Torq Secures $140 Million Series D to Scale Agentic AI-Powered Security Operations

Torq, a recognized pioneer in Agentic AI–driven security operations, has successfully closed a substantial $140 million Series D funding round, significantly strengthening its market position. As a result of this investment, the company’s valuation has surged to $1.2 billion, while its total funding now stands at $332 million. This milestone not only highlights Torq’s rapid growth but also reinforces strong investor confidence in the future of AI-led security operations.

Merlin Ventures, a prominent cybersecurity-focused investment firm with deep expertise in U.S. commercial and Public Sector markets, led the round. In addition, all existing investors reaffirmed their support, including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Ventures Partners, and Greenfield Partners. Together, these backers are making a clear statement about the long-term importance of transforming the Security Operations Center (SOC) through enterprise-grade AI Agents.

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With this fresh capital, Torq plans to accelerate the global adoption of its AI SOC Platform. Notably, the platform delivers an end-to-end approach built on advanced hyperautomation, intelligent alert triage, and fatigue reduction. Consequently, organizations can achieve higher levels of operational autonomy while improving security outcomes across both enterprise and government environments.

“Torq is redefining security operations,” said Shay Michel, Managing Partner, Merlin Ventures. “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.”

At the same time, Torq’s leadership views this funding as a catalyst for long-term market dominance. “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,” said Ofer Smadari, CEO and co-founder, Torq. “Global enterprise adoption of our AI SOC Platform has validated our vision for the future of security operations. We have achieved tremendous revenue growth, with Fortune 100 customers adopting our AI Agents in their SOCs for everything from investigation to response. Our partnership with Merlin Ventures is the definitive signal that Torq is now ready to scale this massive customer success into the high-stakes Federal and Public Sector markets.”

Meanwhile, Torq’s growth engine continues to be the rapid adoption of its AI Agents. Unlike traditional security tools that depend heavily on professional services, Torq enables self-service deployment. As a result, security teams can quickly build and deploy sophisticated agents that autonomously handle millions of tasks across Fortune 500 SOCs. This bottom-up adoption has transformed Torq from a niche solution into a core SOC platform.

“Torq delivers fast, measurable value to Valvoline’s SOC and eliminates the manual tasks that once consumed our analysts’ time,” said Corey Kaemming, CISO, Valvoline. “Within 48 hours of deployment, our team was using Torq’s AI SOC Platform for automating phishing triage, accelerating alert handling, and reducing response times across the board. The results were transformative. Analysts reclaimed hours of time, containment actions became automatic, and the security team evolved from reactive responders to proactive strategists. Torq took the vision that was in our heads and actually put it into practice. My team is in love with Torq.”

Furthermore, Torq is strategically expanding into the U.S. Federal market with strong backing from Merlin Ventures. Leveraging decades of government-market experience, the partnership helps Torq navigate compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP while protecting critical national infrastructure.

Finally, Torq continues to validate its enterprise maturity through explosive customer growth. In 2025 alone, the company expanded across complex multinational environments and now secures organizations such as Marriott, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Uber, and Virgin Atlantic. Through advanced AI-driven investigations, autonomous triage, and a self-service agentic platform, Torq is clearly leading the industry-wide shift toward fully autonomous, AI-powered security operations.

“We’re always innovating our security operations approach at Virgin Atlantic and the Torq AI SOC Platform is driving significant benefits for us,” said John White, CISO, Virgin Atlantic. “Today, innovation stems from an AI-first approach, which Torq excels at. Torq is making our security operations simpler and more efficient and providing us with complete coverage across our security stack. Torq is now our umbrella platform.”

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