor
Emre Koksal
Co-Founder · Anchor
Ryan Burnheimer
Co Founder · Binary Defense Systems
Chris Wentz
Co-Founder & CEO · Everykey
CiCi Qian
Co-Founder · Everykey
Beau Parry
Founder & Investor · Brivas
Andrew Vaeth
Co-Founder & CEO · Cureo
Rob Haaren
Founder · Prophit
Brian Thomas
President & CEO · Lightspeed Systems
Larry Kavanagh
CEO · NaviStone
John Cavazos
CEO · Cyber 20/20
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 FROM Ohio · institutions

What Ohio researches in cybersecurity

15 papersstance +0.4413% breakthrough20% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Network Security and Intrusion DetectionInformation and Cyber SecurityNetwork Packet Processing and OptimizationSoftware-Defined Networks and 5GSmart Grid Security and ResilienceMobile Agent-Based Network Management
top institutions
  • The Ohio State University8
  • Ohio University6
  • Ohio Supercomputer Center1
  • Ohio Northern University1

Common questions

How many Cybersecurity companies are there in Ohio, United States?
Radar tracks 51 indexable Cybersecurity companies headquartered in Ohio, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cybersecurity companies in Ohio, United States?
The Cybersecurity companies in Ohio, United States on this list have raised a combined $405.6M in disclosed equity funding across 15 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Ohio, United States?
Keyfactor is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Ohio, United States, with $217.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cybersecurity companies in Ohio, United States are funded?
15 of the 51 Cybersecurity companies in Ohio, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cybersecurity unicorns are there in Ohio, United States?
1 Cybersecurity company in Ohio, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Ohio, United States Cybersecurity companies?
The most active investors in Ohio, United States Cybersecurity companies on this list include GLIDE, Innovation Fund America, ABS Capital, Alchemist Accelerator, Alchemy Crew.
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