Cybersecurity

Humanix: $18 Million Raised To Transform Cybersecurity By Defending The Human Layer From Social Engineering Attacks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Humanix announced that it has raised $18 million in combined Seed and Series A funding to combat social engineering attacks in real time, protecting enterprises and their employees from one of the fastest-growing threats in cybersecurity. Acrew Capital led the company’s latest round, while BoldStart Ventures led the Seed round. Humanix’s platform is already being used by leaders in finance, hospitality, and other industries that face growing risks from hackers exploiting people rather than code.

Sweet Security: $75 Million Secured To Power Next-Generation AI And Cloud Runtime Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Sweet Security has raised $75 million in Series B funding led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Munich Re Ventures, Glilot Capital Partners, and Key1 Capital. The new investment brings the company’s total funding to $120 million. It will accelerate global expansion, product innovation, and customer adoption for its unified Runtime CNAPP platform across cloud and AI environments.

Meditology Services Acquires CORL To Enhance Healthcare Third-Party Risk Management Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Meditology Services, a leading provider of cybersecurity and compliance consulting for the healthcare industry, announced the acquisition of CORL Technologies, a recognized leader in third-party risk management (TPRM) services. The transaction enhances Meditology’s cybersecurity and compliance portfolio with CORL’s data-driven insights, proven TPRM programs, and managed services.

Hexaware Buys CyberSolve To Expand AI-Led Identity Security Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2025

Hexaware Technologies has acquired CyberSolve, a global provider of identity and access management solutions, in a move aimed at strengthening enterprise cybersecurity programs as identity becomes central to digital transformation. The companies will collaborate to help organizations modernize their identity foundations, automate governance and controls using artificial intelligence, and maintain secure environments across complex hybrid technology landscapes.

Truffle Security: $25 Million Series B Raised To Expand Non-Human Identity Security Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2025

Truffle Security has raised a $25 million Series B funding round led by Intel Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Abstract, Lytical Ventures, and several industry leaders, including Casey Ellis, Emilio Escobar, and Haroon Meer. The company continues to build momentum behind its flagship open-source project TruffleHog, which detects and remediates exposed machine identities and credentials across codebases and cloud environments.

BlackCloak: Interview With Founder & CEO Dr. Chris Pierson About The Cybersecurity Protection Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2025

BlackCloak is a company that provides digital privacy and personal cybersecurity protection for executives and high-profile individuals. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BlackCloak founder and CEO Dr. Chris Pierson to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

DataTribe Investing $3 Million In Rilevera To Expand Detection Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2025

DataTribe has announced a $3 million seed investment in Rilevera, a cybersecurity startup based in New Jersey focused on helping organizations more effectively manage cyber threat detection. The company provides a centralized platform that allows security teams to write, test, deploy, and maintain detection rules without manually coding or managing complex workflows.

Pentera Acquires EVA Information Security To Expand AI Red Teaming Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2025

Pentera, a provider of AI-based security validation solutions, has acquired EVA Information Security, an offensive security firm specializing in AI red teaming and penetration testing. The transaction is designed to expand Pentera’s capabilities into adversarial testing across modern AI-driven environments, enabling organizations to evaluate and secure the growing number of applications and infrastructure using artificial intelligence.

Flare: $30 Million Raised To Accelerate Threat Exposure Management Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2025

Flare announced that it has secured $30 million in new capital to support its continued global expansion, product innovation, and strategic acquisition roadmap. The funding includes a $15 million Series B extension led by Inovia Capital’s Growth Fund, with participation from Base10 Partners and White Star Capital, as well as $15 million in debt financing from BMO. With this latest round, Flare has raised $60 million over the past year.

Daylight: $33 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Autonomous Cybersecurity Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2025

Daylight has raised $33 million in a Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $40 million. The round was led by Craft Ventures, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Maple VC, and several prominent industry founders and investors. The financing marks one of the fastest follow-on rounds in the cybersecurity sector this year, reflecting accelerating demand for a new approach to enterprise security operations.

Malanta: $10 Million Seed Round Raised To Advance Pre-Attack Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2025

Malanta, a cybersecurity startup based in Tel Aviv, has exited stealth with $10 million in seed funding to introduce what it positions as the industry’s first pre-attack prevention platform. The round was led by Cardumen Capital, with participation from The Group Ventures, along with notable angel investors including Udi Mokady, Benny Schneider, Harel Prag, and Amit Greener. The company aims to equip enterprises with the ability to identify and disrupt cyberattacks well before traditional indicators of compromise appear.

Qualys: Cybersecurity Executive Bradford Brooks Appointed To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 4, 2025

Qualys, a leading provider of cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions, has announced the appointment of Bradford L. Brooks to its Board of Directors. Brooks, who brings more than three decades of experience in technology leadership, will serve on the Board’s nominating and governance committee.

Teleskope: $25 Million Raised To Advance Agentic Data Security Platform For The AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 4, 2025

New York-based Teleskope has raised $25 million in Series A funding to accelerate the adoption of its agentic data security platform designed to bring human-level intelligence to enterprise data protection. The round was led by M13 with continued participation from Primary Venture Partners and Lerer Hippeau, bringing the company’s total funding to $32.2 million. The funding will support product innovation, market expansion, and hiring across data science, engineering, and go-to-market teams.

Bugcrowd Buys Mayhem Security To Advance AI-Based Human-In-The-Loop Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 4, 2025

Bugcrowd has announced the acquisition of Mayhem Security, an AI offensive security pioneer founded by Carnegie Mellon University researchers Dr. David Brumley and Dr. Thanassis Avgerinos. The acquisition accelerates Bugcrowd’s mission to integrate human ingenuity with AI-driven automation, creating an adaptive security platform that continuously identifies and mitigates vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SilverSky: Bruce Wirt Named As Chief Commercial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 1, 2025

SilverSky, a leading cybersecurity company providing managed extended detection and response (MxDR) services, has announced the appointment of Bruce Wirt as its new Chief Commercial Officer.

Dispersive: Interview With CEO Rajiv Pimplaskar About The Stealth Networking Cybersecurity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2025

Dispersive Holdings is a cybersecurity company specializing in stealth networking and zero-trust network architecture for enterprise and government use. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Dispersive Holdings CEO Rajiv Pimplaskar to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Point Wild: Interview With President & COO Neill Feather About The Cybersecurity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2025

Point Wild is a global cybersecurity company that offers protection for both consumers and enterprises. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Point Wild President and COO Neill Feather to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

WatchGuard: Interview With CPO & SVP Of Product Management Andrew Young About The Cybersecurity Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2025

WatchGuard is a company that specializes in cybersecurity solutions, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), managed service providers (MSPs), and distributed enterprises. Pulse 2.0 interviewed WatchGuard CPO and SVP of Product Management Andrew Young to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

WideField Security: $11.3 Million Series A Raised For Protecting The Identity Lifecycle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

WideField Security, a cybersecurity company providing complete visibility and protection across the identity lifecycle, has raised $11.3 million in a Series A round led by Crosspoint Capital, with participation from Engineering Capital and others. The company will use the funding to accelerate product development and market expansion amid rising identity-based threats.

CyberRidge: $26 Million Raised For Transforming Data Security With Photonic Encryption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

CyberRidge, an Israeli cybersecurity company developing photonic encryption for optical fiber networks, has launched from stealth with $26 million in total funding, including a $10 million seed round led by Awz Ventures and an additional $16 million extension from Arkin Capital, Redseed VC, Elron Ventures, and the EU Horizon-EIC program.

Sublime Security: $150 Million Series C Closed For Expanding AI Agentic Email Defense Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Sublime Security, the developer of an AI-native email security platform, announced a $150 million Series C round led by Georgian, with participation from Avenir, 01A, Index Ventures, IVP, Citi Ventures, and Slow Ventures.

ConductorOne: $79 Million Series B Closed For Scaling AI-Native Identity Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

ConductorOne, the world’s first AI-native identity security platform, has raised $79 million in Series B funding, bringing its total capital raised to more than $100 million. The round was led by Greycroft, with participation from CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Accel, Felicis Ventures, and others.

WideField Security: $11.3 Million Series A Closed For Securing Human, Machine, And AI Identities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

WideField Security, a cybersecurity startup providing complete visibility and protection for the identity lifecycle, has raised $11.3 million in a Series A round led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, with participation from Engineering Capital and other investors.

Chainguard: $280 Million Raised From General Catalyst To Advance Open Source Software Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2025

Chainguard, the cybersecurity company redefining open source software security, has secured $280 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF). This latest investment brings the company’s total funding to $892 million, with $636 million raised in the past six months, positioning Chainguard to meet rising global demand for secure, production-ready open source software.

SAP NS2: $1 Billion Contract Secured With U.S. Army to Modernize Cloud Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2025

SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2), a U.S.-based subsidiary of SAP SE, announced it has been awarded a $1 billion firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the United States Army for an end-user license agreement under the RISE with SAP portfolio.

University Of Richmond Partnering With IronCircle To Drive Future Of Cybersecurity Talent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2025

IronCircle, an AI-based cybersecurity workforce platform, announced a new partnership with University of Richmond to address the United States’ critical shortage of cyber talent by offering rigorous, industry-aligned training.

CipherOwl: $15 Million Raised To Advance AI-Based On-Chain Compliance For Financial Institutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2025

CipherOwl, a San Francisco-based defense and compliance technology company founded by former Coinbase executives, has exited stealth with $15 million in seed funding. The funding round was co-led by General Catalyst and Flourish Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Sancus Ventures, Enlight Capital, OKX Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Road Capital, and Predictive VC.

JumpCloud Enhances Identity Security Capabilities With Acquisition of Breez

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2025

JumpCloud announced the acquisition of Breez, a leading Identity Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (ITDR) platform, to strengthen its security roadmap and reinforce its commitment to protecting modern, cloud-forward IT environments.

Keycard Launched With $38 Million To Transform Identity And Access For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2025

Keycard, a startup pioneering identity and access management solutions for AI agents, has emerged from stealth with $38 million in combined seed and Series A funding. The investment includes an $8 million seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Boldstart Ventures, and a $30 million Series A round led by Acrew Capital, with additional participation from prominent angel investors including Ian Andrews of Groq, Ryan Carlson of Chainguard, Emilio Escobar of Datadog, Karl McGuinness, formerly of Okta, and Matias Woloski of Auth0.

Gravwell: $15.4 Million Series A Secured For Advancing Data Analytics And Security Platform For Enterprise And AI Oversight

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2025

Gravwell, a full-stack data analytics and security platform, announced the closing of a $15.4 million Series A funding round led by Two Bear Capital, with participation from Gula Tech Adventures, Next Frontier Capital, and other investors.