CISO-Voted List Recognizes the 30 Private Cybersecurity Companies Shaping Enterprise Security in the Age of AI
Terra Security, a pioneer in Agentic Offensive Security, today announced its inclusion in Rising in Cyber 2026, an independent annual list launched by Notable Capital to recognize the 30 most promising private cybersecurity startups. Now in its third year, Rising in Cyber has become a trusted signal of what is actually moving the needle in enterprise security.
Unlike traditional rankings, Rising in Cyber honorees are selected through voting by 150 active CISOs and senior security executives; the result is a reliable signal of what security teams are actually adopting to address their most urgent challenges.
Terra joins a cohort that has collectively raised over $6.9 billion, according to PitchBook, and is defining the next generation of cybersecurity across critical areas, including identity and access management, agentic AI security, security operations, and application defense.
The 2026 honorees were named alongside the release of the Rising in Cyber 2026 Report, produced in collaboration with Morgan Stanley. The report draws on CISO survey data and market analysis to map how the cybersecurity industry is evolving from AI agents reshaping security operations to a historic surge in strategic M&A, and separates signal from noise for investors, operators, and security leaders.
“Security is now moving from a constraint to an enabler on how fast AI can actually scale inside the enterprise. The 150 CISOs who voted on this list understand that better than anyone,” said Oren Yunger, Managing Partner, Notable Capital. “Congratulations to this year’s Rising in Cyber honorees for earning their trust.”
Honorees will be recognized at a private event on May 12 at the New York Stock Exchange in San Francisco alongside top security leaders and investors.
“Being recognized by the CISOs behind Rising in Cyber is a testament to how we’re helping organizations shift offensive security for the AI era,” said Shahar Peled, CEO and co-founder of Terra Security. “The challenge is no longer whether AI can automate security testing, but whether organizations can safely operationalize AI to perform the most invasive forms of proactive security inside real enterprise environments. Terra was built to solve that problem by combining autonomous testing with the governance, guardrails, and human oversight enterprises need to validate and remediate real-world risk at scale.”
Founded in 2024, Terra is building the infrastructure layer for security in the emerging agent economy, where AI-driven systems continuously interact across enterprise applications, cloud environments, APIs, and AI-powered workflows. Terra’s platform combines autonomous AI agents with human oversight to deliver continuous penetration testing aligned to code changes and evolving attack surfaces, helping organizations validate real exploitability in production environments.
Since launch, the company has rapidly expanded its enterprise footprint, securing Fortune 100 customers and long-term agreements across highly regulated industries, including healthcare and financial services. In September 2025, Terra announced a $30 million Series A funding round led by Felicis with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, SVCI, and existing investors to accelerate development of its agent-native offensive security platform.
Terra has also earned industry recognition for both its technology and market vision, including winning the AWS, CrowdStrike, and NVIDIA Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator in 2025.
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