Semgrep - About the company
Semgrep is a series D company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2017 by Drew Dennison and Isaac Evans. It operates as a Platform offering code analysis and review solutions. Semgrep has raised $193M in funding from investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Sequoia Capital, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 1212 active competitors, including 133 funded and 66 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Vercel, Snyk and Checkmarx.
Company Details
Platform offering code analysis and review solutions. It leverages AI that analyzes the code and identifies bugs and vulnerabilities. The platform analyzes code in the commit, editor, and CI pipeline. It supports programming languages such as Java, python, and more.
- Website
- semgrep.dev
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@semgrep.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2017
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$193M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Feb 05, 2025
Investors
Ranked
8th among 1212 active competitors
Employee Count
267 as on Sep 30, 2026
Legal entities associated with Semgrep
Semgrep is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
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SEMGREP, INC. CIN: 6394553 , United States, Active | May 15, 2017 | - | - | - |
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Semgrep's funding and investors
Semgrep has raised a total funding of $193M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 29, 2020. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Feb 05, 2025 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. Semgrep has 6 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Semgrep:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Feb 05, 2025 | 3740269 | Series D | 1611641 | 8087776 | 7143362 | 1533237 |
Apr 18, 2023 | 6825551 | Series C | 6337278 | 7436255 | 8459538 | |
Jul 07, 2021 | 8783709 | Series B | 3924847 | 1917127 |
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Semgrep's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Semgrep's key team members:
- Drew Dennison: Co-Founder of Semgrep. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.
- Isaac Evans: Co-Founder & CEO of Semgrep. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Semgrep's employee count trend
Semgrep has 267 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Semgrep's employee count trend over the years:
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Semgrep's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Semgrep include Vercel, Snyk and Checkmarx. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Semgrep, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Vercel 2015, Covina (United States), Series F | Provider of cloud infrastructure and developer tools for web applications | $863M | 82/100 | |
2nd | Snyk 2015, Boston (United States), Series G | Provider of a platform securing code, models, and agents in applications | $1.32B | 78/100 | |
3rd |  Checkmarx 2006, Atlanta (United States), Acquired | Provider of application security platform unifying testing, monitoring, and remediation | $98.5M | 73/100 | |
4th | Cobalt 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Provider of penetration testing as a service and offensive security | $36.6M | 71/100 | |
5th | Synack 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Platform offering security testing solution | $112M | 70/100 | |
6th | HackerOne 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series E | AI powered security testing platform | $159M | 70/100 | |
7th | Veracode 2006, Burlington (United States), Acquired | Provider of software security testing and automated code remediation tools | $107M | 68/100 | |
8th | Semgrep 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Platform offering code analysis and review solutions | $193M | 69/100 | |
9th | Bugcrowd 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series E | Provider of crowdsourced security platform offering vulnerability disclosure and penetration testing | $184M | 66/100 | |
10th |  Code Metal 2023, Boston (United States), Series B | Provider of AI-powered solutions for automated code translation and edge deployment | $184M | 66/100 |
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Semgrep's Investments and acquisitions
Semgrep has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Semgrep
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News related to Semgrep
Filter this listMedia has covered Semgrep for a total of 8 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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Semgrep and Replit Expand Integration to Keep Pace With AI-Generated Code at ScaleBusiness Wire•Aug 11, 2026•Semgrep, Replit
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Semgrep Launches Multimodal, Combining AI Reasoning With Rule-Based Analysis for Detection, Triage, and RemediationBusiness Wire•Mar 19, 2026•Semgrep
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Semgrep Named to Inc.'s 2025 Best in Business List for AI ImplementationPR Newswire•Dec 02, 2025•Semgrep
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Semgrep Named in Fortune's 2025 Cyber 60 List For Third Year in a RowPR Newswire•Oct 30, 2025•Semgrep
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Semgrep Recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security TestingPR Newswire•Oct 14, 2025•Semgrep
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Semgrep Announces $100M Series D Funding to Advance AI-Powered Code SecurityPR Newswire•May 02, 2025•Semgrep, Menlo Ventures
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Verkada Raises $200M in Series E FundingFinSMEs•Feb 19, 2025•Verkada, General Catalyst, Eclipse Ventures, Alkeon Capital Management and 12 others
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Menlo Ventures Leads $100 Million Round in Semgrepsvdaily.com•Feb 12, 2025•Semgrep, Menlo Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Harpoon Ventures and 3 others
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