Torq, a pioneer in Agentic AI security operations, has announced the closure of a $140 million Series D funding round, elevating its valuation to $1.2 billion and bringing its total funding to $332 million.
Merlin Ventures, a cybersecurity fund with access to the U.
S. commercial and Public Sector markets, led the investment. Existing investors, including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Ventures Partners, and Greenfield Partners, also participated. This capital infusion is intended to accelerate the adoption of the Torq AI SOC Platform, an end-to-end solution designed for Hyperautomation, Alert Triage, and Fatigue Reduction, aiming to deliver operational autonomy for global enterprises and government agencies.
Shay Michel, Managing Partner at Merlin Ventures, stated, “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.”
Ofer Smadari, CEO and co-founder of Torq, commented, “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.”
The primary driver behind Torq’s growth is the adoption of its AI Agents across its global customer base. Unlike legacy security tools, Torq AI Agents are designed for self-service, enabling security teams to build and deploy sophisticated agents with minimal effort. Currently, Torq AI Agents are integrated into the daily operations of Fortune 500 SOCs, autonomously managing millions of complex security tasks. This adoption has positioned Torq as a primary platform for the modern SOC.
Corey Kaemming, CISO at Valvoline, noted, “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.”
Torq’s partnership with Merlin Ventures has also facilitated its expansion within the U.
S. Federal and Public Sector markets. Merlin Ventures, with nearly 30 years of experience in the U.
S. government market, provides strategic support and government relationships necessary to navigate compliance requirements, including FedRAMP, and scale the Torq AI SOC Platform to protect critical infrastructure.
The Series D funding validates Torq’s market traction and maturity. In 2025, the company reported significant customer expansion, indicating the platform’s suitability for complex, multinational security environments. Torq currently protects hundreds of multinational enterprises, including Marriott, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Uber, and Virgin Atlantic.
Torq’s transformation efforts are driven by its Agentic AI foundation. In 2025, the company enhanced its multi-agent security capabilities, supported by the acquisition of RevRod. This platform empowers SOC teams through two product pillars: 100% Triage and Alert Investigation, which achieves immediate triage on low-fidelity alerts, reducing investigation time by up to 90%, and focusing human analysts on verified, high-impact threats; and a Self-Service Agentic Platform, an end-to-end agent builder enabling teams to manage 100X more alerts without increasing headcount.
John White, CISO at Virgin Atlantic, stated, “We’re always innovating our security operations approach at Virgin Atlantic and the Torq AI SOC Platform is driving significant benefits for us. Today, innovation stems from an AI-first approach, which Torq excels at. Torq is making our security operations simpler and more efficient, and providing us with complete coverage across our security stack. Torq is now our umbrella platform.”
Torq’s AI SOC platform aims to empower enterprises to instantly and precisely detect and respond to security events at scale. Its customer base includes major multinational enterprise customers such as Abnormal Security, Armis, Check Point Security, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inditex (Zara, Bershka, and Pull & Bear), Informatica, Kyocera, Telefonica, Valvoline, Virgin Atlantic, and Wiz.
Merlin Ventures is the venture capital affiliate of Merlin Group. The group has nearly 30 years of experience introducing technologies to the U.
S. government market. Merlin Ventures focuses on scaling companies and introducing solutions for cybersecurity challenges, combining infrastructure, capital, technical advisory, market readiness acceleration, and government and industry relationships to support portfolio growth.
