
ActiveState
ActiveState is a cybersecurity company specializing in Application Security, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. It has 2 priced equity rounds on record with undisclosed amounts, employs about 70 people, and was acquired by VERTU Capital in 2023.
updated Oct 11, 2026
Latest ActiveState news and company activity
What ActiveState did, dated — selected moves from the record, one per kind, newest first.
- Sep 2026Exec changeThe Security Interviews: Abby Kearns, ActiveState
- Jul 2026RecognitionActiveState Curated Catalog Named Best Open Source Security Platform by The Hacker News Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026
- Feb 2026Product launchActiveState Unifies 79M Components to Launch World's Largest Secure Open Source Library
- Jun 2025Product launch
ActiveState funding
ActiveState has 2 priced equity rounds on record with undisclosed amounts. Its most recent round was a Private Equity in January 2021.
- Equity raised
- Undisclosed2 priced rounds
- Last round
- Private EquityJan 2021
ActiveState employees and hiring
ActiveState has about 70 employees, up 1% over the last 30 days.
- Employees
- 70
- 30-day change
- +1%
- Open roles
- 0
ActiveState competitors
Security professionals most often compare ActiveState against Chainguard, Aqua Security Software Ltd., and RapidFort on cybersectools.com. 3 more are in the platform, with overlap scoring.
ranked by CybersecTools comparison demand, 90 days
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