Socket, which helps companies safeguard open-source code against hackers, raised $60M led by Thrive Capital at a $1B valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-20/security-firm-thwarting-nation-state-hackers-valued-at-1-billion"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260520/i28.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260520/p28#a260520p28" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Dina Bass / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-20/security-firm-thwarting-nation-state-hackers-valued-at-1-billion">Socket, which helps companies safeguard open-source code against hackers, raised $60M led by Thrive Capital at a $1B valuation</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Socket, a cybersecurity startup that sells technology to help safeguard open-source code against hackers, has raised a new round of funding that values the company at $1 billion.</p>