Defendify
Commerce · Information Security
$12.4Mtotal raised · 8 rounds on record
3open roles
$6.5Mlatest round · Venture round · Sep 2026 · 1 mo ago
1backers · FreshTracks Capital
Overview
Defendify: the All-In-One Cybersecurity® Platform with 13 essential tools, including managed detection, response, and phishing simulations.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$12.4M
8 rounds on record
Latest round
$6.5M
Venture round · Sep 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
5
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
FreshTracks Capital
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
43/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 13
Board appointment Joseph Henderson, Director · SEC Form D
Sep 29
Raised a round Venture round $6.5M · SEC Form D
Oct 23, 2025
Took on debt financing $1.4M · SEC Form D
Jan 29, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $2.5M · SEC Form D
Apr 20, 2023
Took on debt financing $2.4M · SEC Form D
Feb 1, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $1.4M · SEC Form D
Aug 30, 2021
Took on debt financing $175k · SEC Form D
Nov 6, 2020
Took on debt financing $960k · SEC Form D
Jan 29, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $2M · Security Info Watch
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Sep 2026 | $6.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Oct 2025 | $1.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jan 2025 | $2.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Apr 2023 | $2.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Feb 2022 | $1.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Aug 2021 | $175k | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Nov 2020 | $960k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jan 2020 | $2M | — | Security Info Watch |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Defendify, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Robert SimopoulosExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
T. RinaldiExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Rob SimopoulosExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Jobs
≈ $134k – $232k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · United States
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
PostgreSQL
NATS
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
OpenTofu
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≈ $85k – $194k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Portland
TCP/IP
DNS
Cybersecurity
SIEM
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≈ $116k – $203k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · United States
Agile
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Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
$83k
Median offered salary
5
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Information security analysts
1
In the register as Defendify, Inc., Portland, ME
Other sponsors in the same field
Harbor IT 
Digitsec
Infovision Solutions
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 12, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
75/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
5
3 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
14 days
faster than 68% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
44% ▼
Backend
11% ▲
Security
11% ▼
Product
11% ▼
Design
11% ▲
Finance
11% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Figma to stack
Oct 2026
Added Canva to stack
Oct 2026
Added JavaScript to stack
Oct 2026
Added Vue.js to stack
Oct 2026
Added PostgreSQL to stack
Oct 2026
Added OpenTofu to stack
Oct 2026
Added Node JS to stack
Oct 2026
Added NATS to stack
Oct 2026
Added Go to stack
Oct 2026
New location: Portland
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Oct 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$17.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
8
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | $6.5M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2025 | $1.4M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $2.5M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2023 | $2.4M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | $1.4M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2021 | $175k | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2020 | $960k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | $2M | Details |
People
Robert Simopoulos
Executive Officer, Director
T. Rinaldi
Executive Officer, Director
Rob Simopoulos
Executive Officer, Director
Jerry King
Director
Joe Raczka
Director
Norman Menz
Director
Norman Mentz
Director
Joseph Henderson
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Defendify over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
12
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
69/100
Languages
Go
Node JS
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
Vue.js
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Figma
NATS
SIEM
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12 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Connections
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News
Defendify Earns Third Straight Inc. 5000 Honor by Making Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity Accessible to All Organizations
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Report
Defendify Brings 24/7 Cybersecurity Protection to Water Utilities as a Founding Provider of the New Water Watch Center
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Report
SOC as a Service: What It Is and How It Works in 2026
Last updated: July 2026 Building an in-house security operations center is out of reach for most organizations. Staffing a 24/7 SOC means hiring and retaining a rotating team of security analysts in one of the tightest labor markets in tech, plus the tool
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Report
Breach detection and response added to Defendify
Defendify's 13th module is a 24/7 cyber alarm system to proactively detect, protect, and contain the sophisticated attacks now targeting small and midsized businesses
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Report
SaaS Cybersecurity Platform Company Defendify Secures $2 Million
Defendify, an all-in-one SaaS cybersecurity platform developer, announced it raised $2 million.
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Report
Defendify Raises $2 Million in Funding
Funds will expand its All-In-One Cybersecurity Platform for Small Businesses
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Report
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Portland
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Portland
United States
HQ
Portland
United States
Regional office
Glossary
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Security
5 Moulton Street, 6th Floor Portland, ME 04101