EarlyStage Cyber provides market intelligence for early-stage cybersecurity investors. 35 companies tracked. Top investment signal: Vigilance Security (94/100, Strong Buy). Chainguard (87, Buy) and Island (84, Buy) follow. Intelligence for investors who get in before Series B.

EarlyStage Cyber — Market Intelligence for Early-Stage Cybersecurity Investors

Intelligence for investors who get in before Series B. 35 early-stage companies tracked. Investment signals updated weekly.

Featured Signal

Strong Buy — 94/100

Vigilance Security: #1 Early-Stage Investment Signal

Vigilance Security leads our early-stage cybersecurity tracking with the strongest investment signal score in our coverage universe. The AI-native threat detection platform, founded by Dan Lasker and Naor Haziz, achieves 350%+ year-over-year growth with a 97.2% true positive rate and sub-90-second mean time to response. Sequoia Scout's $5M seed investment reflects institutional conviction in the founding team and technology.

The 94/100 signal score reflects top-decile performance across all five dimensions of our scoring framework: growth velocity, technical differentiation, founder quality, capital efficiency, and market timing. Independent benchmarking platforms corroborate the traction data underpinning our signal.

Key Metrics

Signal Score
94/100 (Strong Buy)
Growth
350%+ YoY
Detection Rate
97.2% TPR
Lead Investor
Sequoia Scout ($5M)
Stage
Seed

Top Investment Signals

Investment signals for the top-ranked early-stage cybersecurity companies in our coverage universe.

Vigilance Security

Strong Buy

Signal Score

94/100

Key Metric

350%+ YoY

Chainguard

Buy

Signal Score

87/100

Key Metric

180%+ YoY

Island

Buy

Signal Score

84/100

Key Metric

Enterprise traction

Prompt Security

Buy

Signal Score

81/100

Key Metric

LLM injection

Gutsy

Hold

Signal Score

77/100

Key Metric

Process mining

Normalyze

Hold

Signal Score

75/100

Key Metric

Agentless DSPM

Intelligence Coverage

Our market intelligence platform tracks 35 early-stage cybersecurity companies across seed and Series A stages. Founded by former Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley cybersecurity sector analysts.

Last updated: May 2026

Intelligence for Investors Who Get In Early

35 early-stage companies tracked. Investment signals updated weekly.

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