Menlo Security

Menlo Security

Cloud-based browser security platform prevents phishing.

About Menlo Security

Simplify's Rating
Why Menlo Security is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Enterprise Software

Cybersecurity

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$260.5M

Headquarters

Mountain View, California

Founded

2013

Overview

Menlo Security offers a cloud-based browser security platform that protects employees and businesses from online threats without triggering constant security alerts. The platform safeguards users wherever they go online, across any browser and device, by preventing phishing and malware from impacting the user’s session. Key products include HEAT Shield, an AI-powered phishing and ransomware protection solution that analyzes deep web sessions to stop new and unseen attacks before they reach a network, and HEATcheck, a vulnerability assessment that shows how evasive attacks could bypass typical defenses. Menlo Labs provides security researchers and tools to help customers secure online communications and stay informed about known and unknown threats. The company’s goal is to enable safe internet use for hybrid enterprises by making threats irrelevant to users and reducing the need for manual alert handling, while offering insights to improve overall security posture.

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Votiro acquisition expands into file and data security, opening new revenue streams beyond browser isolation.
  • Google Cloud partnership and 2025 Partner of the Year validates Zero Trust approach and cloud-native positioning.
  • Net retention exceeding 120% across 1,000+ enterprises demonstrates strong product-market fit for expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Cloudflare's free Zero Trust browser isolation captures SMB growth segment, pressuring pricing 30-50% downward.
  • Palo Alto Cortex XDR integrates native browser isolation, undercutting Menlo's $140M ARR in Prisma deployments.
  • Google Chrome Enterprise Premium embeds isolation natively, shifting customers to free in-house tools post-partnership.

What makes Menlo Security unique

  • Guardian Runtime enforces instruction-data separation for AI agents, preventing goal hijacking and data exfiltration.
  • Multimodal visual analysis detects evasive threats like prompt injection and steganography before endpoint execution.
  • Unified control plane applies machine-speed governance policies to both human employees and autonomous AI agents.

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Funding

Total Funding

$260.5M

Meets

Industry Average

Funded Over

5 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series E funding typically includes additional rounds after Series D if the company needs more capital. The business is usually stable, and these rounds are typically used for further expansion or to address market challenges.
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Benefits

Healthcare

OneMedical

Equity

Unlimited PTO

Holidays

Mental health days

Wellbeing initiatives

Catered lunches

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

0%
Business Wire
Mar 18th, 2026
Menlo Security launches browser security platform to govern AI agents, surpasses $140M ARR

Menlo Security has launched the first Browser Security Platform designed to secure AI agents and human employees, raising concerns about non-human actors in enterprise systems. The Mountain View-based company announced the platform following a fiscal year surpassing $140 million in ARR with over 120% net retention. The platform addresses emerging threats from AI agents operating outside traditional security frameworks. It provides "Guardian Runtime" protection, enforcing instruction-data separation to prevent goal hijacking and data exfiltration. Menlo recently partnered with Google to deliver least-privileged remote access via browsers. The company serves over 1,000 global enterprises, protecting eight million users and millions of simultaneous AI agent sessions. The platform will be showcased at RSAC 2026.

SiliconANGLE Media
Mar 18th, 2026
Menlo Security takes on AI agent risk with new browser security platform.

Menlo Security takes on AI agent risk with new browser security platform. Browser security company Menlo Security Inc. today announced a new Browser Security Platform that is purpose-built to secure "agentic enterprise," where autonomous artificial intelligence agents increasingly outnumber human employees and the browser has become the operating system for both. The new offering sees Menlo provide a unified control plane to apply machine-speed governance and threat prevention to both human and non-human actors. As enterprises are deploying AI agents to automate complex workflows, the agents often utilize headless browsers or leverage web protocols directly, operating entirely outside the scope of traditional browser security. Menlo argues that threat actors are already exploiting this transition with attacks invisible to the human eye, such as prompt injection via documents and steganography. The Menlo BSP takes the issue head-on by treating humans and agents as equal participants in the workforce, with the new platform providing AI agent security, universal connectivity, deterministic visibility and least-privileged agent access. Menlo AI Agent Security acts as a "Guardian Runtime" for the agentic economy. It enforces instruction-data separation to ensure agents never mistake malicious data for legitimate commands. In addition, universal connectivity translates complex, application programming interface-deficient legacy web user interfaces into sanitized, machine-readable data. Meanwhile, deterministic visibility offers full forensic intel and real-time session-flow views. And finally, least-privileged agent access enforces granular controls via Menlo Secure Application Access to prevent autonomous agents from moving laterally or extracting unauthorized data. The platform moves the security control point directly into the browser session to provide consistent protection and what Menlo calls "Architectural Immunity." That's a state where evasive threats are fundamentally unable to execute because the attack surface is neutralized in the cloud through multimodal visual analysis before reaching an AI reasoning workflow or a human endpoint. By providing a unified trust layer, Menlo says, it eliminates the most sophisticated threats of the agentic age at their point of entry. "AI agents represent a fundamental shift in enterprise computing," said Ramin Farassat, chief product officer at Menlo Security. "For the first time, security teams have a single control plane that applies the same governance policies to an AI agent processing invoices as to the human CFO approving them - at machine speed, with full forensic visibility." Menlo Security has raised $250 million in funding, including rounds of $25 million in June 2015, $40 million in December 2017, $75 million in June 2019 and $100 million in November 2020. Investors in the company include Vista Equity Partners Management, Neuberger Berman Group, General Catalyst Group Management, JPMorgan Chase & Co., American Express Ventures, Ericsson Ventures, HSBC Holdings plc, Engineering Capital, Osage University Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures LP. Image: siliconangle/ideogram. A message from John Furrier, co-founder of SiliconANGLE: Support its mission to keep content open and free by engaging with theCUBE community. Join theCUBE's Alumni Trust Network, where technology leaders connect, share intelligence and create opportunities. * 15M+ viewers of theCUBE videos, powering conversations across AI, cloud, cybersecurity and more * 11.4k+ theCUBE alumni - Connect with more than 11,400 tech and business leaders shaping the future through a unique trusted-based network. About SiliconANGLE Media SiliconANGLE Media is a recognized leader in digital media innovation, uniting breakthrough technology, strategic insights and real-time audience engagement. As the parent company of SiliconANGLE, theCUBE Network, theCUBE Research, CUBE365, theCUBE AI and theCUBE SuperStudios - with flagship locations in Silicon Valley and the New York Stock Exchange - SiliconANGLE Media operates at the intersection of media, technology and AI. Founded by tech visionaries John Furrier and Dave Vellante, SiliconANGLE Media has built a dynamic ecosystem of industry-leading digital media brands that reach 15+ million elite tech professionals. Its new proprietary theCUBE AI Video Cloud is breaking ground in audience interaction, leveraging theCUBEai.com neural network to help technology companies make data-driven decisions and stay at the forefront of industry conversations.

Business Wire
Feb 25th, 2026
Menlo Security names Bill Robbins CEO after surpassing $140M ARR

Menlo Security has appointed Bill Robbins as CEO, succeeding co-founder Amir Ben-Efraim, who will continue as executive chairman. The transition comes as the browser security company surpassed $140 million in annual recurring revenue for its fiscal year ending January. Robbins joined Menlo as president in 2024, bringing over 30 years of leadership experience from Mandiant, FireEye, Sophos and Symantec. Under his leadership, the company maintained net retention rates above 120% and achieved a net promoter score of 67. The Mountain View-based company protects over eight million daily users globally with its Secure Enterprise Browser solution. Menlo was named 2025 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year and acquired Votiro in 2024 to expand into file and data security. The company is backed by Vista Equity Partners, Neuberger Berman and General Catalyst.

Digital IT News
Aug 5th, 2025
Menlo Secure Storage and Menlo Adaptive Web Launched

Menlo Security introduced Menlo Secure Storage and Menlo Adaptive Web - two powerful solutions that provide organizations with enhanced control over user activity and sensitive data, ensuring files and web interactions remain isolated from the endpoint.

Digital IT News
Apr 9th, 2025
Menlo Security Integrates with Google Cloud WAN for ZTA

Menlo Security integrates with Google Cloud WAN for ZTA.

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