Minimum disclosed cumulative funding of listed companies, by category
n = 173153 of 173 (88%) have a disclosed total; 7 are lower bounds counted at their floorAs of 2026-10-26
Of listed companies. Curated, alive-only, not exhaustive.
Method: Sum of each company's latest disclosed total funding, in USD. Values like "$400M+" count at their stated floor, so every bar is a minimum. Next to each bar: companies with a figure of companies listed, and lower bounds.
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Numbers as a table
| Category | At least (USD) | With a figure | Lower bounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data security | $3.43B | 12 of 12 | 3 |
| Detection and response | $3.14B | 17 of 18 | 0 |
| Cloud security | $2.97B | 17 of 17 | 0 |
| Identity and access | $2.1B | 16 of 17 | 1 |
| Email and collaboration | $2.09B | 11 of 11 | 1 |
| AI security | $1.47B | 19 of 21 | 0 |
| Offensive and exposure | $1.45B | 11 of 14 | 0 |
| Software supply chain | $1.28B | 10 of 12 | 0 |
| Endpoint and browser | $1.05B | 9 of 11 | 0 |
| Application security | $998M | 13 of 16 | 0 |
| API and runtime | $834M | 6 of 8 | 1 |
| Secrets and non-human identity | $523M | 12 of 12 | 1 |
| Third-party risk | none disclosed | 0 of 4 | 0 |