Torq, a New York–based AI security operations platform, has raised $140 million in a Series D funding round at a $1.2 billion valuation.
Investors
The round was led by Merlin Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, and Greenfield Partners.
Merlin Ventures is the venture capital affiliate of Merlin Group, a network of companies with nearly 30 years of success bringing technologies to the U.S. government market. The firm focuses exclusively on early-stage cybersecurity and AI-driven security technologies. Based in Tysons, Virginia, and Tel Aviv, Israel, Merlin Ventures rapidly scales visionary companies and introduces disruptive solutions designed to help enterprises address today’s most critical cybersecurity challenges.
Torq Use of Funds
The funding will accelerate the adoption of Torq’s AI SOC platform, expand go-to-market operations in commercial and U.S. Federal markets, and enhance the platform’s AI agent capabilities for autonomous security operations.
About Torq
Founded in 2020 by Ofer Smadari, Leonid Belkind, and Eldad Livni, Torq delivers an AI-powered SOC platform that combines hyperautomation, alert triage, and fatigue reduction to enable fully autonomous security operations. The platform embeds AI agents in daily enterprise security workflows, allowing organizations to investigate alerts, automate response actions, and manage high volumes of security events without increasing headcount. Torq’s customer base includes major multinational enterprises such as Abnormal Security, Armis, Check Point Security, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inditex (Zara, Bershka, Pull & Bear), Informatica, Kyocera, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Telefonica, Valvoline, Virgin Atlantic, and Wiz.
Funding Details
Company: Torq
Raised: $140.0M
Round: Series D
Funding Date: January 2026
Lead Investor: Merlin Ventures
Additional Investors: Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Greenfield Partners
Company Website: https://torq.io/
Software Category: Cybersecurity / AI Security Operations / SOC Automation
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