Why

Merlin Group

From seed through exit, we accelerate company growth. From edge to cloud, we drive cyber innovation that advances end-user missions.

When you work with Merlin Group, you join an ecosystem of the world’s most disruptive cyber companies and executive practitioners. Together, we create a flywheel effect that delivers value across a company’s entire growth lifecycle, unlocking new growth opportunities for our partners while expediting end user access to fully compliant, authorized solutions.

Investment

We fuel the growth of tomorrow’s cybersecurity leaders by investing in visionary early-stage companies with disruptive cyber solutions. We provide not only capital but also deep domain expertise, government and commercial market access, and hands-on support to help founders accelerate product development, scale their businesses, and capture transformative opportunities. Our mission is to back bold innovators who are redefining how the world secures its digital domain.

Community of 400+ CISOs and Security Executives

Our community connects more than 400 CISOs and senior security executives from across industry and government, creating an unparalleled community of cybersecurity leaders and operators. This trusted network provides a forum for candid knowledge-sharing, peer collaboration, and early access to emerging technologies. By bridging innovators with decision-makers, Merlin helps CISOs shape the future of security while giving founders access to critical insights that help refine products to address real-world challenges.

Compliance Acceleration Platform

Our compliance authorization platform streamlines the path to government compliance for technology companies while giving government agencies and other critical markets confidence in the solutions they adopt. For vendors, our platform reduces the cost, complexity, and time required to meet rigorous standards such as FedRAMP and related frameworks, accelerating access to government and other regulated markets. For government end users, it ensures that deployed technologies meet the highest security and compliance requirements, delivering both innovation and assurance.

Government Affairs and Policy

Our government affairs and policy services help bridge the gap between innovative technology companies and the complex world of public sector policy and regulation. By combining deep expertise in cybersecurity policy, procurement processes, and legislative priorities, we enable partners to navigate government landscapes with confidence. For agencies and policymakers, this provides trusted insight into cutting-edge technologies that align with mission priorities, ensuring security innovation advances in step with policy and compliance requirements.

Innovation Lab & Technical Cyber Architects and Engineers

Merlin Labs is where innovation meets real-world validation. It provides a secure, hands-on environment for integrating, testing, piloting, and refining cyber technologies against complex government and enterprise use cases. By simulating real operational environments and leveraging feedback from security practitioners, Merlin Labs helps startups accelerate product-market fit, identifies innovative use cases for mature cyber companies, ensures government and commercial customers can trust solutions before deployment, and drives faster adoption of cutting-edge capabilities.

GTM Growth Engine

Merlin’s go-to-market growth engine empowers cyber innovators to rapidly penetrate and scale in the world’s largest high-stakes markets. By combining deep domain expertise, established customer relationships, and a proven sales and marketing framework, Merlin accelerates adoption and drives measurable revenue growth for its partners. For government and other end users, this means faster access to vetted, cutting-edge solutions that address mission-critical security challenges—delivering innovation with the assurance of trusted expertise and execution.