When was Phylum founded?

Phylum was founded in 2020 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Phylum located?

Phylum is headquartered in Evergreen, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Phylum?

Aaron Bray of Phylum. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Phylum have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Phylum is 6.

Is Phylum a funded company?

Phylum is a funded company, having raised a total of $19.5M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jun 23, 2021.

When was the latest funding round of Phylum?

Phylum's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on May 03, 2022, with participation from 3 investors. Its primary sector is Cybersecurity. In United States, the Cybersecurity sector has seen $8.24B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Phylum rank among its competitors?

Phylum ranks 63rd amongst 367 active competitors, of which 76 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Reco, which secured $55M in Sep, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Phylum?

Phylum's top competitors include Darktrace, Behavox and BlueVoyant. Among them, Reco secured the most recent funding round in September, 2026.

Phylum - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Provider of cloud-based application vulnerability assessment solutions provider. It is a provider of cloud-based application vulnerability assessment solutions. The features of the product include threat and reputation analysis, technical debt identification, risk assessment, etc.

Website: phylum.io
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Email ID: *****@phylum.io
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2020

Location

Evergreen, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$19.5M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, May 03, 2022, $*****

Investors

ClearSky & 11 more

Ranked

63^rd among 367 active competitors

Employee Count

6 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

BlueVoyant & 287 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Veracode (Jan 06, 2025)

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Phylum got acquired by Veracode on Jan 06, 2025.

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Phylum has raised a total funding of $19.5M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 23, 2021. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on May 03, 2022 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Phylum has 9 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Phylum:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
May 03, 2022	1953153	Series A	3820565	8520461	1132651	6120250
Jun 23, 2021	6373531	Seed	2823267	9855816	FIRST IN	TechOperators & 5 more

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The founders of Phylum are Louis Lang, Pete Morgan and Aaron Bray. Aaron Bray is the CEO of Phylum.

Here are the details of Phylum's key team members:

Louis Lang: Co-Founder, CTO of Phylum.
Pete Morgan: CSO and Co-founder of Phylum.
Aaron Bray: Co-Founder & CEO of Phylum and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses

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Phylum's employee count trend

Phylum has 6 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Phylum's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Phylum include Darktrace, Behavox and BlueVoyant. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Phylum, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Darktrace 2013, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Acquired	Developer of artificial intelligence software for automated enterprise cybersecurity defense	$239M	Vitruvian Partners, Summit Partners & 20 others	72/100
2nd	Behavox 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series C	Provider of AI-driven platform for regulatory compliance and risk management	$343M	Citi, SoftBank Vision Fund & 32 others	68/100
3rd	BlueVoyant 2017, New York City (United States), Series E	Cloud native cyber defense platform	$696M	Liberty Strategic Capital, Temasek & 17 others	67/100
4th	Vectra AI 2010, San Jose (United States), Series F	Provider of AI-driven platform for cyberattack detection and response services	$425M	TCV, Wipro Ventures & 24 others	66/100
5th	Censys 2015, Ann Arbor (United States), Series D	Exposure management and threat hunting solutions	$143M	Google Ventures, Morgan Stanley & 11 others	66/100
6th	Red Canary 2014, Denver (United States), Acquired	Provider of managed detection and response across diverse IT environments	$135M	Summit Partners, Noro-Moseley Partners & 6 others	65/100
7th	Reco 2020, New York City (United States), Series C	AI based sensitive data management software	$140M	Zeev Ventures, Insight Partners & 11 others	64/100
8th	DTEX 2002, San Jose (United States), Series E	Provider of behavior analytics based insider threat detection	$138M	Northgate Capital, CapitalG & 5 others	63/100
9th	Reliaquest 2007, Tampa (United States), Series E	Developer of agentic AI security operations platform for threat containment	$1.13B	KKR, EQT & 7 others	63/100
10th	SilverSky 1997, Morrisville (United States), Acquired	Cloud security and compliance solution company	$31.5M	ITOCHU, Catalpa & 6 others	62/100
63rd	Phylum 2020, Evergreen (United States), Acquired	Provider of cloud-based application vulnerability assessment solutions provider	$19.5M	ClearSky, FIRST IN & 10 others	43/100