Top Security Startups in 2027

Zimperium develops Mobile Unified Threat Management console (zConsole™) bundled with an Intrusion Prevention System (zIPS™) for Smartphones and Tablets. As employers increasingly adopt the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, the organization’s most valuable information becomes vulnerable and accessible to malicious entities. zIPS™ protects the device and prevent attacks in real time.

Fingerprint empowers developers to stop online fraud at the source. We work on turning radical new ideas in the fraud detection space into reality. Our products are developer-focused and our clients range from solo developers to publicly traded companies. Some of our customers include: Target, checkout.com, coinbase and Yahoo! just to name a few. We are a globally dispersed, 100% remote company with a strong open-source focus. Our flagship open source project is Fingerprint (16K stars on GitHub). We have raised $44M and are backed by Craft Ventures (previously invested in Tesla, Facebook, Airbnb), Nexus VP (previously invested in Postman, Hasura) and Uncorrelated Ventures (previously invested in Redis, Rollbar & Gradle). Our highly-talented staff have: attended a top 10 US university, extensive startup experience, been finalists in international competitions, and worked at and with well-known tech companies. See what it is like from our Glassdoor reviews.

Monarx protects web environments against attack. Our cloud delivered server protection provides continuous real-time malicious script detection and proactive prevention without using signatures. We also offer a free hunting and remediation engine for web shells/backdoors. Our solution hardens servers and applications reducing the attack surface, by providing actionable intelligence about web security posture based on real world best practices. Monarx is leading the way in non-signature based post exploit prevention.

Squadra Ventures is a venture capital firm led by founder-operators that invests in early stage cyber and national security companies advancing the critical edge. Grounded in the belief that success is a combination of people, product, and planning, the Squadra team provides transformational support to startup leaders in the complex dual-use technology ecosystem. By applying a growth-stage mindset at the seed stage and a commitment to building alongside entrepreneurs, Squadra empowers extraordinary teams to win and leave a lasting positive impact on the world.

CheckRed offers a cloud security solution that helps to detect, prioritize, and remediate cloud security risks faster. CheckRed provides a thorough, relevant, and actionable assessment of a client's current cloud environment risk. It enables organizations to focus on their core competencies by quickly identifying and resolving issues.

OLOID is a passwordless authentication platform tailored for frontline workers and shared devices. Fortune 500 companies in manufacturing, retail, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and other frontline industries rely on OLOID to securely authenticate deskless workers using non-smartphone enabled factors such as face, NFC, RFID badges, etc., all while meeting strict security and regulatory requirements. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, OLOID is backed by leading investors including Dell Technologies Capital, Yaletown Partners, Honeywell Ventures, Okta Ventures, Unusual Ventures, and Emergent Capital.

NetContinuum provided web application firewalls, enabling application controllers to secure and manage enterprise web applications. Barracuda acquired NetContinuum in September 2007.

CondcutorOne is a seed-stage startup building new tools for Authorization and permissions management in Cloud Applications and Infrastructure.

Axio360 is the only cyber risk management platform to align security leaders, business leaders, and Boards of Directors around a single source of truth about their most critical corporate risks.

ARC's product includes a sensor suite combined with a software and analytics platform offering real-time feedback on firearms usage. Curious? Reach out to learn more!