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10 Cybersecurity Startups To Watch In 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.crn.com\/news\/security\/2025\/10-cybersecurity-startups-to-watch-in-2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-05 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.crn.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ve selected 10 up-and-coming, partner-friendly security startups that are on our radar for 2026.<\/p>\n

Cybersecurity Startups To Watch
\n For early-stage cybersecurity vendors just getting ready to launch into the market, investing heavily in direct sales may seem like the usual area to focus first. But the central role played by solution and service providers in securing customers has caused some startups to take a different approach. For startups such as Orchid Security, launching as a channel-first company has made a lot more sense as a way to gain early velocity and credibility with customers, according to Orchid CRO Trish Cagliostro.
\n [Related: 10 Hot AI Security Startups To Know In 2025]
\n After spending three years helping to drive stunning growth at Wiz as vice president of global channels, Cagliostro joined identity security startup Orchid Security with an aim toward making the vendor a partner-focused company from the get-go. \u201cWe want it to be crystal clear to the market that we are a channel company from day one,\u201d Cagliostro told CRN.
\n As part of CRN\u2019s coverage looking ahead to 2026, we\u2019re highlighting 10 cybersecurity startups \u2014at the Series C funding level or earlier\u2014that have been on our radar for delivering novel approaches to protecting businesses and engaging with channel partners. Our list of cybersecurity startups to watch in 2026 includes early-stage companies providing identity security, exposure management and data security.
\n What follows are the details on 10 cybersecurity startups to watch in 2026.<\/p>\n

Cavelo
\n Founded: 2021
\n CEO: James Mignacca
\n Cavelo offers an attack surface management platform with a range of capabilities including data discovery and classification, asset discovery, identity access management and vulnerability management. In particular, Cavelo excels at providing attack surface management capabilities for hybrid environments \u2014 something that is crucial in the increasingly hybrid world of customers today, said Wayne Hunter, president and CEO of AvTek Solutions, an Allen, Texas-based MSP and Cavelo partner. Larry Meador, a channel veteran who joined Cavelo as channel chief in January 2025, has been spearheading the efforts around growing the startup\u2019s MSP partner ranks.<\/p>\n

ConductorOne
\n Founded: 2020
\n CEO: Alex Bovee
\n ConductorOne is an identity governance startup focused on agentic AI, with its platform that brings together identity governance and administration (IGA), identity and access management (IAM) and privileged access management (PAM) into a single platform. The startup\u2019s platform \u201cautomates identity security end to end, eliminating the manual work traditionally required,\u201d the company said in a news release. In October 2025, ConductorOne announced raising a $79 million Series B round led by Greycroft. ConductorOne offers deal registration and works with resellers, service providers consultants and other channels, according to the company.<\/p>\n

Evo Security
\n Founded: 2018
\n CEO: Michael Roth
\n Evo Security offers an identity and access management (IAM) platform that\u2019s built specifically for meeting the needs of MSPs. The Evo Security platform brings together multiple capabilities including privileged access management (PAM), multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO) and help desk verification, which provides a strong alternative to the \u201cpiecemealing\u201d approaches that many MSPs have been forced to take in the past, Roth told CRN. In June 2025, the startup debuted Evo End User Elevation, a tool for providing AI-powered privilege elevation to streamline the request process. Evo Security is working with several hundred MSPs and is looking to ramp up its recruitment of new MSPs, Roth said.<\/p>\n

Orchid Security
\n Founded: 2024
\n CEO: Roy Katmor
\n Orchid Security offers technology that aims to accelerate the deployment of identity security tools through an orchestration platform powered in part by LLMs. The startup\u2019s offering\u2014which can also reduce the cost of utilizing identity and access management\u2014ultimately serves to secure highly complex identity environments for the enterprise, Orchid said. In January 2025, the startup announced raising $36 million in seed funding led by Team8 and Intel Capital. In April 2025, Orchid Security announced the hire of Trish Cagliostro, formerly the vice president of channels and alliances at Wiz, as its CRO as the startup pursues a channel-focused growth strategy. GuidePoint Security, No. 30 on CRN\u2019s Solution Provider 500 for 2025, is a key early partner for Orchid, according to the company.<\/p>\n

Ray Security
\n Founded: 2024
\n CEO: Ariel Zamir
\n Ray Security offers an AI-powered data security platform that stands out by using advanced data classification and permission analysis to provide predictive capabilities, which can dramatically enhance protection of an organization\u2019s data, Zamir told CRN. Based on analyzing past access patterns, Ray Security dynamically introduces appropriate safeguards for each of the two different classes of data\u2014with stricter access requirements implemented for the data that won\u2019t be needed immediately. Key channel partners for Ray Security include BlackLake Security, No. 311 on CRN\u2019s Solution Provider 500 for 2025. For BlackLake\u2019s customers, Ray Security\u2019s technology is \u201creally going to solve some big problems that we\u2019re seeing, day in and day out,\u201d said Mark Jones, founder and CEO of Austin, Texas-based BlackLake Security. \u201cWe think it\u2019s a paradigm shift\u2014a big one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reach Security
\n Founded: 2020
\n CEO: Garrett Hamilton
\n Reach Security offers an AI-powered approach to addressing exposure management, with a focus on providing greater visibility, prioritization and remediation for security risks. The Reach platform enables teams to more easily identify and fix exposures such as vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and other weaknesses across both SaaS and on-premises environments. Recently introduce capabilities include ConfigIQ Drift, which is a virtual assistant for defining detection of configuration drift and enforcing policies without need for deep technical skills. Key partners of Reach Security have included Evotek, No. 92 on the 2025 CRN Solution Provider 500, which has been helping the startup with their go-to-market strategy and hiring, according to Evotek Founder and CEO Cesar Enciso.<\/p>\n

Reflectiz
\n Founded: 2016
\n CEO: Idan Cohen
\n Reflectiz offers a continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) platform for monitoring and protecting websites against threats from third parties. The tool works by detecting scripts and data flows across a site rather than inside the browser as an extension would, according to Reflectiz. Tevora, an Irvine, Calif.-based consultancy specializing in cybersecurity and compliance, has found that the Reflectiz offering brings a non-intrusive approach to web security, according to Joshua Jones, a regional vice president of sales at Tevora. That helps substantially with meeting regulatory requirements such as PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance, Jones told CRN. In October 2025, Reflectiz raised $22 million in a Series B funding round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners.<\/p>\n

VulnCheck
\n Founded: 2021
\n CEO: Anthony Bettini
\n VulnCheck provides exploit intelligence to security teams through delivering machine-readable threat data, in contrast to approaches focused on creating threat intelligence reports that must be read by security analysts, Bettini told CRN. The machine-readable information provided by VulnCheck\u2014which is typically fed into an organization\u2019s data lake\u2014automatically enables improved defense against threats, he said. \u201cIt\u2019s threat intel for machines and automation, not threat intel for people to read,\u201d Bettini said. In August 2025, VulnCheck launched its first formal partner program, and key partners include Optiv, No. 28 on CRN\u2019s Solution Provider 500 for 2025.<\/p>\n

Zafran Security
\n Founded: 2022
\n CEO: Sanaz Yashar
\n Threat exposure management startup Zafran announced in August 2025 that it\u2019s launching a new agentless tool for continuous discovery of vulnerabilities. The new Zafran Detector offering utilizes existing agents and other security controls in order to discover new vulnerabilities, the company said. The tool then assesses whether the detected vulnerabilities are actually exploitable, Zafran said. Ultimately, \u201cwe really solve the problem of exploitability,\u201d Yashar told CRN. Key channel partners of the startup include GuidePoint Security, Optiv, World Wide Technology, Trace3 and Defy Security.<\/p>\n

Zero Networks
\n Founded: 2019
\n CEO: Benny Lakunishok
\n Zero Networks offers a network microsegmentation platform that aims to be easier to deploy, without a need for software agents like many other technologies in the sector. In March 2025, Zero Networks disclosed that it is targeting a major MSP recruitment push to bring network microsegmentation into the underserved MSP market. In June 2025, Zero Networks announced raising a $55 million Series C funding round led by Highland Europe.<\/p>\n

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