Torq, an agentic AI-driven cybersecurity company focused on modernising SOCs, has secured fresh growth capital of $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 backers including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Ventures Partners and Greenfield Partners.
Founded to re-engineer how security teams detect, investigate and respond to threats, Torq is positioning itself at the centre of the industry’s shift towards autonomous, AI-driven security operations. Its AI SOC Platform is designed to replace manual workflows with agentic AI that can independently manage alert triage, investigations and response at scale.
The platform combines hyperautomation, alert fatigue reduction and self-service AI agents to help organisations handle growing security workloads without expanding headcount. According to the company, its technology is already embedded in the daily operations of large enterprise SOCs, managing millions of security tasks autonomously.
Torq said the new funding will be used to accelerate adoption of its AI SOC Platform across global enterprises and government agencies. A key priority is expanding go-to-market efforts and scaling deployments in U.S. federal and public sector environments, where compliance requirements such as FedRAMP create high barriers to entry.
The investment also supports continued product development as Torq moves beyond legacy SOAR and SIEM tools. In 2025, the company strengthened its technology stack through the acquisition of RevRod, expanding its multi-agent security capabilities and reinforcing its focus on autonomous investigations and advanced automation.
Merlin Ventures managing partner Shay Michel said, “Torq is redefining security operations. 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, “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. 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.”
Customer traction has been a key driver behind the latest round. Torq said its AI agents are now used by hundreds of multinational organisations, including Marriott, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Uber and Virgin Atlantic, reflecting growing demand for autonomous security operations.
Valvoline CISO Corey Kaemming said, “Torq delivers fast, measurable value to Valvoline’s SOC and eliminates the manual tasks that once consumed our analysts’ time. 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.”
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