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TechCrunch
6 days ago
- Business
- TechCrunch
Security startup Horizon3.ai is raising $100M in new round
a cybersecurity startup that provides tools like autonomous penetration testing, is seeking to raise $100 million in a new funding round and has locked down at least $73 million, the company revealed in an SEC filing this week. NEA led the round, according to two people familiar with the deal. One person said that the startup is believed to be valued upward of $750 million, although TechCrunch couldn't verify whether that valuation is pre- or post-money. Another person believes the company did (or will) sell the whole $100 million, and added that the company is generating about $30 million in annual recurring revenue. Neither Horizon, nor NEA responded to TechCrunch's requests for comment. With this deal, becomes NEA's second major cybersecurity startup investment in less than a month, following Veza's $108 million funding round at an $800 million valuation announced in April. In August 2023, raised $40 million in a Series C round led by Craft Ventures with participation from SignalFire. That round brought the startup's total fundraising to $78.5 million and was aimed to expand its R&D, channel presence, and team of engineers, co-founder CEO Snehal Antani told TechCrunch at the time. Founded in 2019, comprises a team of former U.S. Special Operations cyber operators, entrepreneurs, and cybersecurity experts. Before launching the startup, Antani served as CTO at Splunk and led teams within the U.S. Military's Joint Special Operations Command. With all things AI being deployed across the tech world, AI-powered automated attacks are also on the rise. The San Francisco-based startup helps protect against such attacks with its autonomous threat detection tools. Earlier this month, received FedRAMP authorization, enabling it to sell its wares to federal agencies. It also announced in February that it saw 101% year-on-year revenue growth and exceeding 150% of its Q4 pipeline targets, without sharing specific numbers.
National Post
15-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Horizon3.ai Gains FedRAMP High Authorization, Delivering on Its Commitment to Secure the Public Sector
Article content SAN FRANCISCO — the global leader in offensive security, today announced it has gained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) High Authorization, unlocking the ability to support even the most security-sensitive federal missions. This milestone fulfills previously announced commitment to bring proof-based security to government agencies operating at the highest levels of compliance and risk exposure. Article content Article content newly authorized platform, NodeZero Federal™, is now available to federal agencies under the FedRAMP High baseline. Built upon the proven commercial version of the NodeZero® Offensive Security Platform, NodeZero Federal™ is designed specifically to meet the heightened security and compliance demands of government environments. With this authorization in place, becomes the first and only cybersecurity vendor authorized to deliver continuous, autonomous pentesting within this strict regulatory framework. Article content 'We built NodeZero to help defenders find and fix vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them—and with the FedRAMP High authorization, we're now able to proactively secure critical federal systems,' said Snehal Antani, CEO and Co-founder of 'Our roots are in National Security, and with cyber warfare evolving at an unprecedented pace, we're committed to improving the cyber resilience of the nation's digital infrastructure, with support for Secret and Top Secret systems as our next major focus areas.' Article content This authorization builds on success with Federal partners, such as the NSA Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) program. As part of CCC, powers the NSA's Continuous Autonomous Penetration Testing (CAPT) program, where Defense Industrial Base (DIB) suppliers use NodeZero to act as nation-state-level adversaries, identify and prioritize real attack paths, and continuously validate their defenses. Article content 'With our FedRAMP High authorization, critical suppliers and federal agencies can verify and improve their cybersecurity posture, ensuring that limited resources are focused on fixing problems that truly matter,' said Matt Hartley, CRO at 'These agencies can find, fix, and verify the remediation of CISA Known Exploitable Vulnerabilities (KEV) at scale, ensure their security operations center is effectively detecting and stifling attacks, and that security tools are tuned correctly. Offense drives defense, and no one knows this better than our US Federal customers.' Article content NodeZero Federal helps agencies streamline compliance with key cybersecurity mandates, including NIST SP 800-53—the foundational control framework behind FedRAMP—as well as evolving OMB policies and Executive Orders that require Zero Trust architecture, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 for supply chain assurance, and participation in Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) programs. Article content The NodeZero® Offensive Security Platform by drives continuous exposure management across production infrastructure. With NodeZero, customers overcome barriers of limited security talent and infrequent, expensive penetration testing. They stay ahead of a rapidly-evolving threat landscape with autonomous pentesting, emerging threat intelligence, threat detection, and unified data and reporting. Founded in 2019 by former industry leaders and U.S. National Security veterans, solves diverse use cases across all industries. Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Article content Article content
