Snyk - About the company
Snyk is a series G company based in Boston (United States), founded in 2015 by Danny Grander and Assaf Hefetz. It operates as a Provider of a platform securing code, models, and agents in applications. Snyk has raised $1.32B in funding from investors like Accel, Boldstart Ventures and Tiger Global Management, with a current valuation of $8.5B. The company has 496 active competitors, including 87 funded and 56 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Checkmarx, Veracode and HackerOne.
Sectors and market segments that Snyk operate in
Snyk serves in the Native AI market segments.The primary business model of Snyk is:Company Details
Provider of a platform securing code, models, and agents in applications. The platform offers tools for application security, software supply chain security, and fixing vulnerabilities. It provides resources such as a vulnerability database, security education, and documentation. The platform helps organizations secure development, reduce business risk, and accelerate software delivery.
- Website
- snyk.io
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@snyk.io
- Registered Address
- Highlands House Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, Berkshire, England, RG7 1NT
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Boston, United States
Stage
Series G
Total Funding
$1.32B in 17 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$8.5B as on Apr 10, 2024
Ranked
1st among 496 active competitors
Annual Revenue
£147M as on Dec 31, 2022
Employee Count
1,207 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Legal entities associated with Snyk
Snyk is associated with 3 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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SNYK, INC. CIN: 6138426 , United States, Active | Aug 30, 2016 | - | 513 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
SNYK LIMITED CIN: 9677925 , Germany, Active | Jul 08, 2015 | $8.58M (As on Dec 31, 2019) | 1086 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | |
Snyk Limited CIN: 9677925 , United Kingdom, Active | Jul 08, 2015 | $182M (As on Dec 31, 2022) | 6 (As on Dec 31, 2016) |
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Snyk's funding and investors
Snyk has raised a total funding of $1.32B over 17 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 06, 2016. Snyk has 56 institutional investors and 21 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Snyk:
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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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Apr 10, 2024 | $25M | Series G | $8.5B | 19.8x | - | - |
Jan 19, 2023 | $25M | Series G | $6.43B | 29.9x | - | |
Dec 12, 2022 | $196M | Series G | $6.37B | 33.4x |
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Snyk's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Snyk's key team members:
- Danny Grander: Former Co-Founder of Snyk. They are also an angel investor in 4 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Assaf Hefetz: Co-Founder & CTO of Snyk.
- Peter McKay: CEO of Snyk. They are also an angel investor in 5 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
Snyk's Board of Directors
Snyk's board has 9 active members. Guy Podjarny, Peter McKay, Michael Scarpelli, Tamar Yehoshua, Zachary Nelson and Kathleen Annala are part of team and Matthew Roberts, Philippe Laurent and Kenneth Fox are independent board members.Here is the list of Snyk's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 10y 8m | |
Team | - | Past | 2y 2m | |
Team | - | Current | 8y 10m | |
Team | - | Current | 5y 0m | |
Team | - | Current | 4y 9m | |
Team | - | Current | 4y 1m | |
Team | - | Past | 0y 0m | |
Investor | - | Current | 4y 1m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 7m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 6m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 3m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 11m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 5m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 5m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 0m |
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Snyk's employee count trend
Snyk has 1,207 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Snyk's employee count trend over the years:
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Snyk's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Snyk include Checkmarx, Veracode and HackerOne. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Snyk, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Snyk 2015, Boston (United States), Series G | Provider of a platform securing code, models, and agents in applications | $1.32B | 77/100 | |
2nd |  Checkmarx 2006, Atlanta (United States), Acquired | Provider of application security platform unifying testing, monitoring, and remediation | $98.5M | 75/100 | |
3rd | Veracode 2006, Burlington (United States), Acquired | Provider of application security solutions for identifying and resolving software flaws | $107M | 74/100 | |
4th | HackerOne 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series E | AI powered security testing platform | $159M | 69/100 | |
5th | Synack 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Platform offering security testing solution | $112M | 69/100 | |
6th | Vulnerability remediation and devops security platform | $70M | 69/100 | ||
7th | Cobalt 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Provider of penetration testing as a service and offensive security | $36.6M | 67/100 | |
8th | Bugcrowd 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series E | Provider of crowdsourced security platform offering vulnerability disclosure and penetration testing | $184M | 66/100 | |
9th |  Mend 2011, Boston (United States), Series D | Provider of application security platform securing code, open source, containers, and AI | $121M | 64/100 | |
10th | Provider of attack surface management and dynamic application security testing solutions | $42.1M | 64/100 |
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Snyk's Investments and acquisitions
Snyk has made 4 investments in companies including LogicStar and Climatiq. Snyk has also acquired 11 companies including Invariant Labs and Probely.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Jun 24, 2025 | Acquisition | 2024 | Zurich (Switzerland) | |
Feb 04, 2025 | Investments | 2024 | Zurich (Switzerland) | |
Nov 12, 2024 | Acquisition | 2016 | Lisbon (Portugal) |
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Reports related to Snyk
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News related to Snyk
Filter this listMedia has covered Snyk for a total of 24 events in the last 1 year, 10 of them have been about company updates and 4 about partnerships.
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Snyk founder Guy Podjarny makes surprise return to board after chief executive exitCity A.M.•Apr 14, 2026•Snyk
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Distology signs Snyk to target growing application and AI security demandIT Europa•Apr 07, 2026•Distology, Snyk
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SentinelOne, Snyk Introduce New Tools for Securing AI AgentsSiliconAngle•Mar 24, 2026•Snyk, SentinelOne
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Depthfirst Announces $40M Series A to Secure the World’s SoftwareBusiness Wire•Jan 14, 2026•AltInvest Capital Advisors, Mantis VC, Liquid 2 Ventures, SV Angel and 8 others
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XBOW Appoints Former Snyk and Veracode Leaders Bolstering Executive TeamBusiness Wire•Nov 26, 2025•XBOW, Snyk
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Frugal AI Secures US $5M Seed Funding to Revolutionize Cost Engineering for Cloud and AI ApplicationsGlobal Fintech Series•Nov 12, 2025•Mistral, HD Supply Construction & Industrial, Snyk, CloudCheckr and 3 others
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Israeli Founders Built $330M AI Hacking Startup Tenzai in 5 MonthsForbes•Nov 11, 2025•Anthropic, OpenAI, Akamai, Tenzai and 6 others
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Snyk and Factory Partner to Secure AI-Native Development and AccessibilityGlobeNewswire•Nov 05, 2025•Factory, Snyk
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