Huntress delivers a managed security platform combined with a human-led 24/7 security operations center (SOC) to protect small businesses, small enterprises, and their service providers. Its platform includes Endpoint Detection and Response, Identity Threat Detection and Response, Security Awareness Training, and an anticipated SIEM. The company emphasizes human expertise alongside technology to address threats that software-only solutions can’t match and to manage total cost of ownership at any scale. Led by CEO Kyle Hanslovan and based in Columbia, MD, Huntress offers technology, services, education, and expert SOC coverage. The company plans to use new funding to advance endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS security research and to pursue strategic acquisitions. The platform plus SOC position it to expand capabilities across those security domains. Huntress offers a managed security platform that combines automation and human ThreatOps experts to monitor attack surfaces, detect vulnerabilities and exploits, and protect infrastructure from persistent footholds and ransomware. The company delivers fully-managed threat detection, response, and security awareness capabilities tailored for SMBs and is used by MSPs and MSSPs. Customers and partners include MSPs/MSSPs such as Tech Keys, 1Path, Logically and Intelligent Technical Solutions, which collectively serve nearly a hundred thousand SMBs, and nonprofits like Cascade Environmental, Standard Supply, TELCOR and over a dozen Ronald McDonald’s Charity Houses. Huntress is led by CEO Kyle Hanslovan and is based in Ellicott City, MD. The company intends to use new funds to accelerate enhancements to its platform and pursue market expansion. The Series C brought total equity funding to $118M. Huntress provides a managed security platform and 24/7 threat-hunting services that defend small and mid-sized businesses from persistent footholds, ransomware and other attacks. The company was founded by former NSA cyber operators and is backed by a team of round-the-clock threat hunters. Huntress recently acquired Curricula, a story-based security awareness training platform, and has launched new managed security products. The company secured $40 million of debt financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. Huntress plans to use the capital for M&A, research, product development, and expansion into international markets. Existing investors named in the announcement include JMI Equity Partners, Forgepoint Capital and Gula Tech Adventures. Huntress is an Ellicott City, Md.-based managed detection and response (MDR) provider that pairs a SaaS platform with a skilled ThreatOps team to find and stop attackers who have bypassed preventive tools. The company launched the Huntress Security Platform 10 months before this raise, extending capabilities from persistent malware removal to ransomware detection, port scanning, antivirus management and more. Huntress recently acquired network-aware endpoint detection and response technology from Level Effect. Led by founder and CEO Kyle Hanslovan, the company targets reducing the cost and complexity barriers that prevent small businesses from obtaining enterprise-grade defenses. Huntress sells through more than 1,500 reseller partners who support over 25,000 end customer organizations and has grown to nearly 100 full-time employees. It intends to use the new funding to continue expanding its cybersecurity platform. Huntress provides advanced threat detection and actionable cybersecurity intelligence through a SaaS managed detection and response (MDR) platform for MSPs and VARs. The product delivers expert analysis and actionable insights based on investigations to help corporate IT teams quickly resolve incidents. Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators Kyle Hanslovan, Chris Bisnett, and John Ferrell, the company focuses on protecting small and medium-sized businesses via its channel partners. Huntress protects nearly half a million endpoints today. The company plans to use new funding to accelerate product engineering and development and to expand into additional market segments and geographies.

Total raised

$308M

Funding rounds

5

Latest round

Series D

Latest activity

Jun 2024