Cybersecurity

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.

Liongard Buying Darklight’s Vulnerability Prioritization Platform Cyio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2025

Liongard, a leader in Attack Surface Management (ASM), announced the acquisition of the Darklight Cyio platform, an AI-based cyber risk solution that applies real-time threat intelligence and business context to risk prioritization.

Impart Security: $12 Million Series A Raised For Application Detection And Response Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2025

Impart Security announced the general availability of the industry's first Application Detection and Response Engineering Platform, trusted by security teams to build autonomous workflows for production environments. This launch is accompanied by a $12 million Series A funding round led by Madrona Ventures, with participation from CRV and 8-Bit Capital.

MIND: $30 Million Series A For Autonomous Data Loss Prevention Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 10, 2025

MIND, a leader in data loss prevention (DLP), announced $30 million in Series A funding, just seven months after emerging from stealth, led by Paladin Capital Group and Crosspoint Capital Partners with participation from Okta Ventures and existing investor YL Ventures. This funding round brings MIND's total to over $40 million.

Infisical: $16 Million Series A Raised For Transforming Enterprise Secrets, Identity, and Access Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 9, 2025

Infisical, a leader in open source secrets, identity, and access management, announced a $16 Million Series A funding round led by renowned technology investor Elad Gil. Additional participants in the round included Y Combinator, Gradient (Google), Dynamic Fund as well as notable angels Olivier Pomel (CEO, Datadog), Sanjit Biswas (CEO, Samsara), Antonio Gracias (CEO, Valor), and others.

Deep Sentinel: $15 Million Series B Raised For Advancing AI-Based Security Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 8, 2025

Proactive AI-based security leader Deep Sentinel announced it has raised an oversubscribed $15 million in Series B funding led by Egis Capital Partners. The funding round also received continued support from existing backers, including Intel Capital, Shasta Ventures, UP2398, and Slow Launch Fund.

Zero Networks: $55 Million Series C Closed To Transform Network Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 8, 2025

Zero Networks, the cybersecurity company reclaiming microsegmentation to deliver on its promise, announced it raised $55 million in Series C funding. The funding round was led by Highland Europe, with participation from existing investors F2 Venture Capital, PICO Venture Partners, Venrock, and U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). And this brings Zero Networks’ total funding to over $100 million.

Trustifi: $25 Million Series A Raised For Scaling AI Email Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 5, 2025

Trustifi, a leading cybersecurity software platform specializing in email security, data loss prevention, and security awareness training, announced the closing of its $25 million Series A funding round. The funding was led by Camber Partners.

Tenable To Buy Apex Security To Help Reduce Cyber Risks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2025

Exposure management company Tenable Holdings announced a plan to buy Apex Security, an innovator in securing the rapidly expanding AI attack surface. And Tenable believes the acquisition will enhance Tenable’s ability to help organizations identify and reduce cyber risks. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. And the deal is expected to close later this quarter.

Wirespeed: Seed Funding Raised For MDR Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2025

Cybersecurity company Wirespeed announced the completion of its seed funding round, backed by cybersecurity legends. The funding group, led by Mairs & Power Venture Capital, is closely tied to Wirespeed’s founders, Tim MalcomVetter and Jake Reynolds, and includes cybersecurity veterans: Gary Fish, founder/CEO of several companies including FishNet Security (now Optiv), Firemon, Fishtech (now Cyderes), Secure Passage, et al; Deke George, co-founder of the world’s largest penetration testing company, NetSPI, where MalcomVetter and Reynolds first worked together; Grossman Ventures, headed by serial cybersecurity luminary Jeremiah Grossman (WhiteHat Security, Bit Discovery); RNP Capital Advisors, led by tech entrepreneurs Alan Dumas and David Bates; and Daren Cotter, successful SaaS entrepreneur turned serial investor.

Astrix Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Alon Jackson About The Non-Human Identity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2025

Astrix Security is the first platform designed to control and manage the lifecycle of non-human identities, enabling enterprises to manage their NHI attack surface and prevent supply chain attacks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Astrix Security co-founder and CEO Alon Jackson to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Cerby: $40 Million Series B Raised For Automating Identity Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2025

Cerby, a rapidly growing platform for identity security automation globally, announced a $40 million Series B funding round. DTCP led the funding round with participation from existing backers, including Okta Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures.

Turnkey: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Bryce Ferguson About The Crypto Infrastructure Powering Billions of Dollars Of Transactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2025

Turnkey provides secure, scalable, and programmable crypto infrastructure for embedded wallets and onchain transaction automation. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Turnkey co-founder and CEO Bryce Ferguson to learn more about the company.

Cognyte Buying Cyber Threat Intelligence Company GroupSense

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 27, 2025

Cognyte Software, a leader in software-driven technology for investigative analytics, today announced the acquisition of GroupSense, a digital risk protection services company. And the acquisition will help to expand Cognyte’s customer base and growth potential. Cognyte is buying GroupSense for approximately $4 million plus an earnout of up to approximately $5 million subject to GroupSense meeting defined targets post-closing.

CloudSEK: $19 Million Series B1 Raised For Scaling Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 26, 2025

CloudSEK, a leader in AI-based cyber threat prediction and intelligence, announced it has raised $19 million across its Series A2 and B1 funding rounds. The funding round included participation from MassMutual Ventures, Inflexor Ventures, Prana Ventures, Tenacity Ventures, and select strategic investors, including Commvault, the Meeran Family (founders of Eastern Group), StartupXSeed, Neon Fund, and Exfinity Ventures.

BreachRx: $15 Million Series A Raised For Intelligent Incident Response Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 24, 2025

BreachRx, a provider of the first intelligent incident response platform designed for the entire enterprise, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $15 million Series A funding round led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from SYN Ventures, Overline, and Silver Buckshot Ventures. This brings the company’s total funding raised to over $23 million.

StackHawk: $12 Million Secured For API Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 23, 2025

StackHawk, a shift-left API security platform company, announced it has taken on $12 million in additional funding from Sapphire and Costanoa Ventures to help security teams keep up with the pace of AI-driven development. Sapphire and Costanoa Ventures also co-led StackHawk's Series B funding in 2022, bringing the company's total funding to $47.3 million.

PartnerOne Buying Cybersecurity Leader XYPRO

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 18, 2025

PartnerOne, one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies, announced the acquisition of XYPRO, a leading cybersecurity provider of risk management and compliance solutions for the world's most critical enterprise environments.

OX Security: $60 Million Series B Raised For Application Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 11, 2025

OX Security, a leader in Application Security, announced $60 million in Series B funding. The round was led by DTCP and included IBM Ventures, Microsoft, Swisscom Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, and Team8. The company recently hit $10 million in sales and more than tripled its customer base over the past year.

SquareX: $20 Million Raised For Transforming Browser Detection and Response

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 4, 2025

SquareX, a pioneer in Browser Detection and Response (BDR), announced it closed a $20 million in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures, a leading venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity investments, with participation from existing investor Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital SEA).

Allurity Buying Croatian Cybersecurity Company Infigo IS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2025

Allurity (a leading European group of cybersecurity service providers) announced the acquisition of Croatian cybersecurity company Infigo IS. With deep expertise and one of Europe's strongest offensive security teams, Infigo has unique strengths that accelerate Allurity's journey to become the preferred cybersecurity partner in Europe.

Defining Unified Security Posture Management: Manoj Srivastava On Transforming Cyber Defenses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

Blackpoint Cyber is a technology-driven cybersecurity company founded by former U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence security experts. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Blackpoint Cyber Chief Technology and Product Officer Manoj Srivastasa to learn more about the company and its technology.

SquareX: $20 Million Series A Raised For Browser Detection And Response

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

SquareX, a Browser Detection and Response (BDR) company, announced it is closing $20 million in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures, a leading VC firm focused on cybersecurity investments, with participation from existing investor Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital SEA).

EC-Council: $100 Million Committed For Cybersecurity Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2025

EC-Council, a leader in cybersecurity education and training, and the creators of Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) credential, announced it is taking a transformative step to reshape the future of digital security. And EC-Council has announced the launch of a $100 million investment to drive the development of next-gen technologies aimed to accelerate cybersecurity breakthroughs and strengthen global digital defense.

Pillar Security: $9 Million (Seed) Closed To Address Evolving Threat Landscape

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2025

Pillar Security, an AI-based security startup that helps enterprises build and run secure AI software, announced it has raised $9 million in seed funding. Shield Capital led the round, which was joined by Golden Ventures, Ground Up Ventures, and other strategic angel investors. The funds will support expanding Pillar’s R&D and go-to-market efforts.

Terra Security: $8 Million (Seed) Secured For Agentic AI Pen Testing Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2025

Terra Security, an Agentic AI-native penetration testing service-as-software platform, announced it has raised $7.5 million in a seed round led by SYN Ventures and FXP Ventures with participation from Underscore VC and notable angel investors, including former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelback and Ofer Ben-Noon and Ohad Bobrov, founders of Talon Security.