Vectra AI is a cybersecurity vendor whose AI-driven platform detects and prioritizes attacks across network, identity and cloud.

Who are Vectra's investors?

Vectra's investors include Accel, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Mango Capital, Syn Ventures Seed Management Llc, Wipro Ventures.

How much funding has Vectra raised?

Vectra has disclosed $200K raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.

Where is Vectra headquartered?

Vectra is headquartered in Cary, US.

Vectra

Unicorn · $1.2B

Cary, US · Founded 2011 · North Carolina LLC · 671 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

Vectra AI provides an AI-driven security platform that detects, investigates, and stops cyber attacks across hybrid environments including on-premises, multi-cloud, identity, Microsoft 365, and IoT/OT. It offers network detection and response (NDR) and identity threat detection and response capabilities for enterprise security teams.

Also known as TraceVector · Vectra AI · Vectra AI, Inc. · Vectra Networks

AI & Machine Learning Cybersecurity Enterprise Software

Founders & leadership

Vinod KettayManager

Investors · 5

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M

Atlantic Bridge VenturesDublin · $1M – $5M

Mango CapitalLos Altos · $1M – $1.5M

Syn Ventures Seed Management LlcWest Palm Beach

Wipro VenturesreportedBengaluru · $1M – $10M

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$200K disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2018–2019

▶$200KraisedMar 2018 · 1 investors · Other Technology

Rule 506(b)

Officers, directors & promoters on the filing

Vinod KettayExecutive Officer

Offering amount: $500K
Amount sold: $200K
Sales commissions: $12K
Placement agents: Carolina Securities, Inc.
First sale: Mar 2018
Incorporated: Limited Liability Company, North Carolina
Federal exemptions: 06b

Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Vectra AI, Inc. is a privately held cybersecurity company focused on network detection and response (NDR) and extended detection and response (XDR). Its platform applies behavioral AI and machine learning to network telemetry, identity systems and cloud environments to surface attacker behaviors rather than simple anomalies, then triages, correlates and prioritizes the resulting detections. Core platform capabilities are grouped into on-premises and multi-cloud observability, threat detection/investigation/response, and security posture improvement, complemented by managed detection and response (MDR) services.

The platform combines more than 150 AI models spanning techniques such as neural networks, DBSCAN, K-means, logistic regression, decision trees and random forests, gradient-boosted methods (LightGBM, XGBoost), support vector machines, generative AI and heuristics. Detections cover network lateral movement (east-west and north-south traffic across data center, campus, remote work, cloud and IoT/OT), identity attacks such as credential theft, account compromise and privilege escalation for human and machine identities, and multi-cloud attacks. AI agents perform triage, "stitching" of related activity across domains, and entity-centric urgency scoring, with an AI Analyst component automating escalation workflows and investigative reporting for MDR customers. Threat hunting is supported by 25+ enriched metadata types and 250+ contextual fields, and response actions include host isolation via EDR, disabling accounts in Active Directory and Entra ID, MFA re-prompts and firewall blocking of command-and-control traffic. Historical and current product names include the Cognito Platform, Vectra Detect, Vectra Recall and Vectra Stream, and the current platform is marketed with Attack Signal Intelligence.

Founding story

Vectra was established in 2011 by a group of four cybersecurity professionals under the name TraceVector, with the goal of giving security professionals an automated intrusion detection system capable of addressing increasingly frequent and sophisticated cyberattacks. The founding technical premise was that network data is the source of truth for how systems behave, how identities interact and how attackers move, leading the team to build AI/ML behavioral detection rather than signature-based tooling.

Business model

Vectra AI sells an enterprise security platform, delivered across on-premises, multi-cloud and hybrid deployments, along with managed detection and response services. It goes to market both directly and through a channel network of 468 partners.

Revenue is derived from its enterprise security platform and managed detection and response services; the company reported 104% growth in annual recurring revenue in 2018 versus 2017, indicating a recurring-revenue model.

Traction

Company materials report 1,700+ customers, 600+ employees, more than 7 million hosts monitored, operations in 113 countries and 468 channel partners. Wikipedia lists 580 employees, 11 offices and 3 security operations centers (2023). The company reported 104% annual recurring revenue growth in 2018 over 2017 and nearly 400% bookings growth in 2015 over 2014, and has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America.

Latest developments

In October 2025 Vectra AI acquired cloud security firm Netography to extend multi-cloud visibility through SaaS-based analysis of flow and DNS logs across AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure and OCI. The company was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response, achieved FedRAMP High Authorization through a partnership with Knox Systems for U.S. federal agencies, launched Vectra AI Pro to support agentic SOC workflows, appointed Italo Calvano as Regional Vice President for Latin America, and added connectivity to tools such as Claude and Cursor.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Vectra AI is positioned in the network detection and response market and was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response, a leader in the IDC MarketScape for NDR, in GigaOm Radar reports for NDR and for identity threat detection and response, and in the QKS Group 2024 SPARK Matrix for NDR. It has been listed on the Forbes AI 50, CRN's AI 100 and Security 100 lists, and the Inc. 5000. Wikipedia describes the company as a unicorn with a $1.2 billion valuation.

The company differentiates on behavioral AI detection of actual attacker techniques rather than statistical anomalies, cross-domain correlation across network, identity and cloud, and automated triage and prioritization intended to cut alert volume — claims include up to 99% reduction in alert noise, 90% fewer blind spots, 80%+ alert fidelity and a 38x lighter analyst workload. It also cites being the most-referenced vendor in MITRE D3FEND and holding 39 AI threat detection patents.

Technology

The platform ingests network telemetry plus identity and cloud data in real time, reporting monitoring of 13.3 million IPs daily, processing of 10 billion sessions per hour and handling of 9.4 trillion bits per second. More than 150 AI models and over 100 AI-driven attacker behavior detections span network, identity and cloud, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK with coverage of more than 90% of techniques; the company holds 39 patents in behavioral AI detection and cites 12 MITRE D3FEND references. AI agents provide automated triage, cross-domain stitching and risk-based prioritization, and detections operate even within encrypted traffic. Integrations extend to third-party security tools and to developer/AI tools such as Claude and Cursor.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise sales supported by product demos and platform tours, alongside a channel partner ecosystem of 468 partners and technology partnerships (for example with Knox Systems for U.S. federal FedRAMP High deployment and with Curtiss-Wright for national security cyber stacks). Analyst recognition from Gartner, IDC, GigaOm and QKS Group is used prominently in positioning.

Enterprise security operations teams and CISOs, including large multinational enterprises and midsize businesses, across sectors such as financial services and professional services; referenced customers include Blackstone and KPMG. The company also serves U.S. federal agencies following FedRAMP High authorization achieved through a partnership with Knox Systems.

Geography

Headquartered in San Jose, California, with operations in 113 countries and coverage of North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Japan and Asia-Pacific; additional locations include Singapore, Australia and Japan, with 11 offices and 3 security operations centers reported as of 2023. The company expanded into EMEA in 2015 and appointed a Regional Vice President for Latin America.

History

The company was founded in 2011 and originally operated under the names TraceVector and Vectra Networks; Wikipedia lists founders Mark Abene, James Harlacher, Marc Rogers and Ivan Wick. Between 2011 and 2013 the company built an early foundation in machine learning for cyberattack detection and behavioral analysis rather than signatures; from 2014 to 2019 it expanded network-based behavioral detection across the attack kill chain with automated prioritization, launching an S-series sensor in March 2015 and expanding into EMEA that year after reporting bookings growth of nearly 400% in 2015 versus 2014. From 2020 to 2023 the platform extended to cloud, identity and hybrid environments; the company acquired identity and SaaS posture management firm Siriux in January 2022 and partnered with Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions Division in 2023. From 2024 onward it has added AI-assisted and agentic AI workflow automation, and in October 2025 acquired cloud security firm Netography.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.