Cybersecurity

Orchid: Identity-First Security Orchestration Company Raises $36 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2025

Orchid Security, an emerging leader in identity-first security orchestration, announced it has raised $36 million in seed funding. Co-led by Team8 and Intel Capital, with the support of CapitalOne and industry leaders, including Jeff Williams, Dror Davidoff, and Zohar Alon.

Kiteworks: 2025 Cybersecurity Report Highlights Risks And Strategies For Content Protection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2025

Kiteworks, a company that delivers data privacy and compliance for sensitive content communications through its Private Content Network (PCN), recently released its “2025 Forecast for Managing Private Content Exposure Risk.” This report identifies 12 critical cybersecurity and compliance trends to define the year ahead. With an unprecedented surge in cyber threats and tightening regulatory landscapes, the report delivers actionable strategies for organizations to safeguard sensitive content, ensure compliance, and enhance operational efficiency.

DNSFilter: Interview With CTO TK Keanini About The Threat Protection Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2025

DNSFilter is a company that offers threat protection & content filtering for MSP partners and mid-sized and enterprise companies. Our software blocks malicious site content in real time and provides important visibility for IT teams. Pulse 2.0 interviewed DNSFilter CTO TK Keanini to learn more about the company.

Zenity: Interview With CEO Ben Kliger About The AI Agent Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Zenity is a leader in helping enterprises secure and govern AI agents. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zenity CEO Ben Kliger to learn more about the company.

Parametrix: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Jonathan Hatzor About The Cloud Monitoring Provider Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Parametrix is a leading provider of cloud monitoring, modeling, and insurance services. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Parametrix Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Hatzor to learn more about the company.

Gurucul: Interview With Security Analytics CEO Saryu Nayyar About The Security Analytics Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Gurucul is a security analytics company founded in data science that delivers radical clarity about cyber risk. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Gurucul CEO Saryu Nayyar to learn more about the company.

Zafran: Interview With Co-Founder & CPO Snir Havdala About The Threat Exposure Management Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Zafran is known as the first and only consolidated platform that integrates with your security tools to reveal, remediate, and mitigate the risk of exposures across your entire infrastructure. And Zafran uses an agentless approach to reveal what is truly exploitable, while reducing manual prioritization and remediation through automated response workflows.Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zafran co-founder and chief product officer (CPO) Snir Havdala to learn more about the company.

Prequel: $3.3 Million (Seed) Secured For Helping Enterprises Boost Application Reliability

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 24, 2024

Prequel, a community-driven problem detection and management platform for cloud applications, announced it emerged from stealth and raised $3.3 million in seed funding. The round was led by Work-Bench, with participation from Runtime Ventures and Operator Partners.

Mindgard: $8 Million Raised For Safeguarding AI With Security Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2024

AI security company Mindgard announced a $8 million funding round. .406 Ventures led the round, which included participation from Atlantic Bridge, Willowtree Investments, and existing investors IQ Capital and Lakestar.

Arctic Wolf Buying Cylance’s Assets From BlackBerry For $160 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2024

Arctic Wolf and BlackBerry announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Arctic Wolf to buy BlackBerry’s Cylance endpoint security assets. Cylance is a pioneer of AI-based endpoint protection trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide. Through this acquisition, Arctic Wolf ushers in a new era of simplicity, flexibility, and outcomes to the endpoint security market.

Sublime: AI-Based Email Security Company Raises $60 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 13, 2024

Sublime Security - an AI-based email security platform - announced it had raised $60 million in Series B funding, bringing the company's total funding to $93.8 million. The current funding round was led by IVP, with participation from new investor Citi Ventures and existing investors Index Ventures, Decibel Partners, and Slow Ventures. The latest funding round will support continued investment in Sublime's platform and community.

Silent Push: Preemptive Cybersecurity Intelligence Company $10 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 12, 2024

Silent Push - a leading preemptive cybersecurity intelligence company - announced a $10 million Series A funding round co-led by Ten Eleven Ventures and Stepstone Group LP. This and its early seed round bring its total funding to $22 million.

Flare: Threat Exposure Management Company Raises $30 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 11, 2024

Flare, a global leader in Threat Exposure Management (TEM), announced its $30 million Series B Round led by Base10 Partners with participation from Inovia Capital, White Star Capital, and Fonds de solidarité FTQ.

Astrix Security: $45 Million (Series B) Raised To Secure Non-Human Identities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 10, 2024

Astrix Security - a trusted solution for securing non-human identities (NHIs) - announced $45 million in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures with the participation of Workday Ventures, and existing investors, Bessemer Venture Partners, CRV, and F2 Venture Capital.

System Two Security: $7 Million Raised To Bring A New Level Of AI To Detection Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2024

System Two Security - a cybersecurity startup built on an AI agent foundation that advances Detection Engineering - announced it raised $7 million in funding led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from security-focused investor Runtime Ventures and The Hive and Webb Investment Network. The round was also joined by individual investors, including technology veterans Scott McNealy (former CEO of Sun Microsystems), Frederic Kerrest (co-founder of Okta), Ash Devata (CEO of GreyNoise), and others. System Two aims to help security teams deal with advances in attack sophistication and frequency due to attackers adopting GenAI.

NetBird: €4 Million Raised For Developing Open-Source Network Security Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2024

NetBird, a Berlin-based company developing an open-source network security solution, has raised €4 million in seed funding. The funding round was co-led by InReach Ventures and existing investor Nauta, with participation from Antler and a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, showcasing support from both private and public institutions.

ClearSale: Interview With Sr. Director Bruno Farinelli About AI And Ecommerce Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 5, 2024

ClearSale is a company that understands that protecting business against fraud-related chargebacks takes more than what technology can provide. Earlier this month, Experian agreed to buy ClearSale for $350 million. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ClearSale’s Senior Director of Risk and Customer Success at ClearSale, Bruno Farinelli.

LPL: Renana Friedlich Named As Chief Information Security Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2024

LPL Financial, a leader in the wealth management industry, announced the strategic hire of Renana Friedlich as executive vice president and chief information security officer (CISO). This move supports the firm’s commitment to cybersecurity in an increasingly difficult business landscape.

Tuskira: Threat Defense Platform Company Raises $28.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2024

Tuskira - a threat defense platform utilizing an AI-powered security mesh - announced it has launched out of stealth mode with $28.5 million in funding. The funding round was led by Intel Capital and SYN Ventures, with participation from Sorenson Capital, Rain Capital, Wipro Ventures, and other key industry leaders.

Prompt Security: GenAI-Based Security Company Raises $18 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2024

Prompt Security, a leader in Generative AI (GenAI) Security, announced that it secured $18 million in Series A funding led by Jump Capital, with participation from Hetz Ventures (which doubled down on their initial investments), Ridge Ventures, and significant tech companies Okta and F5. Prompt Security will utilize the new funding to further its mission to protect enterprises from GenAI threats while offering clear visibility into and governance over GenAI tools.

Anetac: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Tim Eades About The Dynamic Identity And Security Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2024

Anetac is a dynamic identity and security platform that offers continuous visibility of the ever-evolving service account landscape that every organization encounters today. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Anetac co-founder and CEO Tim Eades to learn more about the company.

Rezonate: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Roy Akerman About The Identity Protection Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 25, 2024

Rezonate is a company that empowers organizations to protect their identities by monitoring identity privileges and activity and enabling rapid remediation. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Rezonate CEO and co-founder Roy Akerman to learn more about the company.

Grey Market Labs: Cybersecurity Solutions Leader Secures $8 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 24, 2024

Cybersecurity solutions Grey Market Labs (dba Replica Cyber) announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Capri Ventures, with participation from Blu Ventures and AFG to advance the adoption of its platform Replica. This funding will enable the company to advance its mission of delivering Secure Environments-as-a-Service, bringing unparalleled privacy and security in a vulnerable digital landscape.

Twine: Cybersecurity Company Raises $12 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2024

Twine - a US and Israel-based cybersecurity company, announced $12 million in seed funding co-led by Ten Eleven Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from angel investors including the founders of Wiz.

Cyera: Data Security Company Raises $300 Million (Series D) At $3 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 20, 2024

Data security leader Cyera announced a $300 million Series D round. This latest funding round was led by Accel and Sapphire Ventures, with additional participation from Sequoia, Redpoint, Coatue, and Georgian, bringing Cyera's valuation to $3 billion (a more than twofold increase in just six months). This funding round follows Cyera’s $300 million Series C round earlier this year and brings Cyera's total funding to $760 million.

Akeyless: Strategic Investment Raised From Deutsche Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2024

Akeyless - an innovator in the identity security market - announced a strategic investment from Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) group. The company - trusted by Fortune 100 companies and industry leaders - is transforming identity security for the modern enterprise, delivering the world’s first unified Secrets & Machine Identity platform designed to prevent the number one cause of breaches; and compromised identities and secrets.

Kidas: Interview With Founder & CEO Ron Kerbs About The Cyberbullying Protection Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 13, 2024

Kidas is the only online bullying and predator protection software for your child’s PC games. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Kidas founder and CEO Ron Kerbs to learn more about the company.

MIND: Data Loss Prevention Company Raises $11 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 13, 2024

MIND, an upcoming leader in data loss prevention (DLP), emerged from stealth and revealed its breakthrough platform for enabling organizations to protect their most sensitive data. And MIND raised $11 million in seed round funding led by YL Ventures with participation from cybersecurity leaders at Adobe, ADT, CrowdStrike, and FireEye.

PuppyGraph: Query Engine Company Raises $5 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2024

ContraForce: Security Service Delivery Platform Raises $3.25 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2024

ContraForce, a security service delivery platform company, announced the closing of a $3.25 million seed funding round, co-led by GALLOS Ventures and DataTribe. This funding round enables ContraForce's mission to automate security operations and expand the security services opportunity for managed service providers.