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Sweet Security announces a $33 million Series A funding round just six months after emerging from stealth with an initial $12 million seed funding.
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Data Protection
Financials have not been disclosed, but the estimated cost is in the tens of millions of dollars.
Funding/M&A
Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Brinqa, Cribl, Echo, Fortinet, Kiteworks, Palo Alto Networks, and Visa.
Compliance
The company will increase its US market presence and will expand its engineering and go-to-market teams.
Cybersecurity Funding
The startup founded by Palo Alto Networks’ Nir Zuk has raised $290 million to build an AI-native security platform for highly regulated organizations that...
Cloud Security
CrowdStrike says the acquisition of Flow Security will expand its cloud security capabilities with Data Security Posture Management.
Funding/M&A
Insider threat detection firm Dtex Systems raises $50 million in a funding round led by the investment arm of Google’s parent company.
Cloud Security
Axonius has raised approximately $600 million since 2017 and is considered one of cybersecurity’s so-called unicorns with a valuation of $2.6 billion.
Cybersecurity Funding
Investment firm Team8 has raised $500 million in new funds, bringing its total assets under management to over $1 billion.
M&A Tracker
Twenty-seven cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in February 2024.
Cybersecurity Funding
Silence Laboratories will invest the new funds in the research and development of privacy-enhancing technologies.
Cybersecurity Funding
The US government makes a $45 million investment in 16 projects to improve cybersecurity across the energy sector.
Funding/M&A
Tel Aviv startup raises $8 million in Series A funding to help developers add secure access approval flows to applications.
Cybersecurity Funding
Israel-based Kubernetes security firm KTrust emerges from stealth mode with $5.3 million in seed funding from VC Awz Ventures.
Cybersecurity Funding
Bugcrowd has raised $102 million in strategic growth funding, which it will use to accelerate growth and improve its platform.
Funding/M&A
California startup lands new financing to build and supply tools to run an MSSP or SOC on a pay-as-you-use model.
Cybersecurity Funding
Device Authority raises $7 million in a Series A funding round for its enterprise identity and access management for IoT solution.
M&A Tracker
Thirty-four cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in January 2024.
Funding/M&A
ZeroFox agrees to be acquired by PE firm Haveli Investments for $350 million and become a privately held company.
Funding/M&A
Ionix, formerly known as Cyperpion, has attracted $15 million in new capital to complete a $42 million Series A funding round.
Cybersecurity Funding
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Palo Alto Networks ordered to pay $150 million in patent lawsuit, identity solutions firms get...
Artificial Intelligence
Reken, an AI-defense cybersecurity startup still in stealth mode raises $10 million before revealing its product.
Artificial Intelligence
A new Israeli startup called Aim Security has raised $10 million in seed financing to help with the secure deployment of generative-AI technologies.
Funding/M&A
An analysis conducted by SecurityWeek shows that 413 cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions were announced in 2023.
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