Orca Security Honored in Notable Capital's Rising in Cyber 2025
Company named to list for second consecutive year; Recognizes most promising cybersecurity companies endorsed by leading CISOs, venture capitalists, and security figures
PORTLAND, Ore., June 04, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orca Security, the pioneer of agentless cloud security, announced today that it has been honored by Notable Capital for its Rising in Cyber 2025. The independent list recognizes the most promising companies shaping the future of security in the eyes of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), venture capital investors, and other security leaders.
Unlike traditional rankings, Rising in Cyber 2025 honorees were selected through a multi-stage process grounded in real-world validation. Leading cybersecurity venture firms submitted nominations, and nearly 150 CISOs and senior security executives voted on the final list, highlighting the companies solving the most urgent challenges facing today's security teams.
"It is a privilege to receive this recognition from the Notable Capital community of security leaders for the second consecutive year," said Gil Geron, Co-Founder and CEO of Orca Security. "This validates the fact that as organizations look for a best-in-breed cloud security partner, they are turning to Orca in record numbers. Our focus on securing our customers and making them more productive while pushing the boundaries of innovation allows us to move the market forward."
Orca joins a cohort that has collectively raised over $7.8 billion according to Pitchbook as of May 2025, and is defining the next era of cybersecurity across key areas like cloud security, identity, application security, agentic AI, and security operations.
"The demand for cybersecurity innovation has never been greater. As the underlying technologies evolve and agentic AI reshapes everything from threat detection to team workflows, we're witnessing a shift from reactive defense to proactive, intelligence-driven operations," said Oren Yunger, Managing Partner at Notable Capital. "What makes this list special is that it reflects real-world validation—honorees were chosen by CISOs who face these challenges every day. Congratulations to this year's Rising in Cyber companies for building the solutions that modern security leaders truly want and need."
In celebration, honorees will be recognized today at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) alongside top security leaders and investors.
Orca's inclusion on Notable Capital's Rising in Cyber 2025 list closely follows the company's strategic acquisition of Opus to lead the company's next phase: evolving from observation and prioritization to agentic AI-based remediation and prevention. By integrating Opus' talent and expertise, Orca is the first CNAPP to not only identify and prioritize cloud security risks but also remediate and prevent them autonomously, at scale, and with ease.
About Orca Security
Orca enables organizations to make cloud security a strategic advantage. With the most comprehensive coverage and visibility across multi-cloud environments, the agentless-first Orca Platform unites teams to eliminate complexities, vulnerabilities and risks. Backed by Temasek, CapitalG, ICONIQ Capital, Redpoint Ventures and others, Orca is trusted by hundreds of organizations, including SAP, Gannett, Autodesk, Unity, Lemonade and Digital Turbine. Connect your first account in minutes: https://orca.security or book a personalized demo.
About Rising in Cyber
Rising in Cyber is an annual list recognizing the most innovative startups in cybersecurity as determined by nearly 150 leading CISOs and cybersecurity executives. Nomination criteria included private, venture-backed companies with a primary product focus on cybersecurity and the U.S. as a primary market. For more information about the honorees, participating investors, and methodology, visit www.risingincyber.com.
About Notable Capital
Notable Capital is a global venture capital firm based in the U.S. focused on early-to-growth-stage companies in cloud infrastructure and business and consumer applications. The firm invests primarily in the U.S., Israel, Europe, and Latin America. Notable Capital portfolio companies include Affirm, Airbnb, Anthropic, Brightwheel, Drata, Fal.ai, Handshake, HashiCorp, Ibotta, Monte Carlo, Neon, Orca Security, Quince, Slack, Stori, Vercel, and more.
Notable Capital is a longtime investor in the global cybersecurity sector. Its investments include Bitsight, Descope, Drata, Gem Security (Acquired by Wiz), HashiCorp ($HCP, Acquired by IBM), Nozomi Networks, Orca Security, Torq, Tonic.io, and Vdoo (Acq by JFrog), and more. More information can be found at www.notablecap.com and @notablecap.
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Contacts
Susie Dougherty, Marketbridge for Orca Security orca@marketbridge.com
Christine Hinton, Notable Capital chinton@notablecap.com
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