XBOW - About the company
XBOW is a series C company based in Seattle (United States), founded in 2024 by Oege De Moor and Mike Horton. It operates as an AI-powered autonomous penetration testing platform. XBOW has raised $270M in funding from Sequoia Capital and Altimeter Capital, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 133 active competitors, including 20 funded and 6 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Veracode, Synack and Cobalt.
Company Details
AI-powered autonomous penetration testing platform. The platform identifies and exploits vulnerabilities in web applications. It uses AI to execute commands, analyze outputs, and refine its approach without human intervention. It allows users to discover and exploit vulnerabilities, representing a significant advancement in protecting software and infrastructure from cyber threats.
- Website
- xbow.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@xbow.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2024
Location
Seattle, United States
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$270M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Jun 24, 2025
Investors
Ranked
5th among 133 active competitors
Employee Count
271 as on Apr 30, 2026
Legal entities associated with XBOW
XBOW is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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XBOW USA INC. CIN: 3350735 , United States, Active | Mar 28, 2024 | - | - | - |
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XBOW's funding and investors
XBOW has raised a total funding of $270M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 01, 2024. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on May 06, 2026 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. XBOW has 4 institutional investors and 4 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of XBOW:
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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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May 06, 2026 | 9513450 | Series C | 9108050 | 8382974 | 9134917 | 2822773 |
Mar 16, 2026 | 5816144 | Series C | 8036335 | 7661562 | 2984216 | |
Jun 24, 2025 | 2441841 | Series B | 9980791 | 1368649 |
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XBOW's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of XBOW's key team members:
- Oege De Moor: Founder & CEO of XBOW.
- Mike Horton: President/CEO and Co-Founder of XBOW.
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XBOW's employee count trend
XBOW has 271 employees as of Apr 26. Here is XBOW's employee count trend over the years:
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XBOW's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of XBOW include Veracode, Synack and Cobalt. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of XBOW, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Veracode 2006, Burlington (United States), Acquired | Provider of application security solutions for identifying and resolving software flaws | $107M | 74/100 | |
2nd | Synack 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Platform offering security testing solution | $112M | 69/100 | |
3rd | Cobalt 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Provider of penetration testing as a service and offensive security | $36.6M | 67/100 | |
4th | Bugcrowd 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series E | Provider of crowdsourced security platform offering vulnerability disclosure and penetration testing | $184M | 66/100 | |
5th | XBOW 2024, Seattle (United States), Series C | AI-powered autonomous penetration testing platform | $270M | 65/100 | |
6th |  Promptfoo 2023, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Open-source tool to test AI applications | $23.6M | 61/100 | |
7th | Pentera 2015, Burlington (United States), Series D | Cloud based penetration testing solutions provider | $250M | 60/100 | |
8th |  FireCompass 2019, Wilmington (United States), Series B | Provider of automated penetration testing, red teaming, and attack surface management | $30.5M | 60/100 | |
9th |  Horizon Three AI 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Cloud based pentesting platform | $186M | 60/100 | |
10th | Provider of an AI-powered security platform for automated continuous pentesting and vulnerability scanning | $2.82M | 58/100 |
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XBOW's Investments and acquisitions
XBOW has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to XBOW
Filter this listMedia has covered XBOW for a total of 11 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about people movement and 2 about company updates.
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Accenture Invests in XBOW to Advance Continuous Offensive Security Testing and Exposure ManagementFinancial Times•May 06, 2026•XBOW, Accenture, DNX Ventures, Nvidia and 5 others
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Xbow Raises Additional $35M in Series C FundingFinSMEs•May 06, 2026•NVentures, XBOW, DNX Ventures, Accenture and 5 others
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XBOW Embeds Continuous, AI-Driven Penetration Testing in the Microsoft Security EcosystemBusiness Wire•Mar 23, 2026•XBOW
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XBOW Secures $120M in Series C Funding to Scale AI-Powered HackerBusinessFortNight•Mar 18, 2026•XBOW, DFJ Growth, Northzone
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XBOW Appoints WonLae Lee as GM, South Korea, To Spearhead Asia-Pacific ExpansionKorea Newswire•Jan 22, 2026•XBOW
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XBOW Appoints Former Snyk and Veracode Leaders Bolstering Executive TeamBusiness Wire•Nov 26, 2025•XBOW, Snyk
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