Is iboss profitable in 2026?

iboss does not disclose financials as a private company. Third-party revenue estimates conflict wildly, from about $31.8M to $94.3M depending on source and year, and no profitability figure has been published as of July 2026.

Has iboss raised any new funding recently?

No. iboss's last disclosed round was a $145M Series B led by NightDragon in January 2021. As of July 2026, one tracker notes 67 months have passed with no new capital raised, totaling $180M raised across all rounds.

iboss is privately held, founded in 2003 by twin brothers Paul and Peter Martini. Investors include Goldman Sachs Growth Equity (2015 Series A) and NightDragon with Francisco Partners (2021 Series B). Dave DeWalt became co-chairman after the Series B.

Could AI replace iboss's platform?

iboss is using AI to extend its product, launching an AI-Powered CASB at RSA in March 2026 and a free AI Security Platform in July 2026. The bigger threat is architectural, not AI-model replacement: agent-based rival dope.security markets itself as an iboss replacement in mid-market and education accounts as of July 2026.

Who is iboss's biggest competitor?

Zscaler is iboss's largest incumbent rival, a publicly traded SSE/SASE leader with historical revenue exceeding $761M, per Growjo data. iboss also faces Netskope, Cato Networks, Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco, plus emerging challenger dope.security targeting its K-12 and mid-market base.

Is iboss losing customers to dope.security?

dope.security has explicitly marketed itself since at least July 2026 as a replacement for iboss's containerized cloud gateway architecture, targeting iboss's mid-market and education customer base directly, though no independent win-rate data has been published yet.

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iboss

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iboss sells cloud-based secure web gateway and SSE tools to enterprises, schools, and governments.

Losing its protection

Assessed 21 July 2026 · Evidence as of 21 July 2026

The structural protection is eroding.

On the recordSince 21 July 2026 · Checkable from by Q2 2027 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Absence or arrival of a new funding round, sale, or recapitalization

The call

iboss still protects over 4,000 organizations in schools and government, but no fresh capital in five years and a direct challenger naming it by name in marketing make its next move look defensive, not expansive.

iboss sells software that filters and secures internet traffic for schools, governments, and mid-sized businesses. It is getting squeezed from three directions: giant companies like Zscaler and Palo Alto are taking market share with newer technology, smaller rivals like dope.security are specifically targeting iboss's customers with a different approach that companies find easier to install, and iboss itself has stopped hiring and growing for five years, which makes it look stalled. The one thing that could change this picture is if dope.security and other new companies fail to actually win over iboss's existing customers in schools and government over the next few years, but if they succeed, iboss will become worth a lot less.

Why

AI pressure: dope.security. dope.security uses on-device inspection instead of cloud proxying and explicitly markets itself as a replacement for iboss in schools and mid-market accounts. Could AI do the core job? Only partly.

Bigger players: Zscaler. Zscaler is the publicly traded SSE leader with over $2B in revenue, pulling large enterprise deals iboss can no longer compete for on scale. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. FedRAMP and StateRAMP authorizations plus entrenched contracts in K-12 and government keep iboss inside slow-moving compliance-locked accounts.

What would change this call

iboss announces a Series C, recapitalization, or acquisition by Q2 2027. shows whether capital markets still value iboss or whether it is being wound down at a discount.
Published win/loss data or customer case studies showing K-12/education accounts switching to dope.security. would confirm iboss's compliance-niche moat is being breached from below.
iboss headcount or web traffic trend over next 2-3 quarters. continued flat headcount or falling traffic would indicate stalled growth rather than recovery.

Key numbers

No new funding since $145M Series B (Jan 2021)
Web traffic down 18% quarter over quarter (2026)
Headcount flat near 350 with ~10 open roles (Jul 2026)

Named risks

No new capital raised since January 2021, over five years without a fresh funding round. Severity: high
dope.security explicitly targeting iboss's K-12 and mid-market installed base with agent-based architecture. Severity: high
Conflicting and unaudited third-party revenue estimates leave financial health opaque. Severity: medium
Flat headcount and 18% QoQ web traffic decline signal stalled organic growth. Severity: medium
Category leaders Zscaler, Palo Alto, and Cisco could enter iboss's compliance niche despite lower P&L priority. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
Zscaler	losing to	Publicly traded market leader in SSE with over $2B revenue, per memory-verified reporting as of 2026-07
dope.security	losing to	Explicitly marketed as iboss replacement in mid-market and education segments, 2026-07-08
Netskope	losing to	Rated ahead of iboss in enterprise feature depth by independent analyst commentary, 2026-05-20
Palo Alto Networks	contesting	Platform incumbent encroaching on iboss's compliance-driven government and education niche
Cisco	contesting	Holds comparable FedRAMP-type certifications and can enter iboss's compliance niche

Questions people ask

Is iboss profitable in 2026?: iboss does not disclose financials as a private company. Third-party revenue estimates conflict wildly, from about $31.8M to $94.3M depending on source and year, and no profitability figure has been published as of July 2026.
Has iboss raised any new funding recently?: No. iboss's last disclosed round was a $145M Series B led by NightDragon in January 2021. As of July 2026, one tracker notes 67 months have passed with no new capital raised, totaling $180M raised across all rounds.
Who owns iboss?: iboss is privately held, founded in 2003 by twin brothers Paul and Peter Martini. Investors include Goldman Sachs Growth Equity (2015 Series A) and NightDragon with Francisco Partners (2021 Series B). Dave DeWalt became co-chairman after the Series B.
Could AI replace iboss's platform?: iboss is using AI to extend its product, launching an AI-Powered CASB at RSA in March 2026 and a free AI Security Platform in July 2026. The bigger threat is architectural, not AI-model replacement: agent-based rival dope.security markets itself as an iboss replacement in mid-market and education accounts as of July 2026.
Who is iboss's biggest competitor?: Zscaler is iboss's largest incumbent rival, a publicly traded SSE/SASE leader with historical revenue exceeding $761M, per Growjo data. iboss also faces Netskope, Cato Networks, Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco, plus emerging challenger dope.security targeting its K-12 and mid-market base.
Is iboss losing customers to dope.security?: dope.security has explicitly marketed itself since at least July 2026 as a replacement for iboss's containerized cloud gateway architecture, targeting iboss's mid-market and education customer base directly, though no independent win-rate data has been published yet.

Timeline

2026-07-08dope.security publishes post positioning itself as replacement for iboss in mid-market and education
2026-07-01iboss launches free-tier AI Security Platform for shadow-AI and agent discovery
2026-04-29iboss named Leader and Outperformer in GigaOm Radar for CASB
2026-03iboss launches AI-Powered CASB at RSA Conference with GenAI conversation capture
2026-02-18iboss named Leader in GigaOm Radar for SASE among 17 vendors
2021-01iboss raises $145M Series B led by NightDragon, with Francisco Partners; Dave DeWalt becomes co-chairman
2015-11iboss raises $35M Series A led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity
2003iboss founded by twin brothers Paul and Peter Martini

Revision history

21 July 2026

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