Best Cybersecurity Companies in United States
The 6077 best Cybersecurity companies in United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dell Technologies.
We counted 6,077 companies in the US Cybersecurity space by their disclosed equity investment size and momentum. We clocked $112.3 billion in total announced funding across 88 unicorns—a substantial share of private bets. Cyera tops the pile with $1.7B, followed by Claroty with $732M and Cloaked with $404M. Accel, Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator are some of the most active investors, a good indication of where institutional conviction is at. The revenue picture behind all that funding is just as striking: Across 36 validated filers, the combined pool is $49.0B, with a median of $136M and a modest 6% YoY growth rate.
Dell Technologies takes the lead in the earnings table at $33.4B revenue, generating net income 1,052x the sector median. Okta and Palo Alto Networks are also pulling real numbers, at $2.9B and $2.5B, respectively, with Palo Alto growing 16% YoY. The global cybersecurity market is somewhere around $72.5B, and, as shown in 2017 research, internet dependency and regulatory pressure remain core demand drivers. Coverage breadth is flat, but threat intelligence sharing is on the rise as a genuine breakout theme.
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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.
Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in United States
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyera 🦄 Data security company specializing in AI-native data security posture management and data loss prevention… 83Funding top 11%Talent top 28%Product top 32%Moat top 32% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 11% Talenttop 28% Producttop 32% Moattop 32% Growthtop 35% Markettop 40% Techtop 42% AItop 45% Globaltop 45% Funding: Raised $1.7B across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $1.7B | 6 mo ago | Series F | Yonatan Itai Co-Founder & VP R&D | 2020 | WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+27 | — |
| 2 | SSI 🦄 Platform offering security solutions for AI models 80Funding top 17%AI top 20%Moat top 25%Innovation top 27% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% AItop 20% Moattop 25% Innovationtop 27% Talenttop 28% Patentstop 32% Growthtop 35% Markettop 43% Globaltop 50% Techbottom 29% Funding: Raised $1.0B across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $1.0B | 11 mo ago | Series A | Ilya Sutskever Co-Founder & CEO | 2024 | Apple iCloud MailVercelHSTS+2 | — |
| 3 | Cybereason 🦄 Provider of cyberattack prevention, detection, and response software and services 90Talent top 15%Funding top 18%Moat top 25%Market top 30% All 12 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Fundingtop 18% Moattop 25% Markettop 30% Innovationtop 31% Growthtop 34% Patentstop 34% Globaltop 37% Producttop 40% Techtop 44% AItop 45% Newsbottom 44% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Funding: Raised $818M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 13 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100 | $818M | 15 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | HubSpot CMS HubSentryBulma+30 | — |
| 4 | Armis 🦄 Provider of a wireless security platform for IoT applications 74Funding top 15%Tech top 21%Product top 26%Growth top 34% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% Techtop 21% Producttop 26% Growthtop 34% Talenttop 35% Markettop 36% Moattop 39% Newstop 47% Globalbottom 47% Innovationbottom 39% Patentsbottom 31% Funding: Raised $800M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 9 yrs (0.8/yr) Tech: 61 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Ses rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $800M | 7 mo ago | Acquired | Yevgeny Dibrov Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+37 | 4 launchs |
| 5 | Claroty 🦄 Provider of cyber-physical system security solutions for industrial and commercial sectors 84Funding top 14%Tech top 22%Talent top 22%Moat top 26% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% Techtop 22% Talenttop 22% Moattop 26% Markettop 30% Newstop 30% Globaltop 34% Producttop 38% Innovationtop 39% Growthtop 40% Partnerstop 45% Funding: Raised $732M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 10 yrs (0.6/yr) Tech: 51 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $732M | 4 mo ago | Series F | Galina Antova Co-Founder | 2015 | StatamicSentryApple iCloud Mail+31 | 1 launch |
| 6 | Aura 🦄 Provider of online safety solutions for identity, privacy, and devices 82Tech top 14%Funding top 15%Customers top 19%Moat top 26% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 14% Fundingtop 15% Customerstop 19% Moattop 26% Producttop 27% Growthtop 29% Markettop 49% Globalbottom 46% Tech: 67 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $672M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $672M | 14 mo ago | Series G | — | 2017 | WebflowApple iCloud MailAmazon Web Services+33 | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 7 | Reliaquest 🦄 Developer of agentic AI security operations platform for threat containment 80AI top 15%Funding top 19%Patents top 20%Moat top 22% All 13 signals ▾AItop 15% Fundingtop 19% Patentstop 20% Moattop 22% Innovationtop 26% Producttop 30% Markettop 33% Techtop 33% Talenttop 38% Globaltop 44% Growthbottom 47% Newsbottom 24% Customersbottom 1% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $630M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 10 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $630M | 14 mo ago | Series E | Brian Murphy Founder & Co-CEO | 2007 | ContentfulBootstrapGSAP+19 | 1 job opening · 2 awards |
| 8 | Cloaked Provider of digital identity protection platform 60Funding top 16%Growth top 35%Tech top 35%Customers top 36% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Growthtop 35% Techtop 35% Customerstop 36% Producttop 46% Moattop 48% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $404M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $404M | 4 mo ago | Series B | — | 2020 | WebflowYouTubeGSAP+18 | 1 launch |
| 9 | Feedzai 🦄 Provider of an AI-native platform for fraud and financial crime prevention 92News top 15%Funding top 16%Product top 21%Moat top 26% All 12 signals ▾Newstop 15% Fundingtop 16% Producttop 21% Moattop 26% Markettop 28% Growthtop 29% AItop 30% Techtop 31% Globaltop 31% Innovationtop 32% Talenttop 38% Partnerstop 40% News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 24 tracked, 5 types) · +700% YoY Funding: Raised $282M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 15 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 92/100 | $282M | 8 mo ago | Series E | Pedro Bizarro Co-Founder & CSO | 2011 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — |
| 10 | ID.me 🦄 Cloud based secure identity management and authentication solutions provider 89Funding top 14%Tech top 16%Market top 26%Product top 26% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% Techtop 16% Markettop 26% Producttop 26% Moattop 26% Innovationtop 28% Growthtop 34% Customerstop 37% Talenttop 39% Globalbottom 43% Newsbottom 41% Funding: Raised $279M across 18 rounds · 18 rounds over 15 yrs (1.2/yr) Tech: 82 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Akamai, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $279M | 9 mo ago | Series E | Blake Hall Co-Founder & CEO | 2010 | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+28 | — |
| 11 | TENEX Provider of cybersecurity suite solutions 55Funding top 22%Growth top 28%Talent top 38%Tech top 48% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 38% Techtop 48% Globaltop 48% Moattop 48% Patentsbottom 44% Marketbottom 40% Innovationbottom 39% Funding: Raised $277M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $277M | 2 mo ago | Series B | Ryan Shreve Co-Founder & CFO/COO | 2024 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+32 | 7 job openings · 1 award |
| 12 | Exaforce Provider of an agentic security operations platform with AI capabilities 64Funding top 15%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Moat top 40% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 40% AItop 45% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 40% Funding: Raised $263M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $263M | 1 mo ago | Series B | Jakub Pavlik Co-Founder & Head Of Engineering | 2023 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | — |
| 13 | Chainguard 🦄 Provider of hardened container images, language libraries, and virtual machine images 74Funding top 15%Tech top 25%Moat top 26%News top 30% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% Techtop 25% Moattop 26% Newstop 30% Talenttop 32% Producttop 33% Innovationtop 40% Growthtop 40% Markettop 44% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $256M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) Tech: 63 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $256M | 7 mo ago | Series D | Ville Aikas Co-Founder | 2021 | ContentfulSentryZendesk+30 | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 14 | XBOW AI-powered autonomous penetration testing platform 69Funding top 12%Growth top 35%Moat top 40%Tech top 42% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 12% Growthtop 35% Moattop 40% Techtop 42% AItop 45% Talenttop 45% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 44% Funding: Raised $251M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 2 yrs (2.5/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $251M | 1 mo ago | Series C | Oege Moor Founder & CEO | 2024 | WebflowApple iCloud MailSalesforce+16 | — |
| 15 | Saviynt 🦄 Provider of AI-based identity security and access management platform solutions 83Tech top 21%Funding top 22%Moat top 26%News top 32% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 21% Fundingtop 22% Moattop 26% Newstop 32% Innovationtop 34% Growthtop 35% Markettop 37% Producttop 37% Partnerstop 38% Talenttop 39% AItop 45% Globalbottom 41% Tech: 73 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront Funding: Raised $170M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 8 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $170M | 6 mo ago | Series B | Sachin Nayyar Chief Executive Officer | 2010 | HubSpot CMS HubSentryApple iCloud Mail+32 | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 16 | 7AI Provider of an agentic security platform using AI agents for cybersecurity 57Funding top 19%AI top 20%Growth top 28%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% AItop 20% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 38% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 46% Techbottom 43% Marketbottom 40% Innovationbottom 30% Patentsbottom 26% Funding: Raised $166M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $166M | 6 mo ago | Series A | Yonatan Amit Co-Founder & CTO | 2024 | HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+19 | — |
| 17 | Sift 🦄 Provider of an AI-powered platform for fraud detection and prevention 67Funding top 20%Product top 21%Moat top 32%Tech top 38% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Producttop 21% Moattop 32% Techtop 38% Talenttop 38% Markettop 41% AItop 45% Growthtop 47% Innovationbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Patentsbottom 36% Funding: Raised $161M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 28 yrs (0.3/yr) Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $161M | 8 mo ago | Series D | Jason Tan Co-Founder | 1997 | WordPressMySQLMariaDB+35 | — |
| 18 | TRM Labs 🦄 Provider of blockchain intelligence for detecting crypto-facilitated crime and compliance 64Funding top 18%News top 19%Moat top 26%Growth top 29% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Newstop 19% Moattop 26% Growthtop 29% Techtop 31% Talenttop 43% Producttop 45% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $150M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 7 yrs (0.9/yr) News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 35 tracked, 6 types) · 4 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $150M | 4 mo ago | Series C | Rahul Raina Co-Founder | 2018 | WebflowMemberStackApple iCloud Mail+28 | 1 launch |
| 19 | Adaptive Provider of security training platform 64Funding top 18%Tech top 23%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Techtop 23% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% AItop 45% Patentsbottom 48% Innovationbottom 45% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 35% Funding: Raised $124M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Tech: 55 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $124M | 6 mo ago | Series B | Andrew Jones Co-Founder & CPO | 2025 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — |
| 20 | DepthFirst Provider of an AI-native application security platform for software systems 57Funding top 17%Talent top 28%AI top 45%Global bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Talenttop 28% AItop 45% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 45% Marketbottom 37% Funding: Raised $120M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $120M | 2 mo ago | Series B | Andrea Michi Co-Founder & CTO | 2024 | GSAPAstroVercel+16 | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 21 | Censys Exposure management and threat hunting solutions 76Funding top 17%News top 24%Tech top 25%Growth top 33% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Newstop 24% Techtop 25% Growthtop 33% Talenttop 38% Patentstop 41% Producttop 41% Innovationtop 42% AItop 45% Partnerstop 45% Moattop 46% Markettop 50% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $103M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 8 yrs (0.9/yr) News: 11 BI events in 12 mo (of 35 tracked, 5 types) · +120% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $103M | 2 mo ago | Series D | Zakir Durumeric Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | WordPressSentryZendesk+37 | — |
| 22 | CyberCube Cloud based cyber risk analytics and insurance underwriting solutions for the insurance industry 67Funding top 21%News top 28%Growth top 31%Product top 31% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Newstop 28% Growthtop 31% Producttop 31% Moattop 31% Talenttop 31% Innovationtop 41% Techtop 44% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 32% Funding: Raised $100M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 8 yrs (0.5/yr) News: 11 BI events in 12 mo (of 38 tracked, 6 types) · +450% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $100M | 8 mo ago | Series D | Ashwin Kashyap Co-Founder | 2016 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 23 | Horizon Three AI Cloud based pentesting platform 55Funding top 18%Tech top 29%Moat top 39%Product top 41% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Techtop 29% Moattop 39% Producttop 41% Partnerstop 45% Markettop 50% Talentbottom 48% Growthbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 31% Funding: Raised $83.5M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 6 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 48 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $83M | 5 mo ago | Series D | Anthony Pillitiere Co-Founder Horizon3.ai | 2019 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+34 | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 24 | AuthID AI and cloud based identity proofing and authentication solutions for enterprises 45Funding top 26%News top 31%Product top 33%Tech top 37% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Newstop 31% Producttop 33% Techtop 37% Growthtop 42% Fin. healthtop 48% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 45% Marketbottom 41% Innovationbottom 39% Partnersbottom 34% Globalbottom 32% Funding: Raised $83.3M across 19 rounds · 19 rounds over 4 yrs (4.8/yr) News: 9 BI events in 12 mo (of 47 tracked, 7 types) · -10% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $83M | 1 mo ago | Public | Tom Thimot CEO | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 25 | Eclypsium Provider of supply chain security platform for IT infrastructure components 55News top 19%Funding top 21%Growth top 25%Product top 25% All 11 signals ▾Newstop 19% Fundingtop 21% Growthtop 25% Producttop 25% Talenttop 38% Moattop 41% Innovationtop 49% Patentsbottom 47% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 35% News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 18 tracked, 3 types) · +167% YoY Funding: Raised $81.8M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $82M | 3 mo ago | Series C | Alex Bazhaniuk Co-Founder and CTO | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 1 launch |
| 26 | Upwind 🦄 Provider of cloud security solutions for infrastructure and application protection 57Funding top 21%Moat top 26%News top 34%Tech top 36% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Moattop 26% Newstop 34% Techtop 36% Growthtop 40% Partnerstop 45% Talenttop 45% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $80.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Unicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $80M | 4 mo ago | Series B | Tal Zur Co-Founder & CTO | 2022 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+37 | 2 launchs |
| 27 | Xage Security Provider of a blockchain based security platform for IoT applications 55Talent top 22%Funding top 23%Moat top 28%Growth top 41% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 22% Fundingtop 23% Moattop 28% Growthtop 41% Innovationtop 49% Patentstop 50% Techbottom 49% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 28% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 3 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $80.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 8 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $80M | 6 mo ago | Series B | Susanto Irwan Co-founder | 2016 | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+23 | — |
| 28 | Oasis Security Identity management platform 53News top 24%Funding top 25%Growth top 25%Tech top 50% All 9 signals ▾Newstop 24% Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 25% Techtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Fin. healthbottom 43% Marketbottom 40% Moatbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 8 tracked, 2 types) · 5 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Funding: Raised $75.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $75M | 2 mo ago | Series B | Danny Brickman Co-Founder & CEO | 2022 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | — |
| 29 | Zafran Security risk mitigation platform 55Funding top 22%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Techtop 41% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $70.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 2 yrs (2.0/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $70M | 6 mo ago | Series C | Ben Seri Co-Founder & CTO | 2022 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 30 | Stellar Cyber Provider of AI-driven platform for security operations, threat detection, and response 74Growth top 18%Funding top 21%News top 26%Tech top 30% All 12 signals ▾Growthtop 18% Fundingtop 21% Newstop 26% Techtop 30% Moattop 31% Talenttop 31% AItop 45% Patentstop 46% Producttop 49% Innovationtop 50% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 39% Growth: Headcount 15 → 38 (+153%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $68.0M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 7 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $68M | 2 mo ago | Series B | Aimei Wei Founder | 2015 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 31 | Spring Labs Provider of an AI-native platform for complaints management and governance risk compliance 45Funding top 22%Talent top 28%Moat top 31%Patents top 44% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Patentstop 44% AItop 45% Innovationbottom 47% Growthbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $66.5M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 8 yrs (0.9/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $67M | 1 mo ago | Series C | Anna Fridman Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 32 | Nucleus Integrated risk and vulnerability management platform 37Funding top 21%Talent top 28%Moat top 39%Product top 45% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Talenttop 28% Moattop 39% Producttop 45% Newstop 47% Growthbottom 47% Techbottom 43% Partnersbottom 43% Marketbottom 37% Innovationbottom 37% Globalbottom 32% Funding: Raised $66.1M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $66M | 4 mo ago | Series C | Nick Fleming Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+23 | — |
| 33 | Socket Provider of a platform offering JavaScript security solutions 62Funding top 20%Patents top 23%Innovation top 28%Growth top 28% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Patentstop 23% Innovationtop 28% Growthtop 28% Moattop 32% Techtop 33% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 30% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $65.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) Patents: 28 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 17 filings since 2022 vs 5 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $65M | 0 mo ago | Series C | Feross Aboukhadijeh Founder & CEO | 2020 | SanitySentryZendesk+23 | 1 launch · 1 expansion |
| 34 | ArmorCode AI powered application security solutions 62Funding top 23%News top 32%Growth top 35%Tech top 37% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 23% Newstop 32% Growthtop 35% Techtop 37% Moattop 41% AItop 45% Patentstop 49% Marketbottom 49% Innovationbottom 48% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 31% Funding: Raised $65.0M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 10 tracked, 3 types) · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $65M | 3 mo ago | Series B | Praneet Khare Head of Engineering | 2020 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+34 | 1 launch |
| 35 | Outtake Provider of AI agent cybersecurity solutions for digital risk protection 57AI top 20%Funding top 22%Growth top 35%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 22% Growthtop 35% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 35% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $56.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $56M | 4 mo ago | Series B | Alex Dhillon Founder & CEO | 2023 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | 1 job opening · 2 launchs |
| 36 | Alcatraz AI Provider of AI-powered facial authentication access control and security systems 67Growth top 20%News top 21%Funding top 25%AI top 28% All 12 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Newstop 21% Fundingtop 25% AItop 28% Moattop 31% Talenttop 31% Techtop 40% Partnerstop 45% Patentsbottom 47% Innovationbottom 45% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 33% Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 28 tracked, 2 types) · +167% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $51M | 2 mo ago | Series B | Vince Gaydarzhiev President & Founder | 2016 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+21 | 1 job opening |
| 37 | UpGuard Cloud based platform offering third party risk management software 64News top 20%Funding top 26%Growth top 27%Moat top 28% All 10 signals ▾Newstop 20% Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 27% Moattop 28% Innovationtop 37% Patentstop 37% Techtop 42% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 4 types) · 4 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Funding: Raised $46.3M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 14 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $46M | 3 mo ago | Series C | Mike Baukes Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | WebflowGSAPAtlassian Statuspage+25 | — |
| 38 | Cogent Provider of AI-powered platform for vulnerability management and risk mitigation 50Funding top 27%AI top 28%Talent top 28%Patents bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% AItop 28% Talenttop 28% Patentsbottom 49% Innovationbottom 47% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $42.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $42M | 3 mo ago | Series A | Geng Sng Co-Founder & CTO | 2024 | Framer SitesReactHubSpot+10 | — |
| 39 | Prophet Security Provider of an AI SOC platform with agentic AI analyst 67AI top 20%Funding top 27%Growth top 28%Talent top 38% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 27% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 38% Moattop 42% Techtop 43% Newstop 45% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $41.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $41M | 3 mo ago | Series A | Kamal Shah Co-Founder & CEO | 2023 | WebflowVue.jsGSAP+23 | 1 job opening |
| 40 | RunSybil Provider of AI based cybersecurity solutions for businesses 48Funding top 28%Growth top 28%AI top 45%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Growthtop 28% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 41% Marketbottom 29% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $40.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $40M | 4 mo ago | Series A | Ariel Voss Founder & CEO | 2023 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGSAP+10 | 1 launch |
| 41 | Linx Security Provider of identity access management solutions 55Funding top 27%Growth top 30%News top 38%Talent top 38% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% Growthtop 30% Newstop 38% Talenttop 38% Techtop 46% Moatbottom 48% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $33.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $33M | 2 mo ago | Series B | Israel Duanis Co-Founder & CEO | 2023 | WebflowMicrosoft ClarityLinkedin Insight Tag+18 | — |
| 42 | Allure Security Provider of behavior analytics and machine learning based data security 74Growth top 17%Innovation top 27%Funding top 30%AI top 30% All 11 signals ▾Growthtop 17% Innovationtop 27% Fundingtop 30% AItop 30% Producttop 35% Techtop 38% Moattop 39% Newstop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 35% Globalbottom 32% Growth: Headcount 2 → 29 (+1350%) across vintages · Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Innovation: 3 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $32M | 2 mo ago | Series B | Angelos Keromytis Co-Founder & Advisor | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+37 | 1 award |
| 43 | Opaque Cloud and AI based analytics for encrypted cloud data 62Talent top 23%AI top 26%Funding top 30%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 23% AItop 26% Fundingtop 30% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 30% Talent: 6 named leaders on record · 6 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai based, machine learning rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $32M | 4 mo ago | Series B | Raluca Popa Co-Founder | 2019 | — | 1 job opening |
| 44 | Corridor AI-powered secure by design development platform for building and deploying secure software systems 48Funding top 28%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Patents top 49% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Patentstop 49% Innovationbottom 48% Techbottom 45% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 35% Funding: Raised $30.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $30M | 3 mo ago | Series A | Ashwin Ramaswami Co-Founder & CTO | 2025 | Apple iCloud MailReactReact Router+11 | 2 job openings · 1 launch |
| 45 | Reco AI based sensitive data management software 55Funding top 28%Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Moat top 42% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Moattop 42% Techtop 43% AItop 45% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 24% Funding: Raised $30.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $30M | 4 mo ago | Series B | Ofer Klein Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | — |
| 46 | LiveKit Developer of open-source platform for building and scaling realtime voice agents 72AI top 20%Funding top 27%Growth top 28%News top 28% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 27% Growthtop 28% Newstop 28% Techtop 31% Talenttop 38% Moattop 48% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $29.3M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $29M | 4 mo ago | Series C | Russell Sa Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | Node.jsThree.jsRadix UI+17 | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 47 | Armadin Developer of a cybersecurity platform utilizing AI to simulate and detect potential vulnerabilities in a… 55Talent top 28%Funding top 31%AI top 45%Global bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 31% AItop 45% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 43% Marketbottom 40% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $24.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $24M | 3 mo ago | Series A | David Slater Co-Founder | 2025 | WebflowThree.jsGSAP+16 | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 48 | Turnkey Provider of secure, flexible, and scalable wallet infrastructure solutions 48Funding top 28%Product top 30%Tech top 34%Growth top 35% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Producttop 30% Techtop 34% Growthtop 35% Moattop 37% Innovationtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Patentsbottom 41% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 24% Newsbottom 22% Funding: Raised $22.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) Product: 6 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $22M | 1 mo ago | Series B | Bryce Ferguson Co-Founder | 2022 | WebflowGSAPMicrosoft Advertising+19 | — |
| 49 | Spin Systems Provider of SaaS security solutions protecting data from threats and risks 55Growth top 35%Tech top 36%Funding top 38%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 36% Fundingtop 38% Moattop 39% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 39% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 38 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $18M | 3 mo ago | Series A | Dmitry Dontov Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+34 | — |
| 50 | RIIG Tech Provider of AI-powered cybersecurity and risk intelligence solutions 62AI top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 45%Global bottom 33% All 4 signals ▾AItop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 45% Globalbottom 33% AI: Product described with: ai-powered, machine learning Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $16M | 1 mo ago | Series A | Denver III Founder & CEO | 2021 | — | — |
Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in United States
#1
Cyera 🦄Series F · New York City, New York · founded 2020$1.7Braised▾
Data security company specializing in AI-native data security posture management and data loss prevention solutions. It enables companies to improve data security, reduce risks, and stay compliant with regulations.
- Dec 2025Series F$400M
- Jun 2025Series E$540M
- Nov 2024Series D$300M
- Apr 2024Series C$300M
#2
Series B · San Jose, California · founded 2023$263.2Mraised▾
Provider of an agentic security operations platform with AI capabilities. The platform offers threat detection, triage, investigation, and response across various attack surfaces. It integrates with existing tools to streamline security operations. The platform uses multi-model AI to deliver consistent and precise outcomes. It provides capabilities for autonomous alert triage and AI-driven analysis. The platform is available as a service or managed detection and response.
- May 2026Series B$125M
- Apr 2025Series A$75M
- Apr 2024Series A$36.2M
- Jul 2023Series A$27M
#3
Series C · Seattle, Washington · founded 2024 · 40 employees$251.1Mraised▾
AI-powered autonomous penetration testing platform. The platform identifies and exploits vulnerabilities in web applications. It uses AI to execute commands, analyze outputs, and refine its approach without human intervention. It allows users to discover and exploit vulnerabilities, representing a significant advancement in protecting software and infrastructure from cyber threats.
- May 2026Series C$35M
- Mar 2026Series C$120.9M
- Jun 2025Series B$75M
- Jul 2024Seed$20M
#4
Claroty 🦄Series F · New York, New York · founded 2015 · 500 employees$732Mraised▾
Provider of cyber-physical system security solutions for industrial and commercial sectors. The platform offers asset inventory, exposure management, network protection, secure access, and threat detection. It caters to industrial, healthcare, commercial, and public sector environments. The company provides vulnerability and threat research to customers and cyber-physical network defenders.
- Jan 2026Series F$150M
- Mar 2024Series E$100M
- Dec 2021Series E$400M
- Jun 2021Series D$140M
#5
Series B · Sarasota, Florida · founded 2024$277Mraised▾
Provider of cybersecurity suite solutions. It offers solutions such as managed detection and response, threat management, security automation, incident response, and more. It offers data-driven threat detection, proactive risk management, and automated response capabilities. It is an MDR platform that continuously adapts, helping identify and neutralize threats in real time while automating routine security processes.
- Mar 2026Series B$250M
- Sep 2025Series A$27M
- Jan 2025Seed—
#6
Series B · Lowell, Massachusetts · founded 2020 · 21 employees$404Mraised▾
Provider of digital identity protection platform. It provides a secure identity management solution that generates unlimited virtual identities with unique email, username, password, and phone number for every website. The platform aims to protect individual personal information from being publicly accessible and vulnerable to identity theft. It can keep the real identities private while still being able to access various online services and functionalities.
- Feb 2026Series B$375M
- Mar 2022Series A$25M
- Jan 2022Seed$4M
#7
Armis 🦄Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2015 · 500 employees$800Mraised▾
Provider of a wireless security platform for IoT applications. Offers an early stage wireless security platform focused on IoT security in an organization. The solution delivers continuous visibility and control over wireless communications, devices, and data.
- Nov 2025Series E$435M
- Oct 2024Series D$200M
- Nov 2021Series D$300M
- Feb 2021Series C$125M
#8
Public · Long Beach, California · founded 2011 · 25 employees$83.3Mraised▾
AI and cloud based identity proofing and authentication solutions for enterprises. Its offering includes biometric identity proofing, authentication ID, facial biometric authentication, and fingerprint authentication. It also offers services such as technical supports and consulting. It caters to government and privates companies.
- Apr 2026Post IPO$4.2M
- Jun 2023Post IPO$4.1M
- May 2023Post IPO$9M
- Mar 2022Post IPO$22.5M
#9
Series C · Los Angeles, California · founded 2017 · 30 employees$66.5Mraised▾
Provider of an AI-native platform for complaints management and governance risk compliance. The platform offers conversation intelligence, direct complaints detection, and regulatory complaints tracking. It also provides templated response generation, resolution analysis, and complaints insights business intelligence. The platform integrates with existing systems to streamline workflows. It helps teams unlock customer insights from conversations.
- May 2026Series C$5M
- May 2025Series B$2.5M
- May 2021Series B$15M
- Jun 2019Series A$23M
#10
Series D · Ann Arbor, Michigan · founded 2015 · 101 employees$103.1Mraised▾
Exposure management and threat hunting solutions. It is a platform that helps organizations, individuals, and researchers find and monitor every server on the Internet to reduce exposure and improve security. It offers exposure management, external attack surface management, and threat hunting solutions powered by a comprehensive dataset of internet intelligence.
- Mar 2026Series D$40M
- Mar 2026Conventional Debt$30M
- Oct 2023Series C$50M
- Oct 2023Conventional Debt$25M
#11
Series C · Stanford, California · founded 2020 · 10 employees$65Mraised▾
Provider of a platform offering JavaScript security solutions. It provides a cyber security platform that protects users applications from malicious dependencies lurking in an open source supply chain. It also assists users in finding and comparing millions of open source packages and it also detects and blocks software supply chain attacks.
- May 2026Series C$60M
- Oct 2024Series B$40M
- Aug 2023Series A$20M
- May 2022Seed$4.6M
#12
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2015 · 38 employees$68Mraised▾
Provider of AI-driven platform for security operations, threat detection, and response. The platform unifies security alerts, logs, network traffic, and endpoint data. It offers automated threat hunting, incident response, and case management. The platform helps security teams to identify threats and improve security effectiveness.
- Apr 2026Conventional Debt$25M
- Aug 2023Series B$33.7M
- Nov 2021Series B$38M
- Nov 2020Conventional Debt$1.5M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
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.
- Purdue University West Lafayette85
- Northeastern University82
- Film Independent58
- Georgia Institute of Technology46
- DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory41
- Intrusion detection system94→301
- Anomaly detection30→107
- Key (lock)11→84
- Internet of Things2→61
- Artificial neural network2→57
- Intrusion detection system97→202
- Artificial neural network3→47
- Anomaly detection25→61
- Internet of Things1→33
- Support vector machine8→38
- Key (lock)6→39
- Intrusion detection system13→45
- Exploit9→30
- Malware6→26
- Adversarial system1→19
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.
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.
- IBM27123
- Microsoft22625
- Intel12674
- Google8568
- Qualcomm7627
- Apple6756
- Hewlett Packard Development5765
- Capital One Services4646