The most active cybersecurity startup investors
630 investors hold three or more cybersecurity startups each, 2,863 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (195), Techstars (122) and Plug and Play (116). 92 of them are accelerators.
Investors by their portfolio companiesRebuilt 7 Nov 2026
investors
630
portfolio startups
2,863
of them raised in 12 months
27
accelerators
92
Investors backing startups worldwide
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States · HarnessRouter, The Vibe Company, Paper Star | 195 | 254 | Oct 2026 |
 TechstarsAccelerator · United States · Certa.ai, Puppet, Nimis | 122 | 97 | Oct 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · RapidFort, Trulioo, Proofpoint | 116 | 155 | Nov 2026 |
 Insight PartnersVenture capital · United States · Arctic Wolf, CrowdStrike, Omnissa | 108 | 81 | Oct 2026 |
 AccelVenture capital · United States · Sprinto, Tines, PagerDuty | 83 | 83 | Oct 2026 |
 Bessemer Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · Cisco Systems, PagerDuty, Dashlane | 53 | 70 | Oct 2026 |
 Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · Netskope, Ketryx, Wiz | 49 | 85 | Nov 2026 |
 Andreessen HorowitzVenture capital · United States · Cowrie, Armadin, Wiz | 48 | 102 | Nov 2026 |
 500 GlobalAccelerator · United States · Authlete, UpGuard, AppZen | 48 | 35 | Oct 2026 |
 AntlerAccelerator · Singapore · Teddy, CodeIntegrity, Caspr. | 47 | 53 | Nov 2026 |
 EndeavorAccelerator · United States · Aldeamo, JumpCloud, Solidgate | 46 | 55 | Oct 2026 |
 Cisco InvestmentsVenture capital · United States · Wiz, Motorola Solutions, Expel | 45 | 18 | Sep 2026 |
 Sequoia CapitalVenture capital · United States · Wiz, Chainguard, Cribl | 43 | 90 | Nov 2026 |
 GVVenture capital · United States · Cribl, Pindrop, Alkira | 42 | 57 | Oct 2026 |
 NEAVenture capital · United States · Adobe, Cisco Systems, PagerDuty | 42 | 38 | Oct 2026 |
 Ballistic VenturesAccelerator · United States · Darktrace, CrowdStrike, Stellar Cyber | 40 | 11 | Oct 2026 |
 General CatalystVenture capital · United States · Illumio, SonarSource, Verkada | 39 | 122 | Nov 2026 |
 Menlo VenturesVenture capital · United States · Adobe, DocuSign, F5 | 37 | 46 | Oct 2026 |
 1011vcVenture capital · Darktrace, Point Wild, Aura | 36 | 7 | Sep 2026 |
 Evolution Equity PartnersVenture capital · United States · Arctic Wolf, Quantexa, Snyk | 34 | 11 | Oct 2026 |
 Paladin Capital GroupVenture capital · United States · Elastic, Bugcrowd, SandboxAQ | 32 | 8 | Sep 2026 |
 Battery VenturesVenture capital · United States · CrowdStrike, Adacore, Cheq | 31 | 35 | Sep 2026 |
 Kleiner PerkinsVenture capital · United States · Cisco Systems, Chainguard, Alkira | 30 | 49 | Nov 2026 |
 Index VenturesVenture capital · United Kingdom · Stytch, Transcend, Venice | 29 | 69 | Oct 2026 |
 GreylockVenture capital · United States · 7AI, Bedrock Data, Rubrik | 28 | 26 | Nov 2026 |
 Crosspoint Capital PartnersPrivate equity · United States · Ent, ExtraHop, Clearly Ai | 28 | 5 | Sep 2026 |
 Redpoint VenturesVenture capital · United States · Adobe, SentinelOne, Cribl | 27 | 40 | Oct 2026 |
 Sapphire VenturesVenture capital · Huntress, Sumo Logic, JumpCloud | 26 | 27 | Oct 2026 |
 CRVVenture capital · United States · Tailscale, Cribl, Datadog | 25 | 26 | Oct 2026 |
 SixThirtyAccelerator · United States · AiPrise, Check Point Software Technologies, KnowBe4 | 25 | 9 | Sep 2026 |
 High-Tech GründerfondsAccelerator · Germany · Hornetsecurity, PXL Vision, Raidboxes | 24 | 47 | Nov 2026 |
 FelicisVenture capital · United States · Ring, SentinelOne, Rubrik | 24 | 34 | Oct 2026 |
 Dreamit VenturesAccelerator · United States · Aurva, Abode, Eve Security | 24 | 3 | Aug 2026 |
 Soma CapitalVenture capital · United States · Secureframe, Ironclad, MindFort AI | 23 | 60 | Oct 2026 |
 SYN VenturesVenture capital · Vectra AI, Halcyon, Query | 23 | 5 | Aug 2026 |
 CyberstartsVenture capital · Israel · Wiz, Zscaler, CrowdStrike | 21 | 10 | Oct 2026 |
 TLV PartnersVenture capital · Israel · Pluto Security, Rubrik, Check Point Software Technologies | 21 | 8 | Sep 2026 |
 Clear SkyVenture capital · Query, ProcessUnity, Ubicquia® | 21 | 3 | Sep 2026 |
 Salesforce VenturesVenture capital · United States · DocuSign, Drata, Forter | 20 | 22 | Sep 2026 |
 Vista Equity PartnersPrivate equity · United States · Adobe, Assent, Mitratech | 20 | 1 | Dec 2025 |
The most backed startups worldwide
| Startup | Investors in this list |
|---|---|
 Cisco Systems | 25 |
 DocuSign | 18 |
 Proofpoint | 17 |
 Palo Alto Networks | 16 |
 Cyera | 16 |
 Cohesity | 15 |
 Chainalysis | 15 |
 Adobe | 15 |
 Snyk | 14 |
 Datadog | 13 |
 Wiz | 12 |
 Sift | 12 |
 Check Point Software Technologies | 12 |
 Netskope | 12 |
 Intra Links | 12 |
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Who invests in cybersecurity startups?
630 investors hold three or more cybersecurity startups each, 2,863 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Y Combinator (195), Techstars (122) and Plug and Play (116). 92 of them are accelerators.
How is this list built?
From what each investor holds: the portfolio page it publishes, the Y Combinator directory and the announced rounds that name it. An investor counts for a sector when at least three of its portfolio companies are based there; the list is rebuilt every night from 2,414 portfolios.
Source: investors' portfolio pages and announced rounds, 2,414 portfoliosUpdated 7 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0