Descope’s $88 Million Seed Extension Marks a Strategic Shift in Dual-Use Cybersecurity

The United States cybersecurity landscape has gained a new signal of investor confidence with the announcement by Descope, a Palo Alto-based startup, that it has successfully extended and closed its seed financing round, bringing total funding to $88 million. The company secured an additional $35 million from existing backers, highlighting the strong momentum behind its dual-use identity and access management platform. Founded in 2022 by serial entrepreneurs with a successful track record in the security sector, Descope has quickly attracted attention for its no-code and low-code approach to external identity management. Its platform simplifies how organizations design and manage identity journeys for customers, partners, and increasingly, AI agents and machine communication platforms. The funding round represents not only a validation of the company’s business model but also a sign of where private capital is moving: toward enabling technologies that underpin critical supply chains, government contractors, and emerging digital ecosystems.