Security teams today are drowning in alerts. As AI-generated code scales rapidly and development cycles accelerate, identifying real threats from background noise is getting harder. The result? Alert fatigue. Important vulnerabilities slip through while engineers burn time on false positives.
That’s exactly what Socket is trying to fix—with its bold acquisition of Danish cybersecurity startup Coana. The move signals a major leap toward smarter, faster, and more precise security tools, marking a turning point in the software supply chain defense space.
While neither company disclosed the price, analysts estimate the deal between $50 million and $100 million—a reflection of Coana’s unique reachability analysis tech and its revenue potential in the $12 billion software supply chain security market.
Socket’s latest win builds on its recent $40 million Series B round led by Abstract Ventures, Elad Gil, and Andreessen Horowitz. Zane Lackey, a16z General Partner, didn’t mince words, calling Socket’s approach “proactive, precise, and built for how modern teams work.” Together with Coana, Socket is poised to redefine how application security gets done.
Cutting Through the Noise with Real Results
Traditional security tools generate thousands of alerts—even when vulnerabilities aren’t exploitable. Coana’s core technology changes the game by applying static control-flow and call graph analysis to see whether a vulnerability can actually be reached from the app’s entry points. That simple difference cuts false positives by as much as 80%.
For developers, that means no more wasting hours triaging alerts for issues that don’t affect them. For example, a high-risk flaw in a logging library won’t even show up if the vulnerable function isn’t used. That saves teams critical hours, reduces noise, and brings focus where it matters.
The payoff? Anthropic’s AppSec team slashed average remediation time from 14 days to just 36 hours. Figma’s developers gained back 15 hours a week, time they once spent sifting through irrelevant alerts.
Socket’s platform now combines that smart analysis with its own dual-layer defenses—blocking over 500 software supply chain attacks every week and detecting more than 100,000 malicious artifacts across npm, PyPI, Maven, and Go. It already protects more than 8,500 companies and 750,000 code repositories.
Meet the Danish Team Redefining AppSec
Coana may not be a household name—yet—but it’s got deep roots in academia and a laser focus on solving real problems. Founded in 2021 by Aarhus University professor Anders Møller and his PhD students Benjamin Barslev Nielsen and Martin Torp, Coana quickly gained traction for its advanced vulnerability analysis tools.
Early backing came from Sequoia Capital and Essence VC, which funded a $1.6 million pre-seed round. CEO Anders Søndergaard, a seasoned startup builder, joined in 2022 to help commercialize their research into real-world security tools.
By joining Socket, the Coana team now gets to scale that vision. Torp, now Chief Product Officer, put it best: their goal was never to flag every issue—but to find the right ones. Now, they get to do it on a global scale.
The Future of Secure Software Starts Here
Socket’s acquisition of Coana raises the bar for what a modern Application Security (AppSec) platform should be. With real-time commit scanning, Coana’s reachability analysis, and Socket’s proactive malware detection, the platform delivers clarity—not clutter.
It’s a complete rethink of Software Composition Analysis (SCA) built for today’s dev environments. Instead of treating every CVE as a fire drill, teams can now triage and fix what truly matters, faster than ever.
For CTOs, AppSec leads, and developers looking for a tool that prioritizes actual risk, Socket’s updated platform offers a better way forward. As AI continues to flood the coding landscape with complexity, precision security is no longer optional—it’s essential.
