Cybersecurity

Cato Networks: $250 Million In ARR Surpassed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2025

SASE leader Cato Networks announced that its 2024 annual recurring revenue (ARR) surpassed $250 million, an increase of 46% compared to 2023. Now, over 3,000 businesses have adopted the Cato SASE Cloud Platform to transform the way their organizations connect and secure their global operations.

Nokod Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Yair Finzi About The Application Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2025

Nokod Security delivers a security platform for no-code, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and AI application development platforms. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Nokod Security co-founder and CEO Yair Finzi to learn more about the company.

NinjaOne: $500 Million (Series C Extension) Raised At $5 Billion Valuation To Transform Automated Endpoint Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

NinjaOne, an automated endpoint management platform, today announced $500 million in Series C extensions at a $5 billion valuation. This funding came in separate tranches that were led by ICONIQ Growth and CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent investment fund, with participation from other prominent private investors.

Edera: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Emily Long About Container Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2025

Edera is a company that is changing the way containers are run and secured, making isolation a reality and fundamentally transforming computing in the process. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Edera CEO and co-founder Emily Long to learn more about the company.

CyberArk Buying Zilla Security In $165 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

CyberArk, a leader in identity security, announced it acquired Zilla Security, a leader in modern Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions. And Zilla’s AI-based IGA capabilities will expand CyberArk’s industry-leading Identity Security Platform with scalable automation that enables accelerated identity compliance and provisioning across digital environments while maximizing security and operational efficiency.

Dream: $100 Million (Series B) Raised At $1.1 Billion Valuation For Cyber Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 22, 2025

Dream, an AI-based company providing cyber resilience for nations and critical infrastructure, announced a $100 million Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures at a $1.1 billion valuation. And additional investors include Group 11, Tru Arrow, Tau Capital and Aleph. Dream will further enhance its product capabilities and global market reach with this funding round.

SGNL: $30 Million (Series A) Raised For Privileged Identity Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2025

SGNL, a rapidly growing identity-first security startup, announced it secured $30 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate its mission of redefining how businesses protect their most critical assets. This funding round was led by Brightmind Partners, a security-focused firm co-founded by Stephen Ward, former Partner at Insight Partners, Home Depot CISO, and former Secret Service cybersecurity leader. And additional participation from Costanoa Ventures, Microsoft’s M12, and Cisco Investments validates growing confidence in SGNL’s approach.

QuSecure: $28 Million (Series A) Raised For Post-Quantum Cryptography Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2025

QuSecure, a leader in post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and next-generation cryptographic agility, announced the closing of additional funding, bringing the Series A round to $28 million. The funding will be used to advance QuSecure's delivery of crypto-agile and quantum-resistant cybersecurity enterprise software solutions. Two Bear Capital led the funding round, with participation from Accenture Ventures.

Invary: $3.5 Million Raised For Runtime Integrity Solutions Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2025

Invary, a Runtime Integrity solutions platform, announced it raised a $3.5 million Seed funding round from SineWave Ventures, Flyover Capital, Hyperlink Ventures, and KCRise Fund. This funding enables Invary to advance its goal of verifying the Runtime Integrity of entire systems, ensuring comprehensive confidentiality and security.

Pantomath: Interview With Founder & CEO Somesh Saxena About The Data Pipeline Observability Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Pantomath is a data pipeline observability and traceability platform for automating data operations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pantomath CEO and founder Somesh Saxena to learn more about the company.

Salt Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Roey Eliyahu About The End-To-End API Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2025

Salt Security is a company that protects the APIs that form the core of every modern application. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Salt Security co-founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu to learn more about the company.

Astra Security: Funding Raised To Simplify Cybersecurity With Pentesting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

Astra Security, a security platform with continuous vulnerability scanning and pentests, announced the closing of a growth capital round—led by Emergent Ventures, with participation from the Neon Fund, Better Capital, Blume Ventures, and PointOne Capital.

H.I.G. Capital Buying Converge Technology Solutions For About C$1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2025

Converge Technology Solutions announced it has entered into an arrangement agreement with an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, under which H.I.G. has agreed to acquire all of the company's issued and outstanding common shares.

Seraphic: $29 Million (Series A) Raised For Enterprise Browser Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Seraphic Security, a leader in enterprise browser security, announced that it has secured a $29 million Series A funding round led by GreatPoint Ventures (GPV), with participation from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund and existing investors Planven, Cota Capital, Storm Ventures, Eastlink and Secure Octane.

Freeze: $2.6 Million (Seed) Raised For Enhancing Cybersecurity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2025

Freeze - a leading provider of proactive offensive security and attack surface protection solutions designed to prevent hackers from gaining the necessary information and resources to attack organizations and their teams - announced its $2.6 million seed funding round closing. This funding was led by angel investors, cybersecurity experts, and technology experts who recognize the growing need for innovative approaches to proactive offensive security, attack surface protection, and cybersecurity.

Semperis: Cyber Resilience Company Surpasses $100 Million In ARR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2025

According to venture capital firm Greylock Partners, cyber resilience company Semperis announced it surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), a milestone that fewer than one in every 1,000 venture-backed enterprise software companies achieve. Driving Semperis' rapid customer growth and ascension to centaur status is the company's comprehensive solution for enterprises combatting the ever-growing threat of identity-based attacks in Active Directory and Entra ID environments.

Oligo Security: $50 Million (Series B) Raised For Transforming Security For Modern Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

Oligo Security, a leader in Application Detection and Response (ADR), announced $50 million in Series B funding led by Greenfield Partners, with participation from Red Dot Capital Partners, Strait Capital, and existing investors Ballistic Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and TLV Partners.

DryRun Security: $8.7 Million (Seed) Raised To Enhance Application Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 25, 2025

DryRun Security, an AI-based company delivering application security (AppSec) for development and security teams, announced its $8.7 million seed funding round from lead investors LiveOak Ventures and Work-Bench and participation from Cannage Capital.

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.