Cybersecurity

Noma: $100 Million Raised For AI Agent Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 6:10 AM

Noma Security, a platform for AI and agent security, raised $100 million in Series B funding less than a year after its last round, becoming the fastest-growing company in AI security. Led by Evolution Equity Partners, with continued support from Ballistic Ventures and Glilot Capital, Noma Security emerged from stealth in November 2024 and ended the year with a strong customer base. It increased ARR by over 1,300% in the past year, serving dozens of clients in finance, life sciences, retail, and tech.

SAFE: $70 Million Series C Secured For Building CyberAGI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:11 PM

SAFE, a leader in Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ), has secured $70 million in Series C funding, led by Avataar Ventures and supported by investors like Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital and John Chambers.

Alcatraz: Interview With VP of Solutions Engineering Blaine Frederick About the Facial Authentication Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:25 PM

Alcatraz is a company transforming the way people enter buildings and access secure areas by providing facial authentication solutions that leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to make access control systems more secure and frictionless. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Alcatraz’s VP of Solutions Engineering, Blaine Frederick, to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Why Palo Alto Networks Is Buying CyberArk In A $25 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2025

Palo Alto Networks is set to acquire CyberArk in a strategic move that establishes Identity Security as a core pillar of its multi-platform strategy. CyberArk shareholders will receive $45 in cash and 2.2005 shares of Palo Alto Networks stock for each share of CyberArk, valuing the company at approximately $25 billion—a 26% premium over its 10-day average price as of July 25, 2025.

BlinkOps: $50 Million Series B Raised For Advancing Cybersecurity Micro-Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2025

BlinkOps announced that it has closed a $50 million Series B funding round, led by O.G. Venture Partners, with existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Hetz Ventures participating, bringing the total funding to $90 million. Founded by Gil Barak and Zion Zatlavi, former Secdo founders acquired by Palo Alto Networks, BlinkOps' recent funding follows strong market demand after launching its Security Micro-Agent Builder earlier this year.

Ory: Interview With CEO Jeff Kukowski About The Modern IAM Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2025

Ory Corp. is a software infrastructure provider that builds a global zero-trust network for humans, robots, devices, and software services. Ory focuses on Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, making it easier and more secure for developers to build applications that handle user authentication, authorization, and access control. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ory Corp CEO Jeff Kukowski to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Tonic Security: $7 Million Raised For Transforming Exposure And Vulnerability Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2025

Tonic Security, a cybersecurity startup that helps teams cut through noise and complexity, has launched from stealth with $7 million in seed funding. Hetz Ventures led the seed round, with support from Vesey Ventures and industry angels.

Fable Security: $31 Million Raised For Human Risk Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2025

Fable Security, a human risk management platform, launched with $31 million in funding from Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures. It protects enterprises across industries by deploying targeted, risk-based interventions in real time, directly where employees work.

Root Evidence: $12.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2025

Root Evidence, a cybersecurity startup specializing in evidence-based security, has raised $12.5 million in a seed round. The oversubscribed funding was led by Ballistic Ventures with Grossman Ventures and others. The investment aligns talented cybersecurity leaders behind Root Evidence's goal of providing solutions that turn digital risk into measurable business results.

RAD Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CTO Jimmy Mesta About The Real-Time Defense Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

RAD Security is a company that offers a comprehensive AI-driven platform, empowering organizations to secure their AI workloads and cloud infrastructure with real-time, behavior-driven defense. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RAD Security co-founder and CTO Jimmy Mesta to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Commvault Buying Satori Cyber To Support Data Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions, plans to acquire Satori Cyber, a data and AI security company. This acquisition will enhance Commvault's ability to help enterprises address the challenges of AI adoption, data growth, and regulatory compliance in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Acre Security: Interview With CEO Kumar Sokka About The Security Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2025

Acre Security is a leader in providing comprehensive digital and physical security solutions for businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises to large, complex organizations across various industries. The company’s mission is to protect people, premises, and data in an increasingly complex and evolving security landscape. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Acre Security CEO Kumar Sokka to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Confident Security: $4.2 Million Raised To Enable Provably Private AI Interactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2025

Confident Security, a company focused on private AI interactions, has launched with $4.2 million in funding from Decibel, South Park Commons, Ex Ante, and Swyx. With AI managing sensitive data, such as medical records and trade secrets, privacy is a critical concern.

Empirical Security: $12 Million Secured For Cybersecurity Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 17, 2025

Empirical Security, a cybersecurity company specializing in custom AI models, has raised $12 million in seed funding led by Costanoa Ventures, with contributions from DNX Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, HPA, and strategic investors like Jonathan Cran, Wade Baker, and Gerhard Eschelbeck.

StrongestLayer: $5.2 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Email Threat Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 17, 2025

StrongestLayer, a cybersecurity company specializing in AI-driven email security and human risk solutions, has launched after raising $5.2 million in seed funding led by Sorenson Capital, with additional contributions from Recall Capital.

Heka: $14 Million Closed For Helping Financial Institutions Fight Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2025

Heka, an AI engine designed to bolster financial institutions' defenses against synthetic fraud and identity manipulation, has secured backing from Windare Ventures, Barclays, and other institutional investors.

Zip Security: $13.5 Million Series A Closed For Growing Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2025

Zip Security, a comprehensive platform for security, compliance, and IT automation, has raised $13.5 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $21 million. The round was led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from Silver Buckshot, Mantis VC, and others.

CertifID: $47.5 Million Series C Secured For Wire Fraud Protection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2025

CertifID, a leading platform for wire fraud protection in the real estate industry, has raised $47.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Centana Growth Partners, with participation from Arthur Ventures, which previously backed the company’s Series A and B rounds.

BitLyft: Interview With Founder & CEO Jason Miller About The MDR Cybersecurity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2025

BitLyft is a company that helps keep organizations safe by illuminating and eliminating cyber threats before they have time to harm the business. The company achieves this by providing a platform that combines the best of people and software for unparalleled protection of your organization. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BitLyft founder and CEO Jason Miller to learn more about the company.

Sphinx Acquiring Enigma For Enhancing Cybersecurity And Intelligence Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2025

Sphinx, a developer of Counterintelligence (CI) and cyber tools, announced it has acquired Enigma International. This acquisition significantly enhances Sphinx's ability to protect defense and commercial security clients from advanced threat actors by integrating Enigma's expertise in language and systems development.

FireMon: Interview With CMO Alex Bender About The Security Operations Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 10, 2025

FireMon is a company on a mission to improve security operations that will, in turn, lead to better security outcomes. Pulse 2.0 interviewed FireMon CMO Alex Bender to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

BforeAI: Interview With Founder & CEO Luigi Lenguito About The Cybersecurity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

BforeAI is a pioneer in Predictive Attack Intelligence and Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS). With predictive AI, the company offers the fastest, most accurate automated solution to stop malicious infrastructure attacks weeks before they happen. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BforeAI founder and CEO Luigi Lenguito to learn more about the company.

GetReal: Interview With CEO Matt Moynahan About The World’s Leading Digital Content Verification Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

GetReal Security is the world’s leading authority on malicious digital content and deepfake protection. The company serves enterprises, governments, and news organizations, offering advanced solutions to verify, authenticate digital content files, and secure real-time communication streams to restore trust in digital communications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed GetReal CEO Matt Moynahan to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

CyCognito: Interview With CEO Rob Gurzeev About The Network Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2025

CyCognito is a company that has developed a botnet and discovery engine using graph data modeling to map and classify the assets across your attack surface. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CyCognito CEO Rob Gurzeev to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Sorenson Capital: $150 Million Ventures Fund III Announced For Cybersecurity Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2025

Sorenson Capital announced the launch of its third early-stage fund, Ventures III, with $150 million in capital commitments. This new fund highlights the firm's focused investment strategy in cybersecurity and B2B software companies, ranging from pre-revenue up to $5 million in ARR.

Nominal: $75 Million Raised For Real-Time Test Stack For Physical Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2025

Cyera: $540 Million Series E Raised At $6 Billion Valuation For Data Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 19, 2025

Cyera, which is one of the fastest-growing data security companies, announced a $540 million Series E funding round, bringing the total funding to over $1.3 billion. This funding round comes just six months after the previous round, and doubles the company’s valuation to $6 billion. The funding round was led by Georgian, Greenoaks, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with existing investors Accel, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Redpoint, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

Nexus IT: $60 Million Raised For Cybersecurity Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2025

Nexus IT, a Managed Services and Cybersecurity provider, in partnership with Diatonic Healthcare, announced a $60 million capital commitment from Metropolitan Partners Group.

Hypernative: $40 Million Series B Raised For Threat Prevention Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2025

Hypernative, a leading provider of real-time threat prevention in Web3, announced a $40 million Series B funding round co-led by Ten Eleven Ventures and Ballistic Ventures, with participation from StepStone Group, and existing investors boldstart ventures, and IBI Tech Fund.

Twine: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Benny Porat About The AI Digital Cybersecurity Employees Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2025

Twine is a company that builds AI Digital Employees who execute tasks from A to Z to help cyber teams close the talent gap. The company’s first digital employee, Alex, learns, understands, and takes away the burden of identity and access management tasks, proactively completing your organization’s cyber objectives. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Twine co-founder and CEO Benny Porat to gain a deeper understanding of the company.