Hunters
Definition
Hunters is an Israeli company founded in 2018 that develops an Autonomous Threat Hunting platform, which detects cyber intrusions in an organization's IT infrastructure without relying only on manual detection rules.
When the traditional SIEM turns into noise
Older SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) systems require a security analyst to write and maintain a detection rule by hand for each type of threat. This approach collapses once the volume of data an organization monitors exceeds what a human team can review. Hunters, founded by Uri May in 2018, built an AI-based alternative: a platform that brings together data from a variety of security sources and detects complete attack chains, including methods that were never defined in advance in a written rule, and not just a single event that crosses a threshold. It then provides automated detection, investigation and response for them.
This approach is meant to shorten the gap between an actual intrusion and its discovery, and to reduce reliance on analysts who have to search mountains of logs by hand for signs of intrusion.
From next-generation SIEM to a full SOC platform
The platform integrates with common tools such as Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne and Snowflake (which has also invested in the company), and allows relatively fast deployment compared with traditional SIEM systems, whose setup can take months. Its clients include Booking.com, Skyscanner, PennyMac and ChargePoint.
Hunters was recognized as a Leader in the GigaOm Radar report for SIEM solutions for 2025 and for autonomous SOC for 2024, and received an Honorable Mention in Gartner's 2024 Magic Quadrant report for SIEM.
Funding: from seed to a $68 million Series C
According to an official Hunters announcement from January 2022, the company raised a $68 million Series C round led by the growth equity firm Stripes, with participation from DTCP, Cisco Investments and Databricks as new investors, alongside YL Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Microsoft's M12, U.S. Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital and Snowflake Ventures as existing investors. The round brought total funding to $118 million.
"The SIEM market is worth $4.3 billion and is ripe for disruption," said Uri May, CEO and co-founder of Hunters, in the funding announcement. Ken Fox, a founder and partner at Stripes, which led the round, and a member of Hunters' board, added in the same announcement that 2021 had been a huge year for the company, in which its ARR grew more than fourfold.
FAQ ❓
What does Hunters actually do?
It brings together and analyzes security data from different sources in an organization to detect complete attack chains in real time, as a replacement for traditional SIEM systems that are based on rules written in advance.
Who are Hunters' clients?
According to the company, large organizations such as Booking.com, PennyMac and ChargePoint use the platform as their main SOC system.
How much has Hunters raised?
In its Series C round in January 2022 it raised $68 million led by Stripes, which brought its total funding to $118 million.
When was Hunters founded, and who founded it?
In 2018, by Uri May, who serves as the company's CEO.
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