Top Cybersecurity Startups 2026: Biggest Rounds, Most Valuable Companies & Top Investors

Value Add VC has tracked 18 Cybersecurity venture rounds in 2026 totaling $3.9B. Ranked below: the biggest rounds, the companies that raised the most in 2026 and the ones with the highest reported valuations, and the most active lead investors.

Security, identity and privacy startups: endpoint, cloud and AI security, and the rounds funding them. Private companies only; rounds tracked by Value Add VC, not a market total.

Methodology

Rounds tracked by Value Add VC from filings, wire releases and news outlets โ€” not a total for the whole market or a complete list of every Cybersecurity company. Data window: 2026 year-to-date for the biggest rounds, the companies that raised the most, and lead-investor rankings. Companies by valuation show each company's latest reported valuation (since mid-2025) โ€” an older figure is left off rather than shown as current.

Ranked by dollar amount (rounds, companies by funding), by latest reported figure (companies by valuation), and by number of tracked deals led (investors). Public companies, debt, fund closes, acquisitions and unverified/rumored rounds are excluded.

Last updated 2026-10-14. Missing a company or round? Submit it โ†’

Biggest Cybersecurity rounds, 2026 year-to-date

#DateCompanyStageAmountLed bySource
1Jul 10, 2026KeyfactorUndisclosed$1BSummit PartnersCrunchbase News
2Jun 10, 2026CyeraSeries G$600MEvolution Equity Partnersno source link
3Sep 24, 2026CyeraSeries G (Extension)$400MGoldman Sachs AlternativesCyera press release
4Sep 24, 2026IslandSeries F$400MEvolution Equity PartnersSiliconANGLE
5Jun 18, 2026DreamUndisclosed$260MBicycle Capital, Group 11PR Newswire / Reuters
6Aug 3, 2026Horizon3.aiSeries E$250MNightDragon, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)TechCrunch
7Jul 28, 2026Spur IntelligenceUndisclosed$200MInsight PartnersTechCrunch
8Jul 29, 2026ThreatLockerSeries F$190MElephantSecurityWeek
9May 20, 2026ThreatLockerUndisclosed$189.2Mโ€”SEC EDGAR Form D
10Jun 16, 2026Ent.AISeed$100MDecibelSecurityWeek
11Aug 4, 2026Obsidian SecuritySeries D$85MCrescent Cove AdvisorsAxios
12Jul 15, 2026OakUndisclosed$60Mโ€”TechCrunch
13Jul 10, 2026VerkadaUndisclosed$41.2Mโ€”SEC EDGAR Form D
14Jul 23, 2026AegisAISeries A$36MBattery VenturesPR Newswire
15Sep 17, 2026Comp AISeries A$34MRoo Capital, Grand VenturesTechCrunch

Cybersecurity companies that raised the most in 2026

#Company2026 tracked fundingTracked roundsLatest round
1Cyera$1.0B2Sep 24, 2026
2Keyfactor$1.0B1Jul 10, 2026
3Island$400M1Sep 24, 2026
4ThreatLocker$379M2Jul 29, 2026
5Dream$260M1Jun 18, 2026
6Horizon3.ai$250M1Aug 3, 2026
7Spur Intelligence$200M1Jul 28, 2026
8Ent.AI$100M1Jun 16, 2026
9Obsidian Security$85M1Aug 4, 2026
10Oak$60M1Jul 15, 2026
11Verkada$41M1Jul 10, 2026
12AegisAI$36M1Jul 23, 2026
13Comp AI$34M1Sep 17, 2026
14Lasso Security$30M1Sep 2, 2026
15Abstract$25M1Jul 23, 2026

Most valuable Cybersecurity companies (latest reported valuation, since mid-2025)

#CompanyValuationAs ofSource
1Cyera$12B2026-09-24Cyera press release
2Island$6.4B2026-09-24Island
3Horizon3.ai$2B+2026-08-03TechCrunch
4ThreatLocker$1.6B2025-11Wikipedia

Not enough tracked lead-investor data yet for Cybersecurity.

Latest Cybersecurity rounds (last 30 days)

#DateCompanyStageAmountLed bySource
1Sep 24, 2026CyeraSeries G (Extension)$400MGoldman Sachs AlternativesCyera press release
2Sep 24, 2026IslandSeries F$400MEvolution Equity PartnersSiliconANGLE
3Sep 17, 2026Comp AISeries A$34MRoo Capital, Grand VenturesTechCrunch

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