Orca Security vs Signzy

Orca Security has a disclosed valuation of $1.8B, while Signzy's valuation is not publicly available, making a direct size comparison difficult. Orca Security employs 450 people.

Orca Security has raised more in total funding at $640M, compared to Signzy's $26M — a gap of $614M. Combined, the two companies have completed 8 known funding rounds.

Orca Security leads with an Awaira Score of 68/100, while Signzy sits at 63/100. That 5-point gap reflects real differences in funding, scale, and traction — it's not a vanity metric.

Orca Security was founded by Avi Shua in 2019. Signzy was founded by Nikhil Idnani in 2015. Visit each company's profile on Awaira for a full founder biography.

Orca Security: Orca Security is a cloud security platform founded in 2019 that specializes in AI-driven vulnerability and misconfiguration detection across cloud environments. The company provides agentless security solutions that scan infrastructure, workloads, and data across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes deployments without requiring agent installation. Orca's core technology uses machine learning algorithms to identify risks including unpatched vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, exposed data, and compliance violations. The platform integrates with existing security tools and provides automated remediation recommendations. The company has secured $640 million in total funding at a $1.8 billion valuation as of its Series E funding round, reflecting significant investor confidence in cloud security solutions. Orca competes with vendors including Wiz, Lacework, and Snyk in the cloud security space. The company targets enterprise organizations managing complex multi-cloud infrastructures seeking consolidated visibility and risk assessment. Orca's agentless approach differentiates it by reducing deployment friction compared to agent-based competitors. The company has achieved notable enterprise adoption across financial services, technology, and healthcare sectors. Its growth trajectory reflects broader market demand for AI-enhanced cloud security tools as organizations accelerate cloud migration and face increasing sophistication in attack vectors targeting cloud infrastructure and data exposure risks. Orca Security's agentless scanning approach eliminates deployment friction while delivering AI-powered risk detection across multiple cloud platforms simultaneously. Signzy: Signzy is a digital identity verification and KYC automation platform that uses AI-powered document analysis, liveness detection, and database integration to enable financial institutions and regulated businesses to onboard customers remotely with regulatory compliance. The platform processes identity documents, conducts video KYC, and provides risk scoring through APIs that integrate with banking and fintech onboarding workflows.\n\nThe company raised approximately $26M in Series B funding from investors including Vertex Ventures and Arkam Ventures, and serves a large base of banks, NBFCs, insurance companies, and fintech platforms in India. Signzy processed tens of millions of KYC verifications and has been recognized by the Reserve Bank of India for its video KYC framework contributions.\n\nVideo KYC and digital identity verification have become mandatory for regulated financial services in India, creating a large and recurring market for compliant identity infrastructure. Signzy's deep regulatory expertise and production track record across India's financial system give it a significant advantage over generic identity verification platforms that lack India-specific compliance depth.

Signzy got there first, launching in 2015 — that's 4 years of extra runway. Orca Security didn't arrive until 2019. In AI, that kind of head start means more training data, deeper customer relationships, and a bigger talent moat.

Orca Security has about 450 employees; Signzy has about 200-500. A bigger team usually means more revenue or heavier VC backing, but in AI, small teams can build at massive scale.

Yes — they're direct rivals. Both Orca Security and Signzy compete in AI Security, targeting many of the same buyers. If you're evaluating one, you should be looking at the other.