LMNTRIX

LMNTRIX provides a unified managed detection and response (MDR) and extended detection and response (XDR) platform called Active Defense, combining endpoint, network, and cloud detection with deception technology it calls ‘Deceptions Everywhere,’ machine and underground/dark-web intelligence, and fully managed investigation, containment, and remediation delivered by an in-house security operations center rather than sold as pure software.

The company was founded in 2016 by Carlo Minassian, who previously built the Australian MSSP Earthwave starting in 2000 and sold it to Dimension Data in 2013. LMNTRIX is headquartered in Orange, California with roots in Australia, and describes itself as fully self-funded, with ‘no VC, no public shareholders.’ It reports serving customers in more than 40 countries through a partner network of over 300 organizations.

What distinguishes LMNTRIX from most vendors in this batch is independent third-party validation: it was named a Major Player in IDC’s 2026 MarketScape for worldwide MDR and MXDR services, and it appeared in Gartner’s 2024 Market Guide as one of the top 20 global MDR vendors. For a bootstrapped company competing against well-capitalized MDR rivals, that kind of analyst recognition is a genuinely stronger evidence base than most of its self-funded peers can claim.