This Tines company profile covers the company's valuation, revenue, funding rounds, investors and history. Tines works in software, with a focus on security and workflow automation. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Its latest valuation on record is US$1.125 billion (February 2025). Every figure links to a public source, and anything the company hasn't disclosed is marked as such.
Revenue
Funding history
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2025 | Series C | US$125M | US$1.125B | Goldman Sachs Alternatives (lead); Softbank Vision Fund 2, Accel, Index Ventures | Goldman Sachs Asset Management (press release) |
Tines timeline
Key dates from the sources on this page, oldest first. Metric snapshots are listed after the funding events.
- 2018 — Tines is founded in Dublin by Eoin Hinchy (CEO) and Thomas Kinsella.
- Feb 2025 — Series C: US$125M, valuing the company at US$1.125B. Investors: Goldman Sachs Alternatives (lead); Softbank Vision Fund 2, Accel, Index Ventures.
Investors
Overview
Tines makes software for building automated workflows, used most heavily by security teams. A security operations centre receives a constant stream of alerts: suspicious logins, phishing reports, malware detections and vulnerability notices. Handling each one manually is slow and repetitive. Tines lets teams build workflows, called stories, that automatically gather information, check threat intelligence, open tickets, notify people and take actions such as blocking accounts. Its tools are designed so that analysts can build these workflows without being expert programmers, and it has expanded into IT, operations and AI-powered automation.
Tines was founded in Dublin in 2018 by Eoin Hinchy and Thomas Kinsella, who previously worked in security operations at large technology companies and saw first-hand how much repetitive work analysts faced. In February 2025 it raised a US$125 million Series C led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives at a valuation of US$1.125 billion, according to Goldman Sachs's announcement, making it one of Ireland's most valuable software startups.
Products
- Workflow builder: a visual tool for building automations from simple building blocks that call APIs, transform data and make decisions.
- Cases: case management for tracking incidents and investigations.
- Pages: forms and simple interfaces for people to trigger or interact with workflows.
- AI features: AI actions within workflows and tools to build automations from natural language descriptions.
- Integrations: connections to virtually any tool with an API, including security, IT and collaboration platforms.
Funding
Tines raised early funding from Blossom Capital and Index Ventures, followed by a Series B led by Accel. In February 2025 it announced a US$125 million Series C led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Accel and Index Ventures, at a US$1.125 billion valuation. The company said it would use the money to expand its AI capabilities and grow internationally.
Business model
Tines sells annual subscriptions, priced by the scale of automation and features used. It offers a free community edition that lets individuals and small teams try the product, which helps drive adoption. Customers often expand from security into IT and other teams once they see the results.
Competition
Tines competes with security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) products from Palo Alto Networks, Splunk (Cisco) and Google; with newer security automation companies such as Torq; and with general workflow tools such as n8n, Zapier and Workato. Its strengths are flexibility, ease of use and a reputation among security practitioners.
Tines at a glance
Tines is a Dublin workflow automation company founded in 2018 by former security practitioners Eoin Hinchy and Thomas Kinsella. Security, IT and operations teams use it to automate repetitive work, increasingly with AI. It raised a US$125 million Series C led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives at a US$1.125 billion valuation in February 2025.
Timeline
- 2018: founded in Dublin.
- 2020–2022: raises Series A and B rounds as security automation demand grows.
- 2023: launches a free community edition and expands beyond security.
- 2024: adds AI features to its platform.
- February 2025: raises US$125 million at US$1.125 billion.
Why security teams need automation
Security teams face more alerts than they can investigate. Many alerts are false positives, but each must be checked, because missing a real attack can be catastrophic. Analysts spend hours on repetitive steps: looking up IP addresses, checking whether a file is malicious, finding which employee owns a laptop. Automation handles these steps in seconds, letting analysts focus on decisions that require judgement. It also makes responses consistent and auditable. With security talent in short supply, automation is one of the most effective ways for teams to keep up.
Why earlier SOAR tools disappointed
The first generation of security orchestration tools, popular in the late 2010s, promised to automate response but often required extensive coding and professional services. Many organisations found they needed dedicated engineers to maintain automations, which broke when tools changed. Tines took a different approach, providing simple building blocks that can connect to any API and a design focused on usability. This made automation accessible to more analysts and reduced maintenance burdens.
AI in workflows
Large language models can summarise alerts, extract information from emails, classify phishing reports and suggest next steps. Tines lets teams add AI steps into workflows while keeping control over data and actions. This combination of predictable automation and AI judgement is often called "agentic" automation. Security teams are cautious about letting AI act without oversight, so tools that let humans set guardrails are attractive.
Who funds Tines
Tines's investors include Goldman Sachs Alternatives, which led its Series C, along with SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Accel, Index Ventures and Blossom Capital.
Who uses Tines
Tines is used by security, IT and operations teams at technology companies, financial institutions, healthcare organisations and others, from mid-sized businesses to large enterprises.
Valuation context
Tines reached unicorn status in 2025, joining a small group of Irish-founded software unicorns. Our guides to cybersecurity unicorns and the largest private SaaS companies compare it with peers.
Risks
- Platform competition: large security vendors bundle automation into their platforms.
- AI disruption: AI agents may change how automation is built and sold.
- Crowded market: many general and specialised automation tools compete.
Questions for buyers
- Which repetitive tasks consume the most analyst time?
- Which tools need to be integrated?
- How will you govern AI steps and approvals?
- Who will build and maintain workflows?
A phishing workflow example
An employee reports a suspicious email using a button in their email client. Tines receives the report, extracts the sender, links and attachments, and checks them against threat intelligence services. An AI step summarises the email and assesses whether it looks like phishing. If the links are malicious, the workflow searches all mailboxes for similar emails, removes them, blocks the sender and notifies the employee that the report was valid. If the result is unclear, it opens a case for an analyst with all the information gathered. What once took an analyst 20 minutes per report happens automatically in seconds, and analysts only review ambiguous cases.
What to watch
Watch AI feature adoption, expansion beyond security, international growth and competition from platform vendors.
Takeaways
Security teams can automate repetitive work without heavy coding. Founders can see how practitioners' frustrations can inspire products. Investors should watch how AI reshapes automation.
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.
Frequently asked questions
What does Tines do?
Tines is a software / security and workflow automation company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 2018.
What is Tines's valuation?
Tines was valued at US$1.125 billion as of February 2025, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (press release). Private company valuations are set at funding rounds or share sales and can change significantly between them.
How much revenue does Tines make?
Tines is a private company and has not publicly disclosed its revenue. Figures on third-party sites are usually modelled estimates rather than numbers reported by the company.
What was Tines's latest funding round?
The most recent financing we have verified is a series c in Feb 2025: US$125M, at a valuation of US$1.125B. Source: Goldman Sachs Asset Management (press release).
Who are Tines's investors?
Investors named in public announcements include Goldman Sachs Alternatives, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Accel, Index Ventures and Blossom Capital.
Who founded Tines?
Tines was founded in 2018 by Eoin Hinchy (CEO) and Thomas Kinsella.
Is Tines a public company?
No. Tines is a private company (private, venture backed), so its shares are not traded on a stock exchange and it isn't required to publish its financial results.
Where is Tines headquartered?
Tines is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.