# Keyfactor

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/keyfactor

- Industry: IT Security/Cybersecurity
- Headquarters: Independence, US
- Website: www.keyfactor.com
- Total disclosed funding: $1B
- Latest round: Growth (Oct 15, 2026)
- Investors on record: 2

## About

Based in Ohio, US, and founded in 2001 by Ted Shorter and Kevin von Keyserling, Keyfactor, Inc. operates as a professional services company. The firm formerly known as Certified Security Solutions, Inc., helps automate the management of certificates for connected devices. Keyfactor, Inc. has raised a total of over 10 fundings. The latest funding. In July 2026, Keyfactor, Inc. raised USD 1 billion in growth funding led by new investor Summit Partners, with participation from returning investors Insight Partners and Sixth Street Growth. Other unspecified investors also participated in the round.

Keyfactor, Inc. offers a Crypto-Agility platform that provides secure digital identity solutions. The company's solution includes Keyfactor Command, a cloud-based certificate management platform that secures identity across the enterprises and manages PKI, and Keyfactor Control, an end-to-end secure identity platform for connected devices.

The company will use the July 2026 funding to support product development, expand globally, grow its workforce, and pursue strategic acquisitions

## Funding rounds

- Growth, Oct 15, 2026, $1B — Summit Partners
- Series B, Mar 9, 2015, $1M — Straylight Capital

## Investors

- Straylight Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/straylight-capital) — Series B
- Summit Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/summit-partners) — Growth