Startup · United States
Method Security
HQ Saint Paul, MinnesotaFounded 20231-10 employeesUpdated
Delivering cyber resilience and deterrence to the U.S.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | $500 |
| FY2025 | $1.2M |
| FY2024 | $140K |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
Directly matched recipients (up to 12)
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- METHOD SECURITY, INC · YUTGV449NPA3 · $1.4M
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Funding2 rounds · $26.0M
- Equity raised
- $26.0M
- Latest
- $21.5MSeries A · Nov 19, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2025 | Series A | $21.5M | — | Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst | — | Reported |
| Dec 16, 2023 | Seed | $4.5M | — | Andreessen Horowitz | — | Reported |
- Series ALed by Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst$21.5MNov 19, 2025
- SeedLed by Andreessen Horowitz$4.5MDec 16, 2023
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems3
- BastionAn autonomous cyber mission system for enterprise resilience that maps estates, investigates exposures, and validates attack paths.
- JackalConfigurable software agent for authorized adversary-emulation workflows.
- ReaperA software‑defined offensive operations platform for planning, rehearsing, and executing cyber missions with autonomous agents.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
Capabilities1
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information management and cybersecurity | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Cyber resilience and deterrence delivered to the U.S. Government, a stated government-security use, though military or security agencies are not named as the main customers. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Cyber resilience and deterrence delivered to the U.S. Government, a stated government-security use, though military or security agencies are not named as the main customers.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People3
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Daniel Kelly | Co-Founder |
| Sam Jones | CEO and Co-Founder |
| Sean Hacker | Co-Founder, CTO |
Company Metrics
Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.
Sources5
Profile1
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "e61b1104-7fbd-46fa-af08-00ecbf9abcae"}”
Systems2
- 2CompanyMethod Security
Method Security · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System
“Delivering cyber resilience and deterrence to the U.S. Government and critical enterprises.”
- 3
Method Security · Supports System
“Jackal Jackals flex from simple job runner or a stealthy implant. Minimal and configurable on the fly, with post-deployment reconfigurability, able to deploy to anything with compute and connectivity.”
Funding1
- 4CompanyMethod Security | LinkedIn
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · ownership, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Role
“funding round: Series A, 2025-11-19, USD 21,500,000, lead: Andreessen Horowitz;General Catalyst”
People1
- 5
Method Security · Supports Role
““Method was founded to deliver cyber resilience to critical institutions, including the U.S. national security apparatus,” said Sam Jones, CEO and Co-Founder of Method Security.”
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