Echo Named to Rising in Cyber 2026 List of Top Cybersecurity Startups

NEW YORK – May 12, 2026 – Echo, the leader in AI-powered secure software infrastructure, today announced its inclusion in Rising in Cyber 2026, an independent annual list launched by Notable Capital to recognize the 30 most promising private cybersecurity startups. Now in its third year, Rising in Cyber has become a trusted signal of what is actually moving the needle in enterprise security.

Unlike traditional rankings, Rising in Cyber honorees are selected through voting by 150 active CISOs and senior security executives; the result is a reliable signal of what security teams are actually adopting to address their most urgent challenges.

Echo joins a cohort that has collectively raised over $6.9 billion, according to PitchBook, and is defining the next generation of cybersecurity across critical areas, including identity and access management, agentic AI security, security operations, and application defense.

The 2026 honorees were named alongside the release of the Rising in Cyber 2026 Report, produced in collaboration with Morgan Stanley. The report draws on CISO survey data and market analysis to map how the cybersecurity industry is evolving from AI agents reshaping security operations to a historic surge in strategic M&A, and separates signal from noise for investors, operators, and security leaders.

"Security is now moving from a constraint to an enabler on how fast AI can actually scale inside the enterprise. The 150 CISOs who voted on this list understand that better than anyone,” said Oren Yunger, Managing Partner, Notable Capital. “Congratulations to this year's Rising in Cyber honorees for earning their trust."

Honorees will be recognized at a private event on May 12 at the New York Stock Exchange in San Francisco alongside top security leaders and investors.

“We’re honored to be recognized by the security leaders who are seeing these challenges every day,” said Eilon Elhadad, co-founder and CEO of Echo. “As software supply chain attacks continue to rise, enterprises are spending enormous time and resources chasing vulnerabilities across open source libraries and container infrastructure they didn’t write themselves. The current model of endless patching and CVE triage simply doesn’t scale. At Echo, we believe the future is secure-by-design infrastructure where vulnerabilities and risk are eliminated at the source.”

Echo is redefining software supply chain security by using AI-powered automation to rebuild and harden vulnerable open source infrastructure before it reaches production environments. Rather than forcing engineering and security teams to continuously triage and patch inherited vulnerabilities across containers, libraries, and dependencies, Echo helps enterprises eliminate vulnerabilities upstream and adopt a secure-by-design foundation that integrates seamlessly into existing development workflows.

The company’s platform is already trusted by leading global enterprises including UiPath, Varonis, Vectra AI, Webflow, and EDB. Echo offers thousands of secure artifacts, including FIPS-validated and STIG-hardened images that help organizations accelerate FedRAMP readiness and meet compliance requirements without additional operational overhead. Since launching, Echo has raised more than $50 million in funding and continues to expand its library of enterprise-ready secure images.

To learn more about Rising in Cyber 2026, visit www.notablecap.com/risingincyber.

About Echo

Echo is a cybersecurity company building secure-by-design software infrastructure for enterprises and regulated industries. Using AI-powered automation, Echo eliminates vulnerabilities from the software supply chain by rebuilding and hardening open source components before they reach production environments. The company helps organizations reduce remediation overhead, accelerate compliance initiatives like FedRAMP, and move away from reactive CVE management toward a fundamentally more secure foundation for modern software development. Learn more at www.echo.ai.

About Rising in Cyber

Rising in Cyber is an annual list and research initiative that recognizes the most promising private cybersecurity companies, as selected by nearly 150 practicing CISOs and cybersecurity executives. For more information about the Rising in Cyber list, report, and methodology, visit www.risingincyber.com.

About Notable Capital

Notable Capital is named for the founders we invest with, the ideas they pursue, and the companies they build. An early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in the U.S., Notable brings a global perspective to cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, fintech, commerce, and AI, investing across the U.S., Israel, Europe, and select go-global markets.

Notable Capital's portfolio companies include Affirm, Airbnb, Anthropic, Browserbase, Drata, fal, Handshake, Quince, Slack, Square, Vercel, Wispr, and more. More information at www.notablecap.com.