Orca Security

Cloud 100 newcomer Orca Security sells security software that helps customers secure their cloud-based operations. It was founded by Avi Shua, the former chief technologist of cybersecurity company Check Point Software, along with seven of his senior architects. In March 2023, Shua passed the CEO baton to cofounder Gil Geron. The company has since made headlines for a July lawsuit against rival company Wiz (No. 15 on Cloud 100) over allegations including copyright infringement. Founded in 2019, the Portland, Oregon-based company has raised $650 million in funding and a $1.8 billion valuation. Its client list tripled in the past year and now includes Unity, Gannett, and SAP.

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Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Orca Security is a privately held cloud-security company that pioneered agentless cloud security. Its platform provides unified visibility, risk prioritization, compliance monitoring, vulnerability management, data security, and remediation across multi-cloud environments.

Primary product

Orca Cloud Security Platform, an AI-powered Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) using patented SideScanning and a Unified Data Model.

Founded

2019

Headquarters

Portland, Oregon, United States

Team size

300–400

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Computer and network security

Sub-industry

Cloud security / CNAPP / cybersecurity SaaS

Offices

Portland, Oregon, United States

Tel Aviv, Israel

London, United Kingdom

Australia/New Zealand presence, including Sydney

Business model

B2B enterprise SaaS

Annual subscription

Direct enterprise sales

Partner and channel sales

Funding

Stage

Late-stage venture-backed / Series C private company

Total raised

$632M

Latest round

Series C extension · Oct 2021

Latest amount

$340M

Series C extension

Oct 2021 · Temasek

$340M

Series C

Mar 2021 · CapitalG and Redpoint Ventures

$210M

Series B

Dec 2020 · ICONIQ Growth

$55M

Series A

May 2020 · GGV Capital

$20.5M

Seed

Jun 2019 · YL Ventures

$6.5M

People & investors

Leadership

Gil Geron

CEO & Co-Founder

Avi Shua

Chief Innovation Officer & Co-Founder

Gera Dorfman

Chief Product Officer

Oded Edri

Chief Financial Officer

Raf Chiodo

Chief Revenue Officer

Rachel Nislick

Chief Marketing Officer

Gal Tanchelson

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Yoav Alon

Chief Technology Officer

Investors

Adams Street Partners

SVCI — Silicon Valley CISO Investments

Temasek

Willoughby Capital

YL Ventures

Work & culture

Public company materials emphasize customer success, innovation, frictionless security, contextual risk prioritization, and building a durable long-term company. The workforce is geographically distributed, with employees reported across Israel, the United States, Poland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, and other countries.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

A public U.S. DevOps posting listed approximately $170,000–$200,000 for a remote U.S. role. Broader compensation bands, equity policies, and sponsorship terms were not consistently disclosed publicly.

Benefits

Remote-from-home opportunities are publicly advertised for some roles

Public job postings indicate U.S. compensation ranges for selected roles

Publicly stated security certifications and authorizations include SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, PCI SAQ-D, FedRAMP Moderate, and IRAP

Product & market

Pricing

Custom enterprise pricing, generally associated with cloud workload or asset volume, selected modules, deployment scope, and contract term. Public list pricing was not found.

Differentiators

—Agentless deployment through patented SideScanning, reducing the need to install and maintain agents on workloads
—Unified Data Model correlating cloud infrastructure, identities, vulnerabilities, data, and configuration risks
—Risk prioritization based on contextual relationships rather than isolated alerts
—Broad multi-cloud coverage across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and related services
—Coverage of vulnerabilities, malware, misconfigurations, secrets, sensitive data, compliance, identity, and attack-path risks
—Agentic remediation capabilities expanded through the 2025 acquisition of Opus

Technology

Patented SideScanning

Unified Data Model

AI-powered cloud security

Agentless cloud workload scanning

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Python

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

Elasticsearch

DynamoDB

AWS Neptune

Gremlin

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jira integration**Slack integration**SIEM integrations including Splunk and Datadog

Customers

SAP

Autodesk

Gannett

Unity

Lemonade

Databricks

Robinhood

Digital Turbine

Carlsberg Group

Live Oak Bank

AWS

Google

Fortune 500 enterprises and cloud-native companies

Competitors

Wiz

Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud

Lacework

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security

Check Point CloudGuard

Trend Micro Cloud One

Fortinet FortiCNAPP

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$100 million–$150 million annually

Estimated monthly visits

129.2K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Layoff

Jan 2024

Orca confirmed layoffs affecting approximately 60 employees, or about 15% of staff, citing macroeconomic conditions. The company reportedly had approximately 430 employees before the cuts.

Source

Acquisition

May 2025

Orca announced the acquisition of Opus, an agentic-AI cloud remediation and orchestration company. Financial terms were not disclosed; one report estimated the transaction in the tens of millions of dollars.

Source

Other

Oct 2021

The company’s last publicly reported valuation was approximately $1.8 billion following its $550 million Series C financing, creating a substantial private-market valuation benchmark that may not reflect current value.

Source

Latest news

Orca Security Names Gera Dorfman Chief Product Officer to Accelerate Cloud Security Innovation

Orca Security · Dec 2025

Orca appointed Gera Dorfman, formerly a Check Point vice president, as chief product officer to advance its AI-first cloud-security platform.

Orca Security Acquires Opus to Pioneer Agentic AI-Powered Cloud Security Remediation and Prevention

Orca Security · May 2025

Orca acquired Opus to add agentic AI-powered automation, orchestration, autonomous remediation, and prevention to its CNAPP platform.

Orca Security Expands Across Australia and New Zealand with Partner-First Strategy

Orca Security · Oct 2024

Orca announced regional expansion in Australia and New Zealand, including a partner relationship with Wavelink and relocation of co-founder Avi Shua to Australia.

Orca Security Cuts 15 Percent of Staff

CRN · Jan 2024

Orca confirmed layoffs affecting approximately 60 employees, citing macroeconomic conditions.

Temasek Leads $550 Million Funding in Cloud Security Firm Orca Security

Reuters · Oct 2021

Temasek led Orca’s $550 million Series C financing, raising the company’s reported valuation to $1.8 billion.

Jobs and careers at Orca Security

11 jobs at Orca Security

Customer Success Manager

On-site

Customer Success

Singapore, Central, Singapore

2d ago

On-site

Full-time