Torq, an agentic AI-driven cybersecurity company focused on transforming SOCs has announced the completion of a significant new funding round at $140m.
The company has raised $140m in a Series D funding round, pushing its valuation to $1.2bn and bringing total funding to $332m. The round was led by Merlin Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Ventures Partners and Greenfield Partners.
Founded to modernise how organisations manage security operations, Torq develops an AI SOC Platform designed to automate alert triage, investigations and response at enterprise scale. Its technology is built around agentic AI, enabling security teams to deploy autonomous agents that can handle complex security workflows with limited human intervention.
The latest funding will be used to accelerate adoption of the Torq AI SOC Platform across global enterprises and government agencies. The company plans to invest in go-to-market expansion, deepen its presence in U.S. commercial and public sector markets, and further enhance its automation and AI capabilities to support large-scale security environments.
Torq said demand for its platform has grown rapidly as organisations look to move beyond legacy SOAR and SIEM tools. Its AI agents are designed for self-service deployment, allowing security teams to automate tasks such as phishing triage and alert handling without extensive professional services. The company claims its agents are now embedded in the daily operations of Fortune 500 SOCs, managing millions of security actions autonomously.
“Torq is redefining security operations,” said Merlin Ventures managing partner Shay Michel. “They’ve fused automation and human judgment into a new AI SOC Platform built for asymmetric threats and real-world scale. This is why Merlin is leading the investment. Our focus now is speed—accelerating go-to-market, expanding across commercial and government markets, and building the next global category leader in AI security operations.”
Torq CEO and co-founder Ofer Smadari said the funding validates the company’s vision for AI-first security operations. “This funding accelerates our mission to define and dominate the AI SOC market. We are moving far beyond the constraints of legacy SOAR and SIEM, harnessing the Agentic AI Era to deliver outcomes our customers rely on,” he said. “Global enterprise adoption of our AI SOC Platform has validated our vision for the future of security operations.”
The company has also highlighted strategic expansion into the U.S. Federal and public sector markets, supported by Merlin Ventures’ experience navigating regulatory and compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP. Torq currently counts multinational enterprises including Marriott, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Uber and Virgin Atlantic among its customers.
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