Huntress company profile: valuation, funding & revenue

This Huntress company profile covers the company's valuation, revenue, funding rounds, investors and history. Huntress works in cybersecurity, with a focus on managed detection and response for small and mid-sized businesses. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Ellicott City, Maryland, United States. Its latest valuation on record is About US$1.55 billion (June 2024). Every figure links to a public source, and anything the company hasn't disclosed is marked as such.

Revenue

Funding history

Huntress timeline

Key dates from the sources on this page, oldest first. Metric snapshots are listed after the funding events.

• 2015 — Huntress is founded in Ellicott City by Kyle Hanslovan (CEO), Chris Bisnett and John Ferrell.
• Jun 2024 — Series D: US$150M, valuing the company at About US$1.55B. Investors: Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital and Sapphire Ventures (leads).
• June 2024 — Reported ARR: Reported to be on track to exceed US$100 million in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2024.

Investors

Overview

Huntress protects small and mid-sized businesses from cyberattacks. It combines security software that detects threats on computers, in Microsoft 365 accounts and across identities with a team of security analysts who investigate alerts and help stop attacks 24 hours a day. Most of its customers reach it through managed service providers (MSPs), the IT companies that look after technology for small businesses. Huntress has become one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies by focusing on businesses that larger security vendors often treat as an afterthought.

Kyle Hanslovan, the CEO, Chris Bisnett and John Ferrell founded Huntress in 2015. All three previously worked in offensive cyber operations for the US National Security Agency and the military, giving them experience of how attackers think. Huntress is based in Ellicott City, Maryland, near Baltimore, and operates as a largely remote company.

Products

• Managed EDR: endpoint detection and response with 24/7 monitoring by Huntress's security operations centre.
• Managed ITDR: identity threat detection for Microsoft 365, spotting suspicious logins, email rule changes and account takeovers.
• Managed SIEM: collection and analysis of security logs at a price suited to smaller businesses.
• Security awareness training: programmes and phishing simulations to reduce human risk.
• Managed antivirus integration: management of Microsoft Defender to strengthen built-in protection.

Funding

Huntress raised from investors including JMI Equity, ForgePoint Capital and Gula Tech Adventures in earlier rounds. In June 2024 it raised a US$150 million Series D at a valuation of about US$1.55 billion, led by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital and existing investor Sapphire Ventures. Reports at the time said it was on track to exceed US$100 million in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2024, and that the Series D was likely to be its last private round before going public. Total funding is reported at about US$300 million. We haven't found a newer priced round.

Business model

Huntress sells subscriptions priced per endpoint or per user, largely through MSPs, which bundle its services into the monthly IT packages they sell to small businesses. This channel lets Huntress reach hundreds of thousands of small organisations without a large direct sales force. Revenue isn't publicly disclosed beyond reported ARR milestones, so we show it as not disclosed.

Competition

Huntress competes with endpoint security companies such as CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and Sophos, which have expanded managed offerings for smaller customers; with MDR providers such as Arctic Wolf, Blackpoint Cyber and others serving MSPs; and with Microsoft's own security products. Its advantages are its focus on small businesses, its MSP partner programme, pricing designed for smaller budgets and a strong reputation in the MSP community for education and threat research.

Huntress at a glance

Huntress is a Maryland cybersecurity company founded in 2015 by former NSA operators Kyle Hanslovan, Chris Bisnett and John Ferrell. It provides managed detection and response for endpoints, identities and logs, mainly through MSPs serving small businesses. It raised a US$150 million Series D at about US$1.55 billion in June 2024, led by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech and Sapphire Ventures.

Timeline

• 2015: founded by former NSA cyber operators.
• 2017–2020: builds managed detection for MSPs and grows its partner community.
• 2021–2022: raises Series B and C and adds identity threat detection and security awareness training.
• June 2024: raises US$150 million at about US$1.55 billion.
• 2025: adds managed SIEM and expands internationally.

Why small businesses are a big security market

Small businesses are frequent targets for ransomware, business email compromise and account takeovers, but most have no dedicated security staff. Attacks on MSPs can also spread to many of their clients at once. Security for this market must be affordable, simple to deploy and backed by experts who can respond when something goes wrong. Huntress's model, software plus human analysts delivered through MSPs, addresses all three needs.

The MSP channel

Managed service providers handle IT for millions of small organisations worldwide. Selling through them means a vendor must make its product easy to manage across many customers, offer flexible billing, and support the MSP with training and marketing. Huntress built strong loyalty in this community by publishing threat research, running educational events and responding quickly to major incidents affecting MSP tools.

Who uses Huntress

Huntress protects small and mid-sized organisations such as accounting firms, law practices, dental and medical offices, manufacturers, non-profits and local governments, typically through the MSPs that manage their IT. Some larger organisations with lean IT teams buy directly.

Risks

• Competition: large vendors are targeting the MSP channel with discounts and bundles.
• Channel dependence: reliance on MSPs ties growth to their success.
• Service costs: 24/7 human monitoring must scale efficiently.

Threat research and community

Huntress publishes detailed analysis of attacks it discovers, including campaigns that exploit software commonly used by MSPs. During several major incidents, such as attacks that abused remote management tools to spread ransomware to many small businesses at once, its researchers shared findings and guidance publicly. This research builds trust with partners and helps the wider security community, while giving Huntress early insight into attackers' methods.

Questions for MSPs and small businesses

• What does the service monitor, and what actions can analysts take during an incident?
• How does pricing work per endpoint or user, and how is it billed?
• How does it integrate with your existing remote management and security tools?

Valuation context

At about US$1.55 billion and with ARR reported to be approaching US$100 million in 2024, Huntress was valued at roughly 15 times its annual recurring revenue, a multiple in line with fast-growing security software companies at the time. Continued growth since then would make its last private valuation look modest if it lists.

Latest developments (October 2026)

Our October 2026 review found no new round for Huntress after its June 2024 Series D of US$150 million, led by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech and Sapphire, which valued it at more than US$1.5 billion. The company continues to grow by selling managed endpoint and identity threat detection to small and mid-sized businesses through managed service providers. See our cybersecurity unicorns guide.

What to watch

Watch for an IPO filing, ARR milestones, new products and international growth. Our guides to cybersecurity unicorns and upcoming tech IPOs give wider context.

Takeaways

Small businesses and MSPs can get round-the-clock security at an affordable price. Founders can see the value of serving an overlooked segment deeply. Investors should watch whether Huntress moves towards an IPO as reported.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the public sources below. Where sources disagreed, we used the company's own announcement or a primary news report. Private-company data changes; check the date beside each figure.

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