Don't build your compliance setup on a vendor that might not be here next year.
QRS tracks funding, investors, and company stage for 1,000+ cybersecurity vendors. Before you commit to a new tool — or renew an old one — see whether the company behind it is growing, stalling, or running low on runway: the time before they need more money, or get acquired.
The tool disappears. The compliance gap doesn't.
Picture this: two years ago you signed up for a security tool — maybe it handles email encryption, backups, or endpoint monitoring. It's been quietly working ever since. You haven't thought about the company behind it since the sales call.
Then one day, it's gone. Acquired by a competitor that's shutting the product down. Or the company ran out of funding and closed up. Either way, you find out when the tool stops working — usually right before a renewal, an audit, or an insurance review.
This isn't your fault for not catching it. Almost no small operator has the time to track the financial health of every vendor they use. But that data exists — it's just written for investors, not for you. That's the gap QRS fills.
How this usually plays out
- 1You sign up for a tool. It works. You move on with running your practice.
- 2The vendor quietly raises no new funding for a few years — nothing visible changes on your end.
- 3The vendor is acquired, or runs out of runway, and the product is sunset with little notice.
- !You find out the week of your renewal, audit, or insurance review — the worst possible time.
The same signals investors watch — in language that doesn't require an MBA.
Every vendor in our database gets a stability snapshot built from three numbers: how much they've raised, what stage they're at, and how long it's been since their last round. Here's what that looks like translated.
Total raised, funding stage, and time since the last round — for every vendor in the database, translated the same way every time.
What "Series B" (and the rest) actually tell you
Funding stage sounds like jargon, but it's really just a rough timeline of how established a company is. Here's the plain-English version — no glossary tooltip required.
Pre-Seed / Seed
The earliest stage. The company likely has a product but is still proving that people will pay for it.
Series A / B
The company has paying customers and is raising money to grow faster — hiring, building, and expanding their reach.
Series C+
The company is established and raising larger amounts, often to enter new markets or prepare for an acquisition or IPO.
Total Raised
The full amount a company has ever raised from investors. More raised generally means more cushion — but also more pressure to grow quickly.
Last Round
How long it's been since the company last raised money — a rough read on how much runway they have left before they need more.
Status
Whether the company is still operating independently (Active), has been bought by another company (Acquired), or has shut down (Inactive).
We read the filings so you don't have to.
QRS pulls from the same funding and corporate records that investors and analysts use — and rewrites them in plain English, for every vendor in the database.
A $5,000 consultant's report tells you what was true the day it was written. A stability check you run yourself doesn't go stale — look up a vendor before you sign, before you renew, or just because you're curious. There's no extra invoice for asking again.
"I don't have an IT person." — Home Care Agency Owner, QRS user
You also don't have a research analyst on staff. Now, in a sense, you have both — built into one search.
Find out if the company is in growth mode — or running on fumes.
Takes about a minute. No credit card, no sales call required.
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