AgileBlue has received a strategic growth investment from
H.I.G. Growth Partners, the dedicated growth capital affiliate of H.I.G. Capital. The investment is designed to help the Cleveland-based cybersecurity firm expand its AI-powered security operations platform, accelerate product innovation, and scale support for its fast-growing base of managed security service provider (MSSP) partners.
As cyberattacks grow more frequent and complex, mid-market organizations face mounting pressure to improve threat detection and response without the resources of large enterprises. AgileBlue addresses this gap with a full-stack security operations platform that uses AI to detect, investigate, and auto-respond to threats across cloud, network, and endpoint environments.
Meeting Mid-Market Needs with Automation and Scale
Unlike traditional security tools that rely heavily on manual triage,
AgileBlue’s platform is built to automate and streamline the entire SecOps lifecycle. It combines AI-powered analytics with a 24/7 SOC, helping customers reduce false positives, accelerate investigation, and respond to threats in real time. This automation-first approach makes it especially well-suited to small and medium-sized businesses in high-risk sectors like financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing.
The H.I.G. Growth investment enables AgileBlue to deepen these capabilities further, with a specific focus on scaling its autonomous threat detection and response features. According to
Tony Pietrocola, President of AgileBlue, “The H.I.G Growth investment is a pivotal milestone that allows AgileBlue to double down on the innovation and support we provide to our MSSP partners.”
Doubling Down on Support for MSSPs
MSSPs are central to AgileBlue’s growth strategy, and the company is prioritizing enhancements that make it easier for service providers to deploy and scale managed SOC offerings. Pietrocola notes that AgileBlue is focusing on increasing platform automation, deepening integrations with tools like ConnectWise, and boosting enablement resources to reduce time to value for partners.
“Since the launch of Sapphire AI we have been able to automate the level 1 and 2 tasks historically dominated by manual workflows,” Pietrocola explained. “With this investment, we plan to deploy autonomous threat detection and response—without the complexity of a legacy MDR and SOAR. This means MSSPs can serve more clients, more efficiently, with fewer false positives and faster response times.”
AgileBlue also plans to accelerate development of its CSPM and CNAPP modules, giving MSSPs additional capabilities to protect cloud-native environments and expand their service portfolios without significant operational overhead.
Integrations That Reduce Friction and Eliminate Silos
Beyond product innovation, AgileBlue is using the new capital to expand its partner ecosystem and reduce integration pain points for MSSPs. “H.I.G’s backing gives us the strategic capital to significantly deepen our partner ecosystem and accelerate how MSSPs bring managed security services to market,” said Pietrocola.
A key focus is building API-first integrations that work seamlessly with the platforms MSSPs already rely on—helping unify visibility and streamline workflows. “The beauty of our technology is that it eliminates tech silos MSSPs traditionally face because they work with multiple vendors,” Pietrocola added. “With our holistically engineered, multi-tenant platform, we eliminate silos and bring security data together to be correlated in one dashboard.”
This approach allows MSSPs to offer more cohesive, scalable services without the complexity of stitching together point solutions.
Strategic Alignment with H.I.G.’s Cybersecurity Focus
The partnership adds AgileBlue to a growing list of H.I.G. Growth investments in cybersecurity, including Corelight, JumpCloud, and HelpSystems. The firm brings operational expertise and deep domain knowledge to help AgileBlue scale both technically and commercially.
With this strategic backing, AgileBlue is positioned to expand its reach in North America and Europe, support a broader range of partners, and deliver AI-driven security at scale to organizations that need protection—but often lack the internal resources to manage it effectively.
