Cybersecurity

Element Security: $5 Million Raised To Develop Proprietary Exploit Engine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 25, 2024

Element Security is an innovative Israeli cybersecurity startup that has emerged from stealth mode after two and a half years to unveil its advanced Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) solution. Element Security announced it raised $5 million in funding from senior investors, including the Q Fund VC, Eddy Shalev, Danny Yamin (former CEO of Microsoft Israel), and Kobi Rosengarten (former General Partner at JVP).

Picus Security: Security Validation Company Raises $45 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 25, 2024

Security validation company Picus Security announced it closed a $45 million growth investment round led by Riverwood Capital with the participation of existing investor Earlybird Digital East Fund, bringing Picus’ total funds raised to $80 million. Picus has 500+ enterprise customers worldwide today, and this latest investment will advance Picus’ continued product innovation and expand customer success, sales, and marketing.

Device Authority: Interview With CEO Darron Antill About The Zero Trust Security Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 25, 2024

Device Authority is a company that secures the connected future by automating Zero Trust security at scale, and is a recognized global leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) for Enterprise IoT ecosystems. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Device Authority CEO Darron Antill to learn more about the company.

Sequent: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Shai Bargil About The Cryptographically-Secure Online Voting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 23, 2024

Sequent is a company that is pioneering the world's first open-source and cryptographically-secure online voting platform for private and public sector elections. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sequent co-founder and president Shai Bargil to learn more about the company.

Hydden: Identity Visibility Company Closes $4.4 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2024

Identity visibility company Hydden announced it raised $4.4 million in seed funding led by Access Venture Partners. And the other investors include Lockstep, the venture fund of CISOs Rinki Sethi and Lucas Moody, Service Provider Capital, and several cybersecurity angel investors including Andy Grolnick and Paul Trulove.

Realm.Security: Security Fabric Solution Company Raises $5 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2024

RunSafe Security: $12 Million (Series B) Raised To Immunize Software From Cyberattacks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2024

RunSafe Security, a pioneer of a patented process to immunize software from cyberattacks without developer friction, announced the completion of a $12 million Series B financing round. This funding round, which includes participation from new and existing investors, will accelerate new product development and market expansion to EMEA and APAC.

Simbian: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Ambuj Kumar About This AI-Based Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Simbian is a mission-driven AI security company based in Mountain View, CA, backed by Silicon Valley investors, and founded by serial security entrepreneurs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Simbian co-founder and CEO Ambuj Kumar to learn more about his background and the company.

Intel Receives Award Of Up To $3 Billion For Secure Enclave Program By Biden-Harris Administration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration announced that Intel has been awarded up to $3 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act for the Secure Enclave program. This program was designed to expand the trusted manufacturing of leading-edge semiconductors for the U.S. government.

Acuvity: AI Security And Governance Company Raises $9 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Acuvity, the creator of a comprehensive AI security and governance platform for employees and applications, announced a $9 million seed funding round led by Foundation Capital, with participation from individual investors like Basil Alwan, Sri Reddy and Jonathan Siddharth. And Acuvity will use the funding to accelerate the development of its products and protect the rapid expansion of AI adoption in the enterprise.

P0 Security: IGA and PAM Platform Company Raises $15 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

P0 Security, the provider of the first unified IGA and PAM platform for the cloud designed to secure all enterprise cloud identities, announced the closing of its $15 million Series A round, bringing the total raised since founded to $20 million. This funding was led by SYN Ventures with participation from Zscaler and existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company also announced the appointment of SYN Ventures Operating Partner, Ryan Permeh, to the Board of Directors.

Mastercard Buying Global Threat Intelligence Company Recorded Future For $2.65 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2024

Today, Mastercard expanded its cybersecurity services with an agreement to acquire global threat intelligence company Recorded Future from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion. The acquisition supports the insights and intelligence used to secure the digital economy, including the payments ecosystem and beyond.

Darkhive: Defense Tech Company Secures $21 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2024

Defense tech company Darkhive - a company that is focused on open architecture Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) integrated with a secure software delivery system - announced it closed a Series A investment round of $21 million led by Ten Eleven Ventures. The additional investors in this funding round included Crosslink Capital, RTX Ventures, and Stellar Ventures.

Zilla Security: Interview With Co-Founder, CEO, And President Deepak Taneja About This Security Compliance Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2024

Zilla Security is a company that delivers a SaaS platform for security and access compliance. And the company automates user access review processes that are essential for maintaining compliance with regulations like SOX, HIPAA, GLBA, FFIEC and SOC 2. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zilla Security co-founder, CEO, And President Deepak Taneja to learn more about the company.

Bedrock Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CTO Pranava Adduri About This Frictionless Data Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 7, 2024

Bedrock Security is a frictionless data security company transforming data security in the cloud and GenAI era with its leading data security platform, powered by the industry’s only AI Reasoning Engine (AIR). Pulse 2.0 interviewed Bedrock Security’s co-founder and CTO Pranava Adduri to learn more about the company.

threatER: Cybersecurity Company Raises Growth Capital From CIBC Innovation Banking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 5, 2024

CIBC Innovation Banking announced that it has provided a growth capital financing facility to threatER, a cyber defense category leader focused on eliminating cyber threats before they reach the network. This growth capital will facilitate threatER’s scale-up as they aim to help medium-sized businesses and enterprises, especially in financial services, healthcare and legal, protect their business from cyberattacks and increasingly sophisticated digital bad actors.

Halcyon: How This Company Stops Ransomware From Impacting Enterprises

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2024

Nucleus Security: Funding Raised From Dcode Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2024

Nucleus Security, the enterprise leader in unified vulnerability management, announced an investment by Dcode Capital, a growth-stage venture capital firm backed by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Dcode Capital’s funding follows Nucleus Security’s FedRAMP Moderate authorization and further validates the critical impact of the company’s Unified Vulnerability Management platform for Federal organizations.

Fabric Cryptography: $33 Million (Series A) Closed To Build Computing Chips And Cryptographic Algorithms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2024

Silicon Valley-based hardware company Fabric Cryptography announced a $33 million Series A funding round to build computing chips, software and cryptographic algorithms. This round was co-led by Blockchain Capital and 1kx, with participation from leaders in the sector, such as Offchain Labs, Polygon, and Matter Labs. This follows a $6 million seed round led by Metaplanet with participation from Inflection and Liquid2 Ventures, amongst others. With this funding round, the company has raised $39 million in total.

Fortalice: Helping Organizations Become Prepared For Cyberattacks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 23, 2024

Fortalice is a company with a goal to make sure clients are prepared for an attack and resilient to future threats. Created by former White House Chief Information Officer (CIO) Theresa Payton, the company’s skilled team of industry practitioners has worked in a broad range of public and private sectors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Theresa Payton to learn more about the company.

Cyberbit: Cybersecurity Skill Development Platform Company Raises Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2024

Cyberbit, a leading provider of cybersecurity skill development platforms, announced a new round of funding from existing investors, including Charlesbank Capital Partners, an established middle-market private investment firm. This deal recapitalizes the company under solely North American ownership and control and will provide the resources for future acquisitions, expansion, and product development.

Chaos Labs: Onchain Risk Management Company Raises $55 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2024

Chaos Labs, an industry leader in onchain risk management, announced a $55 million Series A funding round led by Haun Ventures. This significant funding - which is aimed at scaling onchain economic security has attracted prominent new investors including F-Prime Capital, Slow Ventures, Spartan Capital, and more. And they join existing backers such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, PayPal Ventures, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Coinbase Ventures. The funding round also saw participation from strategic angel investors, including Kevin Weil (OpenAI CPO), Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks CEO), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana CEO), Francesco Agosti (Phantom CTO), and Anton Katz (Talos CEO).

Anjuna: Universal Confidential Computing Platform Company Raises $25 Million (Series B2)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2024

Anjuna - which is the creator of Anjuna Seaglass (a Universal Confidential Computing Platform) announced that it has closed a $25 million Series B2 financing round to propel and expand its AI-enabling enterprise offerings. The round was led by M Ventures, the corporate VC of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, SineWave Ventures, and AI Capital Partners (Alpha Intelligence Capital’s U.S.-based fund), with participation from existing investors Founder Collective, Insight Partners, Playground Global, and Uncorrelated.

Endari: Cybersecurity Company Raises $4 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2024

Cybersecurity company Endari announced its official launch from stealth mode by Nils Puhlmann, who is a seasoned cybersecurity veteran with over 30 years of experience. And the company has also raised $4 million in seed funding.

Abnormal Security: $250 Million (Series D) Raised At $5.1 Billion Valuation To Prevent Inbound Attacks And Detect Compromised Accounts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 12, 2024

Abnormal Security, a leader in AI-native human behavior security, announced the closing of its Series D funding round, with total expected proceeds of $250 million at a $5.1 billion valuation. This current round brings the total expected proceeds to $546 million and is led by Wellington Management, with participation from existing investors Greylock Partners, Menlo Ventures, Insight Partners and CrowdStrike Falcon Fund.

Descope: Helping Customers Easily Customize User Journeys Through Visual Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 12, 2024

Descope is a company that helps developers build secure, frictionless authentication and user journeys for any application. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Descope co-founder Rishi Bhargava to learn more about the company.

Clutch Security: $8.5 Million (Seed) Raised To Advance Universal Non-Human Identity Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 11, 2024

Clutch Security announced it emerged from stealth and unveiled its groundbreaking Universal Non-Human Identity (NHI) Security Platform. The company also revealed a $8.5 million Seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Merlin Ventures and notable angel investors. Clutch’s mission is to deliver end-to-end NHI security and proactively bridge NHI security gaps across the entire organizational landscape without affecting business velocity.

Rhombus: Cloud-Managed Physical Security Company Raises $45 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2024

Rhombus, a leader in cloud-managed physical security, announced $45 million in Series C funding led by NightDragon (a cybersecurity, safety, security, and privacy investment firm). Bluestone Equity Partners and existing investors Caden Capital, Cota Capital, Tru Arrow Partners, and Uncorrelated Ventures participated in the round, which brings the total funding raised to over $90 million.

Lineaje: Supply Chain Security Company Secures $20 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2024

Lineaje, a leader in continuous software supply chain security management, announced it raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Prosperity7 Ventures, Neotribe, and Hitachi Ventures, along with existing investor Tenable Ventures. This round also included participation from Carahsoft (the world’s largest software distributor serving the U.S. government) along with Wipro Ventures, Secure Octane Investments, J-Ventures and Alumni Ventures. And with additional contributions from executives at Zscaler, CrowdStrike, and Trellix, this investment brings Lineaje’s total funding to $27 million.

Humanity Protocol: An Interview With Founder and CEO Terence Kwok About This Web3 Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2024

Humanity Protocol is a company that is setting a new standard for secure and private digital interactions within the Web3 space. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Humanity Protocol founder Terence Kwok to learn more about the company.