Acquisition
Apr 2025Socket acquired Coana and integrated its reachability-analysis technology to reduce vulnerability noise and improve exploitability triage.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 2, 2026
Overview
Socket is a privately held cybersecurity company building a developer-first software supply-chain security platform. It analyzes open-source dependencies for malicious behavior, vulnerabilities, licensing and reachability, and helps organizations prevent risky code from entering development and production. Socket’s own sources cite both 2020 and 2021 as the founding year; 2020 is used here because the founder’s profile, GitHub organization history and 2026 funding announcement support it.
Primary product
Socket, a software composition analysis and supply-chain protection platform, including dependency monitoring, malicious-package detection, Socket Firewall, reachability analysis, SBOM/policy controls and Certified Patches.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
100+ (Socket said more than 100 people in May 2026; third-party LinkedIn data separately estimated approximately 85, so headcount is approximate)
Work style