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Grip Security finds the SaaS and AI apps employees adopt outside IT, then automates offboarding and flags which need single sign-on. A security team that wires that work into daily operations cannot drop it without reabsorbing manual cleanup. PDS Health, a 14,000-employee healthcare group, credits it with about 400 hours saved on single sign-on. The quantified growth proof is from 2023, when the Series B reported multiple Fortune 500 clients and bookings up over 400 percent. More recent public proof is limited to 22 Gartner Peer Insights reviews averaging 4.9. Convergence by SaaS posture and identity vendors is a risk this analysis flags rather than one the record documents, so Grip is hard to dislodge where a team runs it daily and replaceable where it does not.
| Description | SaaS identity risk management company whose platform discovers and governs shadow SaaS, shadow AI, and the identities that access them. | [f1] |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | [f2] |
| HQ | Boston, Massachusetts, US | [f3] |
| Funding | $66M total | [f4] |
| Latest funding | Series B ($41M, August 2023) | [f4] |
| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP) | Identity-based platform that discovers and classifies SaaS and web apps, prioritizes access controls, and automates SaaS offboarding. |
| Grip ITDR 2.0 | Identity threat detection and response for SaaS that detects malicious OAuth grants and browser extensions and automates responses. |
Cyber Defense Matrix
| Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devices Workstations, servers, phones, tablets, storage, network devices, IoT infrastructure, and similar hardware. | |||||
| Applications Software, interactions, and application flows on the devices. | |||||
| Networks Connections and traffic flowing among devices and apps, plus communication paths. | |||||
| Data Content at rest, in transit, or in use across devices, apps, and networks. | |||||
| Users The people using the devices, apps, networks, and data. |
The platform discovers SaaS and web apps and the identities accessing them and automates offboarding, and Grip ITDR detects and responds to identity threats. Grip defends SaaS and identity assets with conventional methods and is mapped to the Cyber Defense Matrix. [f5]
How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.
| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity How precisely the company defines its problem, with evidence the problem exists at the scale claimed. | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth How specific the technical capabilities are, with evidence beyond marketing claims such as docs, demos, and third-party validation. | 3/5 |
| Market Timing Whether the market is ready for this product, with evidence that buyers are actively seeking solutions. | 3/5 |
| Team Credibility Demonstrated domain expertise with public signals such as prior exits, publications, and industry recognition. | 3/5 |
| GTM Proof Evidence of actual traction (customers, revenue signals, partnerships) beyond stated intentions. | 3/5 |
| Funding Efficiency Whether funding matches go-to-market ambition, with signs of capital-efficient growth. | 2/5 |
| Category Clarity Whether the company creates or fits a recognizable category that buyers can quickly place in their stack. | 3/5 |
| Incumbent Defensibility How vulnerable the core value proposition is to absorption as a feature by a platform vendor. | 2/5 |
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| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Value Delivery Does the product sell software as the product, or judgment, trust, or accountability with software as the delivery mechanism. | 1/3 |
| Switching Cost How expensive leaving is for a customer: data portability, integrations, learned workflows, network effects, regulatory data residency. | 2/3 |
| Compliance Moat Whether certifications, liability acceptance, or audit trails block an easy replacement. | 1/3 |
| Problem Complexity Whether the product requires ML, optimization, real-time systems, or years of specialized expertise. | 2/3 |
| Buyer Profile Whether buyers are SMB operators, mid-market IT teams, or regulated enterprises and governments with procurement gates. | 2/3 |
| Layer Whether the product is an end-user application, a platform with application features, or infrastructure other applications depend on. | 2/3 |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP Whether the product accumulates datasets, content licenses, or IP that a rival cannot recreate from scratch. | 1/3 |
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| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | https://www.grip.security/platform | official | 2026-06-21 |
| f2 | Intel Capital: Grip Security Raises $25M in 9 Months to Displace Legacy CASB Solutions | press | 2026-06-21 |
| f3 | Intel Capital: Grip Security Raising $41 Million Series B Led by Third Point Ventures | press | 2026-06-21 |
| f4 | Calcalist: Grip Security raises $41 million led by Daniel Loeb's Third Point Ventures | press | 2026-06-21 |
| f5 | https://www.grip.security/platform/itdr-identity-threat-detection-and-response | official | 2026-06-21 |
| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | Grip Security homepage “See how 95.5% of customers prevented multiple SaaS breaches with Grip in 2025” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s2 | Grip SaaS Security Control Plane platform page “Grip SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP) helps you pinpoint, prioritize, and mitigate SaaS identity risks, including shadow SaaS, shadow AI, and rogue cloud accounts.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s3 | Grip Security about page “Grip discovers and classifies risk across SaaS services and web apps, uncovering risk prone identities and accounts to close security gaps, prioritize access controls, and achieve continuous SaaS and identity compliance.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s4 | Grip ITDR 2.0 platform page “Grip also monitors unmanaged SaaS, including threats from browser extensions, OAuth grants, and privilege escalation.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s5 | Grip case study: PDS Health “Saved ~400 hours in SSO identification. Automated SaaS offboarding workflows. PDS Health 14,000+ employees, Healthcare, Henderson, NV.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s6 | Intel Capital: Grip Security Raises $25M in 9 Months to Displace Legacy CASB Solutions “Grip was founded by Lior Yaari (CEO), Idan Fast (CTO), and Alon Shenkler (VP R&D) in February 2021. Grip's customer base has increased dramatically, with a tenfold increase in new users quarter over quarter.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s7 | Calcalist: Grip Security raises $41 million led by Daniel Loeb's Third Point Ventures “raised $41 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $66 million. The round was led by Third Point Ventures.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s8 | Grip Series B press release “August 22, 2023. Over the past year alone, bookings have surged by over 400%. Notably, Grip Security boasts an impressive client roster, including multiple Fortune 500 companies.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s9 | SC Media: Grip Security grabs more cash to lead gold rush “backed by investments from YL Ventures and a number of individuals, including CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, former Akamai Chief Security Officer Andy Ellis, former Zscaler CISO Michael Sutton.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s10 | YL Ventures: Scaling Strong, Grip Security Raises a $41M Series B Round “Grip Security and co-founders Lior Yaari, Idan Fast and Alon Shenkler for raising $41 million in Series B funding led by Third Point Ventures.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s11 | Grip Founders Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 List “Grip Security's founders, Lior Yaari (CEO), Idan Fast (CTO) and Alon Shenkler (VP R&D) were selected to be part of Forbes' 30 under 30 list.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s12 | Grip case study: NFP “NFP chose Grip for its identity-based SaaS discovery effectively integrate new acquisitions.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s13 | Grip homepage footer trust badges “Footer states ISO 27001 Certified and SOC 2 Type II Certified, shown as trust badges without a link to an inspectable public trust portal.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s14 | Israel Companies Registry (data.gov.il): GRIP SECURITY LTD, company 516298759, incorporated 20/12/2020, status active, last annual report 2025 “"מספר חברה":516298759,"שם חברה":"גריפ סקיוריטי בע~מ","שם באנגלית":"GRIP SECURITY LTD","סוג תאגיד":"ישראלית חברה פרטית","סטטוס חברה":"פעילה"” | regulatory | 2026-06-29 |
| s15 | Gartner Peer Insights: Grip Security in the Identity Governance and Administration and AI Security and Anomaly Detection markets “Grip Security is present in 2 markets with 2 products. Grip Security has 22 reviews with an overall average rating of 4.9.” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s16 | SecurityWeek: Shadow AI Risk, How SaaS Apps Are Quietly Enabling Massive Breaches “A new report from Grip Security analyzes 23,000 SaaS application environments. The statistics it found include: 100% of analyzed companies operate SaaS environments with embedded AI.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s17 | SecurityWeek: Grip Security Lands $41 Million Series B Financing “The $41 million Series B funding round brings the total raised by Grip Security to $66 million and provides capital for the company to build and sell technology to help organizations protect data and identities in SaaS applications.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | Grip Security homepage “See how 95.5% of customers prevented multiple SaaS breaches with Grip in 2025” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s2 | Grip SaaS Security Control Plane platform page “Grip SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP) helps you pinpoint, prioritize, and mitigate SaaS identity risks, including shadow SaaS, shadow AI, and rogue cloud accounts.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s3 | Grip Security about page “Grip discovers and classifies risk across SaaS services and web apps, uncovering risk prone identities and accounts to close security gaps, prioritize access controls, and achieve continuous SaaS and identity compliance.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s4 | Grip ITDR 2.0 platform page “Grip also monitors unmanaged SaaS, including threats from browser extensions, OAuth grants, and privilege escalation.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s5 | Grip case study: PDS Health “Saved ~400 hours in SSO identification. Automated SaaS offboarding workflows. PDS Health 14,000+ employees, Healthcare, Henderson, NV.” | official | 2026-06-29 |
| s6 | Intel Capital: Grip Security Raises $25M in 9 Months to Displace Legacy CASB Solutions “Grip's customer base has increased dramatically, with a tenfold increase in new users quarter over quarter. CASB solutions are a thing of the past.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s7 | Calcalist: Grip Security raises $41 million led by Daniel Loeb's Third Point Ventures “raised $41 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $66 million.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s8 | Grip Series B press release “August 22, 2023. Over the past year alone, bookings have surged by over 400%. Grip Security boasts an impressive client roster, including multiple Fortune 500 companies.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s9 | SC Media: Grip Security grabs more cash to lead gold rush “backed by investments from YL Ventures and a number of individuals, including CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, former Akamai Chief Security Officer Andy Ellis, former Zscaler CISO Michael Sutton.” | press | 2026-06-21 |
| s10 | Grip Founders Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 List “Grip Security's founders, Lior Yaari (CEO), Idan Fast (CTO) and Alon Shenkler (VP R&D) were selected to be part of Forbes' 30 under 30 list.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s11 | Grip case study: NFP “NFP chose Grip for its identity-based SaaS discovery effectively integrate new acquisitions.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s12 | Grip homepage footer trust badges “Footer states ISO 27001 Certified and SOC 2 Type II Certified, shown as trust badges without a link to an inspectable public trust portal.” | official | 2026-06-21 |
| s13 | Gartner Peer Insights: Grip Security in the Identity Governance and Administration and AI Security and Anomaly Detection markets “Grip Security is present in 2 markets with 2 products. Grip Security has 22 reviews with an overall average rating of 4.9.” | research | 2026-06-29 |
| s14 | SecurityWeek: Shadow AI Risk, How SaaS Apps Are Quietly Enabling Massive Breaches “A new report from Grip Security analyzes 23,000 SaaS application environments. The statistics it found include: 100% of analyzed companies operate SaaS environments with embedded AI.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
| s15 | SecurityWeek: Grip Security Lands $41 Million Series B Financing “The $41 million Series B funding round brings the total raised by Grip Security to $66 million and provides capital for the company to build and sell technology to help organizations protect data and identities in SaaS applications.” | press | 2026-06-29 |
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