Security Startups

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12 companies. Sorted by name. No paid boost.

A

Anchore

Santa Barbara, USA

  • Series B
  • Founded 2016

Open-source Syft/Grype plus enterprise SBOM management for containers and the pipeline that builds them.

Published the 2025 Anchore supply-chain blog series, December 2025

B

Backslash Security

Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Series A
  • $27M raised
  • Founded 2022

Reachability-aware AppSec now aimed at AI coding agents, IDEs, MCPs, and the packages they pull.

Raised $19M Series A led by KOMPAS VC, February 2026

Boost Security

Montreal, Canada

  • Seed
  • $16M raised
  • Founded 2020

Pipeline and package gates that block supply-chain junk before AI-written code swallows it.

Raised $4M and acquired SecureIQx and Korbit.ai, May 2026

C

Chainguard

Kirkland, USA

  • Series D
  • $892M raised
  • Founded 2021

Zero-to-low CVE container images and language libraries rebuilt from verified source.

Closed $280M growth round from General Catalyst at a $3.5B valuation, October 2025

Cloudsmith

Belfast, United Kingdom

  • Series C
  • $124M raised
  • Founded 2016

Universal artifact control plane for what AI and humans actually put into production.

Raised $72M Series C led by TCV and Insight Partners, April 2026

F

Finite State

Columbus, USA

  • Series B
  • Founded 2017

Product and firmware SBOM platform for the devices you buy and the binaries you did not compile.

Won Cybersecurity Stars award for firmware security leadership, June 2026

L

Lineaje

Santa Clara, USA

  • Series A
  • $27M raised
  • Founded 2021

AI-driven lineage of every component, including the ones hiding in firmware and public-sector stacks.

Raised $20M Series A co-led by Prosperity7, Neotribe, and Hitachi, July 2024

M

Manifest

Washington, USA

  • Series A
  • $23M raised
  • Founded 2022

SBOM and AIBOM intelligence so you can actually use the bills of materials you generate.

Raised $15M Series A led by Ensemble VC, April 2025

N

NetRise

Austin, USA

  • Series A
  • $25M raised
  • Founded 2020

Firmware and binary SBOM that unpacks what vendors actually shipped, not what the datasheet claimed.

Raised $10M Series A, taking total funding to about $25M, April 2025

S

Seal Security

Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Series A
  • $20M raised
  • Founded 2022

Backports security patches onto the exact open-source versions you already run, including EOL.

Raised $13M Series A led by Vertex Israel, July 2025

Socket

San Francisco, USA

  • Series C
  • $125M raised
  • Founded 2022

Behavioral SCA that blocks malicious packages at install time, before a CVE exists.

Raised $60M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Thrive Capital, May 2026

X

Xygeni

Pamplona, Spain

  • Seed
  • $4M raised
  • Founded 2021

SCA plus malware and pipeline security for teams whose code is increasingly written by agents.

Won Global Infosec awards for ASPM and GenAI application security, 2026

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