Reality Defender
Reality Defender is a cybersecurity company specializing in Threat Intelligence, founded in 2021 and headquartered in New York, United States. It has raised $48.59M in equity across 6 priced rounds, plus $4K non-dilutive & grants, employs about 92 people, and is privately held.
updated Oct 24, 2026
Latest Reality Defender news and company activity
What Reality Defender did, dated — selected moves from the record, one per kind, newest first.
- Oct 2026Funding roundCollinear Capital Invests in Reality Defender Alongside KPMG Ventures and IBM Ventures
- Jun 2026PartnershipZeroFox and Reality Defender Partner to Close the Synthetic Media Gap in External Threat Protection
- Mar 2026PartnershipAlethea and Reality Defender Partner to Bring Deepfake Detection Into Online Risk Detection and Mitigation
- Nov 2025Product launch
Reality Defender Momentum score
59/ 100
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Reality Defender products
Reality Defender RealScanWeb app that detects AI-manipulated images, videos, audio, and documents
Reality Defender funding
Reality Defender has raised $48.59M in priced equity, plus $4K non-dilutive & grants. Its most recent round was a Venture Round in September 2026. It has 7 funding rounds on record: Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed, Series A, Series A, Venture Round, and Venture Round. 27 investors are on record, including Collinear Capital and KPMG Ventures.
- Equity raised
- $48.59M6 priced rounds
- Last round
- Venture RoundSep 2026
- Other instruments
- $4K non-dilutive
Reality Defender employees and hiring
As of September 2026, Reality Defender has about 92 employees, up 3% over the last 30 days, with 3 open roles.
- Employees
- 92
- 30-day change
- +3%
- Open roles
- 3
Reality Defender competitors
Competitors of Reality Defender include Sensity AI, TrueBees, and Certifi AI. 32 more are in the platform, with overlap scoring.
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