Cybersecurity Landscape of Austin
222 Cybersecurity companies in Austin, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Cybersecurity in Austin
Shows 222 Austin cybersecurity firms, highlighting which are hiring, best funded, and most covered; 86 have disclosed funding rounds and 15 are currently hiring.
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SailPoint12last posted Jul 2026
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Abrigo9last posted Jul 2026
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SecureLink6last posted Apr 2026
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Evo Security5last posted Apr 2026
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SEON4last posted Mar 2026
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Open Lending4last posted Jun 2026
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SpyCloud3last posted Jan 2026
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HiddenLayer2last posted Sep 2025
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Invicti$665MSeries B · Oct 2021
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Ontic$286.6MSeries C · Aug 2025
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Brinqa$110MPE · Jun 2021
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Lifesize$98MSeries D · Dec 2015
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Hypori$82.3MSeries B · Jan 2025
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TurboPass$2.3Msnapshot Dec 2022
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Lepide$1.6MFY2020 filing
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Acumera132tracked employees
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ALTR61tracked employees
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Osano60tracked employees
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Yonder5.2%13 tracked events
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DryRun Security4.4%11 tracked events
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NetRise4.0%10 tracked events
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Shep156articles in the window
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Jask128articles in the window
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See all 222 Cybersecurity companies in Austin
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How the Cybersecurity ecosystem in Austin grew, 2016–2025
Shows the number of companies founded each year from 2016‑2025, with a peak of 18 new firms in 2017 and only 4 in 2025.
The Cybersecurity market map of Austin: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, noting the largest groups (enterprise tech, enterprise software, SaaS) and that most firms use subscription pricing.
- Enterprise Tech189 companies · $3B raised · 14 hiring
- Enterprise Software159 companies · $2.6B raised · 13 hiring
- SaaS102 companies · $1.8B raised · 8 hiring
- Fintech33 companies · $412.1M raised · 5 hiring
- Consumer Digital24 companies · $328M raised
- Anti Fraud Management23 companies · $505.7M raised · 4 hiring
- Deep Tech20 companies · $154.3M raised · 2 hiring
- Biometric Access Control19 companies · $117.8M raised · 1 hiring
- Facial Recognition Software15 companies · $41.2M raised
- Fintech SaaS15 companies · $354.5M raised · 3 hiring
- Enterprise Communication15 companies · $137.4M raised
- Artificial Intelligence14 companies · $181.2M raised · 2 hiring
Monetization
How Cybersecurity companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Cybersecurity in Austin
Lists 140 corporate events over the past two years, including key‑person moves, funding rounds, earnings releases, IPOs, and mergers.
- FundingItaly’s Branca International has invested in Altr, a US-based startup specialising in technology that removes or reduces alcohol from beverages.2026-03-24
- M&AArctic Wolf acquired US cybersecurity company Sevco Security, with no financial details disclosed.2026-03-09
- M&AAbrigo, a leading provider of compliance, credit risk, lending, and data and analytics solutions for U.S. financial institutions, has acquired 360 View, an industry leader in banking CRM, marketing automation, and profitability analytics.2026-03-09
- FundingSince raising its $3.25 million seed round, Verisoul has scaled from zero to 100+ customers while achieving over6x ARR growth in the past year.2026-01-08
- FundingNudge Security, a leading innovator in SaaS and AI security governance, has secured a $22.5m Series A funding round.2025-11-19
- M&AImprivata, backed by Thoma Bravo, acquired Verosint, an Austin, Texas‑based identity threat detection and response solutions company. Financial terms were not disclosed.2025-10-15
- FundingSEON Raises $80M in Series C Funding for AI Fraud Detection.2025-09-18
- M&AInvicti has acquired Kondukto, a company that offers an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform to help organizations orchestrate and manage security vulnerabilities across their development lifecycle.2025-09-08
- M&ASailPoint has entered into an agreement to acquire key assets from Savvy.2025-09-04
- FundingOntic, the Texas-based connected security intelligence platform, has raised $230m in a Series C round led by funds managed by KKR, alongside JMI Equity, Silverton Partners, Ridge Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures.2025-08-22
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Cybersecurity company in Austin was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-03-20 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-03-09 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-01-07 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-11-03 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-09-08 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-09-04 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins, with a focus on leadership moves.
Nudge SecurityPatrick Dillon · Appointment → Chief Revenue OfficerApr 2026
NSS LabsDominick Delfino · Appointment → Executive AdvisorMar 2026
Who is building Cybersecurity in Austin
Profiles 161 founders and CEOs across 111 companies, noting common alma maters like Carnegie Mellon and Yale, and previous employers such as Cisco.
Ex-Forbes Technology Council. Corvinus University of Budapest BSc
Spycloud, ex-Exodus Intelligence, ex-Hewlett Packard, Texas Tech University, 1991
Brinqa, ex-Sun Microsystems, ex-Vaau
Ex-Qualys, Agari, BlackBerry, Cylance, Batteries Plus Bulbs. Texas State University BS 2016
Austin Technology Council, ex-Altr, ex-Dash Financial, The University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Strategic Advisor-Inflection Ventures · George Washington University Master of Science in Engineering Management…
Limited Partner - ATX Venture Partners
Ex- uShip. Texas A&M University BA 1993, Harvard Business School MBA 1999
Nudge Security, ex-Alienvault, ex-At And T Cybersecurity, udacity, 1970
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Look up the people behind Cybersecurity companies in Austin
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds Cybersecurity in Austin
Summarizes 155 funding rounds since 2016 from 247 investors, with a typical round size of $6.1 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Silverton Partners | 10 | 4 | Aug 2025 |
| LiveOak Venture Partners | 6 | 3 | Aug 2023 |
| Capital Factory | 6 | — | Nov 2019 |
| Techstars | 6 | — | Jan 2023 |
| Ten Eleven Ventures | 5 | 2 | Aug 2025 |
| Next Coast Ventures | 5 | 1 | Aug 2023 |
| Sorenson Capital | 5 | 1 | Dec 2024 |
| ATX Venture Partners | 4 | 3 | Jun 2021 |
| Live Oak Ventures | 4 | 3 | Sep 2024 |
| March Capital | 4 | 2 | Aug 2020 |
The typical round is $6.1M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Cybersecurity funding rounds in Austin
Highlights the largest disclosed round—Invicti’s $625 million Series B—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Bmega-round | $625M | Oct 2021 | Summit Partners, Turn/River | |
| Series C | $230M | Aug 2025 | KKR, JMI Management, Silverton Partners +2 more | |
| Series B | $94M | Apr 2022 | IVP, Creandum, Portfolion +2 more | |
| Series C | $80M | Sep 2025 | Sixth Street, IVP, Creandum +2 more | |
| Series A | $50M | Sep 2023 | M12, Moore Strategic Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton +3 more | |
| Series C | $40M | Mar 2016 | Bregal Sagemount | |
| Series A | $40M | Mar 2018 | Turn/River Capital | |
| Series B | $40M | Nov 2021 | JMI Management, Felicis Ventures, Silverton Partners +1 more | |
| Series B | $35M | Jan 2010 | Investcorp | |
| Series D | $35M | Jun 2024 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
40 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series A$12.1MFeb 2026
Series A$5MFeb 2026
Seed$4MFeb 2026
What the news says about Cybersecurity in Austin
Counts 4,217 news articles in the last year, indicating the most covered topics such as public safety, criminal law reform, and sentencing guidelines.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Cybersecurity news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Public safety and crime incident reports91,409→-10%
- Criminal law reform initiatives70,275▲+17%
- Sentencing guidelines and judicial discretion64,083▲+13%
- Legal rights of crime victims50,927▲+23%
- Child abuse and neglect50,512▲+18%
- Sexual violence and assault49,976▲+44%
- Criminal defense attorney roles and ethics44,086▲+30%
- Prison reform and inmate rehabilitation43,848▲+33%
- White-collar crime detection and prosecution42,652▲+11%
- Wrongful conviction cases and exoneration41,915▲+21%
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33 Cybersecurity companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Cybersecurity coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Cybersecurity coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Cybersecurity jobs in Austin: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports 431 job postings from 30 employers in the past year, listing top skills and a median advertised salary of $169 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Cybersecurity employers in Austin put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- fork truck operation16▼
- computer skills11▲
- ms office9▲
- ppe compliance7▲
- plc7▲
- python7▲
- gcp6▲
- schematics6▲
- excel6▲
- salesforce6▲
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10 Cybersecurity-relevant internships in India were advertised over the same 12 months.
What the research says
The Cybersecurity research read is national: 3,240 United States-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Network Security Threats, Exploits and DoS Vulnerabilities, DoS and Firewall Interactions, Adversarial Machine‑Learning Threats. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in United States — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.
Read the full Cybersecurity research analysis for United States →
Go deeper on Cybersecurity research and innovation
Research themes, patent activity and the companies commercialising them, in one place.
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