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List of 200 cybersecurity startups that received venture capital in 2017

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Jan 17, 201827 mins
Data and Information SecurityInternet SecurityMobile Security

VC firms and corporate investors are fueling a trillion-dollar cybersecurity market.

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Cybersecurity Ventures predicts global spending on cybersecurity products and services will exceed $1 trillion cumulatively, from 2017 to 2021.

Where there is opportunity, there will be venture capital firms. Here’s a list of 200 cybersecurity startups that received VC funding in 2017, according to the Cybersecurity Venture Funding Report.

2017 deal flow, by most recent

Dec. 19 — Ataata, a cybersecurity training platform designed to reduce human error in the workplace, closed $3 million in Series A financing. The round was led by Next Frontier Capital, with participation from TEDCO, 2M, SaaS Ventures, and ARRA Capital, among others.

Dec. 14. — Proficio completed a round of funding led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. The deal’s dollar amount was not disclosed.

Dec. 13. — Upstream Security, an automotive cybersecurity startup, announced a $9 million Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Charles River Ventures, with participation from existing investors.

Dec. 12. — Cog announced $3.5 million in Series A funding from private investment company Grok Ventures and Australian tech venture fund Rampersand.

Dec. 11. — Menlo Security received $40 million in new investment from JPMorgan Chase, American Express, HSBC, Ericsson Ventures, General Catalyst, Sutter Hill Ventures, Osage University Partners, and Engineering Capital.

Dec. 11. — Tempered Networks raised $7 million to fund its “identity-defined networking” technology. Investors in the round include Ignition Partners, Ridge Ventures, Rally Capital, and Fluid Capital.

Dec. 7. — Alcide emerged from stealth by debiting its cloud-friendly network security platform and announcing a $5.2 million round of financing from Intel Capital and Elron.

Dec. 7. — Ecommerce fraud prevention solutions firm NS8 raised $7.5 million in a seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Arbor Ventures.

Dec. 7. — Contrast Security landed strategic corporate investments by AXA Strategic Ventures and Microsoft Ventures, following a Series C round announced in October.

Dec. 6. — Prevoty, a creator of autonomous application protection, secured $13 million in a Series B funding round, led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity.

Dec. 5. — Continuum Security raised an investment round of €1.5 million, led by Swanlaab Venture Factory, a Spanish-Israeli VC fund with offices in Madrid and Tel Aviv.

Dec. 6. — Tel Aviv-based Ironscales, an automated phishing prevention, detection and response provider, secured $6.5 million in Series A funding. K1 Investment Management LLC led the round with participation from return backer RDC.

Dec. 4. — At-Bay launched out of stealth mode late and announced $6 million from a seed funding round led by LightSpeed Venture Partners.

Dec. 1. — Criptext, a startup that provides secure email and messaging for governments and large enterprises, raised $1.2 million in financing from an undisclosed investor.

Nov. 29. — Pwnie Express, a company focused on the IoT security gap, secured $8 million in funding from existing investors.

Nov. 29. — Terbium Labs, a startup that scans the dark web for stolen information, raised $6 million in a funding round led by Glasswing Ventures.

Nov. 29. — ReversingLabs closed a $25 million Series A funding round, led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity and JPMorgan Chase. In related news, Sean Cunningham of Trident Capital Cybersecurity will join the company’s board of directors.

Nov. 21 — SCADAfence, an Israeli IoT cybersecurity company, raised $10 million in Series A financing. Investors included Jerusalem Venture Partners, NexStar Partners, 31Ventures and Global innovation Fund.

Nov. 16 — NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc. invested an undisclosed amount in CounterTack, a provider of behaviour and memo-based Endpoint Detection and Response technology.

Nov. 16 — Tortuga Logic raised $2 million in seed funding from Eclipse Ventures to fund their chip-level system security technology.

Nov. 15 — ReFirm Labs secured $1.5 million in seed-stage capital from DataTribe.

Nov. 14 — Israeli startup Medigate announced $5.35 million seed funding round led by YL Ventures and Blumberg Capital. Medigate plans to continue developing its medical device security platform.

Nov. 14 — WireWheel.io, the developer of a cloud-based data privacy and protection platform, completed a $3.1 million seed round of funding led by PSP Growth.

 Nov. 13 — ThreatQuotient completed a Series C round, receiving $30 million in new financing led by Adams Street Partners.

Nov. 7 — NeuVector raised $7 million in Series A funding in a round led by Nummer Winblad Venture Partners.

Nov. 9 — EclecticIQ announced a Series B investment of €14 million. The investment round was led by Keen Ventures Partners, with participation from existing investors.

Nov. 9 — Enveil, a data security company, secured $4 million in strategic funding. The investment was led by Thomson Reuters.

Nov. 6 — MetricStream completed a $65 million financing round led by Santa Monica, California-based Clearlake Capital.

Nov. 3 — NuID raised $1.64 million in seed funding. The investment was led by Jemison Investment, 8VC, and several angel investors.

Nov. 1 — BigPanda, Inc. raised an additional $23 million in Series B funding — expanding the round to a total of $49 million. Leading this round was Greenfield Partners.

Oct. 31 — Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company, landed $25 million in a Series E round of funding led by Insight Venture Partners.

Oct. 25 — Skybox Security, a cybersecurity management company, raised $150 million in growth equity investment from CVC Capital Partners’ Growth Fund and Pantheon.

Oct. 25 — PacketSled, a company that provides customers with automated network visibility, detection, incident response, and forensics in the cloud, announced a $5 million Series A round of financing led by Keshif Ventures.

Oct. 24 — Nanolock Security, Inc., a company that specializes in protecting connected and Internet of Things (IoT) devices against malware attacks, received $4.5 million from the Awz Homeland Security Fund, a Canadian venture capital fund that invests exclusively in Israeli cybersecurity, intelligence, and physical security technology.

Oct. 24 — Averon, a developer of mobile identity verification technology, closed a $8.3 million Series A financing round headed by Avalon Ventures.

Oct. 24 — KnowBe4, which operates in the security awareness and simulated phishing attack market, secured $30 million in growth capital financing in a round led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity group and Elephant. The company’s total financing has now hit $44 million.

Oct. 23 — Shift Technology completed a $28 million Series B funding round, with investment from Accel, General Catalyst, Elaia Partners, and Iris Capital.

Oct. 23 — Wells Fargo & Company announced that innovative cybersecurity software startup SimSpace has joined the Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator.

Oct. 19 — Contrast Security, a pioneer in self-protecting software with security safeguards built into applications, completed a $30 million Series C financing round. It was led by new investor Battery Ventures.

Oct. 19 — Intezer, a startup focusing on malware and detection, raised $8 million in Series A funding in a round led by Intel Capital. Magma and Samsung NEXT were co-investors.

Oct. 18 — Duo Security joined the billion-dollar startup club by closing $70 million in a Series D funding round led by Meritech Capital Partners and Lead Edge Capital. The company’s valuation now reaches $1.17 billion.

Oct. 17 — Feedzai, a company that harnesses artificial intelligence to manage risk and fight fraud, secured a $50 Series C funding round led by an undisclosed investor. Existing investor Sapphire Ventures also participated in the round.

Oct. 13 — Norwind Capital led a $5 million capital raise into Munich-based cybersecurity software company DriveLock.

Oct. 13 — Blue Hexagon attracted the attention of Benchmark. The venture firm just lead a $6 million Series A round, marking Blue Hexagon’s first institutional funding round.

Oct. 12 — Cybersecurity rating and risk-monitoring platform SecurityScorecard raised $27.5 million in a Series C round of funding led by Nokia’s global venture capital arm, Nokia Growth Partners.

Oct. 11 — Shift Left, a cloud security company, closed a $9.3 million Series A funding round, led by Bain Capital Ventures and Mayfield.

Oct. 11 — Attivo Networks, which provides deception solutions for cybersecurity defense, raised $21 million in Series C venture capital funding. The round was led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity, with participation from existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and Omidyar Technology Ventures.

Oct. 5 — Evernym, a developer of self sovereign identity technologies, raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Outlier Ventures.

Sept. 27 — Bastille confirms $27 million in Series B funding round from Bessemer Venture Partners, Spinnaker VC, Comcast, Keel Funds, Ballentine Partners, and individual investors. The Series B brings Bastille’s funding total to date to $40 million.

Sept. 26 — Kanata’s inBay Technologies landed $1 million in seed financing from Netherlands-based Ramphastos Investments and a local “super angel” represented by Ottawa’s Tongda One Partners.

Sept. 21 — Cybersecurity firm Securonix raised $29 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Volition Capital. Eight Roads Ventures also participated in the round.

Sept. 20 — Evident raised $8.8 million in Series A financing. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates.

Sept. 20 — Digital Shadows, a British cybersecurity firm, raised $26 million in a Series C funding round led by venture capital firm Octopus Ventures.

Sept. 19 — Brooklyn-based Capsule8 closed $6 million in Series A funding in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Sept. 19 — Aqua Security, a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup, raised $25 million in a Series B round of financing led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Sept. 19 — Threat Stack, a comprehensive intrusion detection platform, announced that it raised $45 million in a Series C funding round, led by F-Prime Capital Partners.

Sept. 18 — AppGuard LLC secured more than $30 million in a Series B financing round, led by Japan’s JTB Corporation.

Sept. 12 — Cybersecurity training course provider Cybrary closed on $3.5 million in Series A funding in a round led by Arthur Ventures.

Sept. 11 — Vertex Ventures backed a $4 million seed investment in Israeli cybersecurity firm Axonius.

Sept. 7 — Israeli cybersecurity company SIGA Data Security raised $3.5 million from Canadian venture capital fund Awz Homeland Security.

Sept. 5 — Identity Management startup ForgeRock announced an $88 million Series D investment round led by Accel with participation from KKR, Meritech Capital Partners, and Foundation Capital. This brings the total to more than $140 million raised to date.

Aug. 30 — Cybersecurity start-up Qadium raised $40 million in second-round funding led by later-stage venture capital firm Institutional Venture Partners.

Aug. 29 — LookingGlass Cyber Solutions raised $26.3 million. New investors include Eastwood Capital and Triangle Peak Partners. Current investors Alsop Louie Partners, Neuberger Berman, and New Spring Capital also contributed.

Aug. 28 — Anonyome Labs closed a $20.4 million Series B round. Existing investors, including Symantec CEO Greg Clark and Crosspoint Ventures founder John Mumford, and new investors, including LifeLock founder Todd Davis, Ariba co-founder Ken Eldred, and Hanna Ventures, all participated in the funding round.

Aug. 23 — Forward Networks announced $16 million in Series B venture capital. The round, which brings the company’s total fundraising to $27 million, was led by DFJ, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and A.Capital Ventures.

Aug. 23 — Emailage received a $10 million growth equity investment. Anthos Capital led the investment, with participation from Radian Capital, Wipro Ventures, Mucker Capital, and Tallwave Capital.

Aug. 22 — Cybersecurity company Druva raised $80 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital. The round also included participation from previous backers Sequoia Capital India, Nexus Venture Partners, and Tenaya Capital, among others.

Aug. 22 — Versive announced it raised an additional $12.7 million in funding from investors, including Vulcan Capital, Madrona Venture Group, Goldman Sachs, and Formation 8.

Aug. 17 — ZingBox, a leading IoT security solution provider, announced it raised $22 million in a Series B funding round led by Dell Technologies Capital and Triventures.

Aug. 16 — Respond Software, a provider of automated cybersecurity threat protection, emerged from stealth and announced it raised $12 million in Series A funding led by CRV and Foundation Capital.

Aug. 14 — Dragos, Inc. announced it received a $10 million Series A round of venture capital from co-lead investors Energy Impact Partners (EIP) and Allegis Capital, with additional support from DataTribe 

Aug. 9 — Socure announced it closed a $13.9 million Series B round of funding led by Commerce Ventures, with participation from Flint Capital, Work-Bench, Santander InnoVentures, and Two Sigma Ventures, among others.

Aug. 8 — MagicCube announced completion of an $8.5 million Series A funding round. Bold Capital Partners led the round, with participation from Epic Ventures, Social Starts, and Silicon Valley Bank.

Aug. 3 — BlueteamGlobal announced the launch of operations, the merger into BlueteamGlobal of three cybersecurity technology businesses (BitVoyant, K2G, and K2 Cyber Defense) and new funding for growth of more than $125 million in financing from institutional and individual investors.

Aug. 1 — UnifyID, the developer of an implicit authentication platform, announced it closed $20 million in Series A financing led by NEA, with Andreessen Horowitz, Stanford-StartX, and Accomplice Ventures also participating.

Aug. 1 — GuardiCore announced that it raised an additional $15 million as an extension to its Series B funding round. This brings the company’s total funding raised to date to $48 million. The additional investment was led by TPG Growth and Greenfield Partners.

Aug. 1 — Namogoo raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by GreatPoint Ventures. Blumberg Capital and Inimiti Capital also participated in the round, which brings total funding including seed money to about $14 million.

July 27 — Callsign closed a $35 million Series A funding round led by Accel Partners and PTB Ventures for an authentication platform to power adaptive access control or enterprises.

July 25 — PerimeterX, a provider of behavior-based threat protection technology, secured $23 million in Series B funding from Canaan Partners, Vertex Ventures, and Data Collective.

July 21 — ShoCard raised its first seed funding in the amount of $1.5 million from an investment group, that includes Morado Venture Partners II, L.P., AME Cloud Ventures, LLC, Enspire Capital Ltd., and Digital Currency Group.

July 19 — ScaleFT closed a $2 million seed funding round. Fathom Capital, Spectrum 28, Fuel Capital, and Graham Weston all participated in the round.

July 18 — U.K. startup Privitar raised $16 million in Series A financing round led by Partech Ventures, 24 Haymarket, CME Ventures, Illuminate Financial, IQ Capital Partners LLP, and Salesforce Ventures.

July 18 — Maven led a £3.5 million investment in Contego Fraud Solutions to support the continued growth of the business.

July 18 — StackRox, a company that provides the industry’s only adaptive threat protection for containers, received $14 million in Series A financing from Sequoia Capital.

July 18 — Cybersecurity startup Corelight secured a $9.2 million Series A funding round led by Accel Partners.

July 17 — Security analytics company Awake Security announced that it closed more than $30 million in funding from Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures.

July 17 — Perch Security, an information security company, announced a Series A financing round led by the Fishtech Group.

July 13 — Deep Instinct, a company that applies AI learning to cybersecurity, secured $32 million in Series B financing from Columbus Nova Technology Partners, NVIDIA, and Coatue Management.

July 12 — ZeroFOX, a social media and digital risk monitoring company, raised $40 million in Series C financing in a round led by Redline Capital Management and Silver Lake Waterman.

July 12 — Flashpoint, a leader in Business Risk Intelligence, announced a $28 million Series C funding round led by Georgian Partners.

July 11 — Nok Nok Labs announced that it raised $8 million in Series D financing, led by Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, with DCM Ventures, DDS, Inc., DOCOMO Innovations, Korea Information Certificate Authority, Lenovo Group, and ONSET Ventures.

July 11 — Risk lens, a provider of cyber risk qualification solutions, announced that it closed a $5 million Series A round of equity investment led by Osage Venture Partners with Dell Technologies Capital, Capital Group, and Kick-Start.

July 11 — HyTrust, Inc. closed a $36 million funding round from Advance Venture Partners (AVP) with participation from existing venture capital and strategic investors.

July 11 — Darktrace announced a $75 million Series D funding round led by Insight Venture Partners, with existing investors Summit Partners, KKR and TenEleven Ventures also participating.

July 11 — Lastline, Inc. secured $28.5 million in a round of venture funding led by Thomvest Ventures. The Series C round also included investments from Osage University Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Barracuda Networks, Inc., NTT Finance Corporation, and WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

July 2 — Israeli cybersecurity company Cyber Observer completed a $3 million financing round led by U.K.-based Talis Capital. Existing investors from Swarth Group also participated.

June 27 — Awz HLS Fund, a Canadian venture capital firm focused on security and intelligence technologies, invested $5.25 million in Israeli startup Octopus Systems, a cloud-based security platform.

June 27 — JASK, which provides companies with software to monitor cyber threats, came out of stealth and announced funding of $12 million in a round co-led by Dell Technologies Capital and TenEleven Ventures. Existing investors Battery Ventures and Vertical Venture Partners also joined.

June 27 — Canadian Beauceron Security, a cybersecurity developer, raised a $500,000 seed round of funding, led by East Valley Ventures and Mariner Partners and included $150,000 from the New Brunswick Innovation Fund.

June 26 — SparkCognition, which uses machine learning to analyze security breaches, completed a $32.5 million Series B funding round, with investment from Verizon Ventures and Boeing’s HorizonX.

June 26 — Upstream Security, a cloud-based cybersecurity platform, raised $2 million in seed funding led by Gilot Capital Partners.

June 21 — GreatHorn secured $6.3 million in Series A funding from TechStars Ventures and .406 Ventures.

June 21 — Elevate Security, a platform that focuses on shifting human behavior and responses to security threats to prevent breaches, announced $2 million in seed funding from Costanoa Ventures and Webb Investment Network.

June 21 — Cybereason, a Boston-based cybersecurity firm specializing in end-point detection and response to digital security breaches, announced it secured a $100 million funding from Japanese telecommunications firm SoftBank Corp.

June 14 — California-based cybersecurity company Fortanix announced its $8 million Series A round with investment from Foundation Capital and NeoTribe.

June 8 — Obsidian Security, a newly formed cybersecurity firm in Newport Beach, California, raised $9.5 million in a funding round led by Greylock Partners.

June 7 — Adaptive cybersecurity company Illumio closed on $125 million funding, with investment from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Data Collective, and Accel, among others.

June 7 — Israeli cybersecurity startup Minerva announced a $7.5 million financing round led by Amplify Partners.

June 7 — Parisian cyber startup CybelAngel recently raised €3 million from Serena Data Ventures.

June 6 — Cybersecurity firm Netskope announced it raised $100 million from existing and new investors. The Series E round was led by existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel. Sapphire Ventures and Geodesic Capital also participated.

June 1 — Austin-based cybersecurity company SpyCloud came out of stealth mode with $2.5 million in investment. Silverton Partners and March Capital Partners participated in the investment.

May 30 — NetGuardians announced a Series C investment of CHF 8.5 million. The investors in this Series C Funding are Swisscom Ventures and Freemont Management.

May 30 — CounterTack, provider of the memory-based Endpoint Threat Platform, announced it raised $20 million in growth funding. The Series D round was led by new CounterTack investor Singtel Innov8, along with SAP National Security Services, also a new investor in CounterTack

May 16 — Israeli startup Karamba Security, a provider of cybersecurity for connected and self-driving cars, raised $12 million, attracting investment from Washington-based cyber-focused Paladin Capital.

May 16 — Rubica, a company focused on personal cybersecurity, raised $5.6 million seed series funding from backers, including Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Slow Ventures, Upfront Ventures, TrueCar, and Expa.

May 16 — Mocana Corporation, a provider of mission-critical IoT security solutions for industrial control systems and the IoT, announced that the company received $11 million in additional investment from Sway Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Trident Capital Fund, and GE Ventures.

May 11 — IoTium, a secure network infrastructure company for the Industrial IoT, announced it closed $8.39 million in Series A financing. This investment was led by March Capital Partners and GE Ventures.

May 11 — Skeyecode received an undisclosed amount of seed funding from 500 startups.

May 10 — Attivo Networks, a leader in deception for cybersecurity defense, announced it closed $15 million in Series B round funding made up by major investors, including Omidyar Technology Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Trident Capital Cybersecurity, and Macnica Ventures.

May 9 — Signal Sciences, a startup that wants to help companies secure their web apps in a modern DevOps context, announced a $15 million round led by CRV, with participation from Harrison Metal, Index Ventures, and OATV.

May 9 — Vera, a pioneer in data-centric security enabling businesses of all types and sizes to secure, track, and share any type of data, announced a $15 million strategic investment led by Hasso Plattner Ventures.

May 9 — RedLock, a cloud and cybersecurity player, emerged from stealth and announced their Series A Round of funding. Sierra Ventures is a lead investor in the $12 million total raised.

May 9 — Security solutions startup Sequretek IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Unicorn India Ventures and GVFL Ltd.

May 9 — UBiqube PLC, which operates in the networking and security industry, announced that it secured a Series A round from Fujitsu Limited, NTT Docomo Ventures, and Fortinet, Inc.

May 8 — London-based cyber software insurance company Corax received $1.75 million in seed funding from undisclosed backers.

May 8 — Polyverse Corporation, a Washington-based cybersecurity company, secured an additional $2 million in funding. The backers were not disclosed.

May 5 — Cybersecurity firm VST Enterprises closed its fourth round of funding, securing £11.4 million from a collection of private investors. CEO Louis-James Davis remains the lead shareholder via LJ Holdings & Investments.

May 4 — Signifyd, which specializes in ecommerce fraud, closed a $56 million Series C investment led by Bain Capital Ventures. Menlo Ventures and American Express also participated in the round.

April 26 — 802 Secure, which operates in the IoT defense market, received investment of $6 million to develop its two core products from Daylight Investors. 

April 25 — Twistlock, a provider of cloud security solutions, raised $17 million Series B funding, led by Polaris Partners, with participation from existing investors YL Ventures, TenEleven, and Rally Ventures.

April 19 — Dome9 Security, a cloud infrastructure security company, announced the close of $16.5 million in Series C funding, led by a new investor, SoftBank Corp. Existing investors also participated in this round, bringing the total funding in Dome9 to $29 million.

April 18 — NetSPI, a security testing and vulnerability correlation company, announced the completion of a strategic growth equity financing, led by Sunstone Partners.

April 18 — CyberGRX, a provider of third-party cyber risk management platform, announced that it raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP).

April 18 — CLEAR announced that it raised $15 million from existing investors, including T. Rowe Price. Past investors include Delta Airlines, Priceline Chairman Jeffery H. Boyd, former Priceline CFO Robert Mylod, Sterling VC, and LMM Chairman Bill Miller.

April 18 — Cybersecurity solutions provider Innefu Labs Pvt. Ltd announced that it raised $2 million in a series A round of funding from venture capital fund IndiaNivesh.

April 17 — Zinc announced an $11 million funding round led by a strategic investment from GE Ventures with participation from Hearst Ventures, with the aim of transforming deskless communication.

April 13 — ClearDATA, an Austin-based managed cloud provider for healthcare security, raised $12 million in funding. Backers included Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Norwest Venture Partners, Excel Venture Management, Heritage Group, HLM Venture Partners, and Flare Capital Partners.

April 11 — Synack, a cybersecurity startup that helps businesses prevent and counter security breaches, announced new funding of $21.25 million, led by Microsoft Ventures.

April 11 — PAS, a provider of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity, process safety, and asset reliability solutions for the energy, power, and process industries, announced a $40 million growth investment by Tinicum, L.P.

April 5 — Armor, the first company to offer a secure hosted cloud, closed an $89 million equity financing round led by ST Telemedia (STT).

April 5 — Aeriandi, a leading supplier of voice security solutions, received an investment of £1.5 million growth capital from BOOST&Co.

April 5 — Critical Informatics, a Washington-based cybersecurity company offering solutions for mid-sized companies in the financial services, healthcare and public sectors, announced a $3.25 million Series A funding round led by Alan Frazier’s East Seattle Partners.

April 5 — CheckRecipient, a machine learning startup aiming to end the problem of misaddressed emails, raised $2.7 million in a round co-led by Accel and LocalGlobe, with the participation of Winton Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, and Crane.

April 4 — SlashNext, a California-based startup that provides a cloud-based program that uses machine learning to stop malware and socially engineered attacks, announced new funding of $9 million. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners and Wing Venture Capital.

April 4 — Next-generation security information and event management and big data analytics platform LogPoint announced it secured $10 million in Series B funding from Evolution Equity Partners.

March 30 — Paris-based Ledger, a cryptocurrency startup, raised a $7 million Series A round to make hardware security devices ubiquitous.

March 30 — SmartSky Networks, a North Carolina startup building cellular towers for in-flight connectivity, announced a $170 million Series B funding round. One target market is government agencies interested in the company’s ability to send live video streams off an airborne platform, the cybersecurity advantage of having narrower spot beams (which reduce the physical access reach of potential hackers), and SmartSky’s encryption.

March 29 — Ripjar, a London-based firm focused on analytic problems for real-time threat intelligence, anti-money laundering, and insider threats, announced that it secured £3.75 million GBP ($4.5 million USD) in capital in order to bring its data analytics platform to more customers across the globe.

March 27 — Israeli-headquartered cybersecurity firm Votiro is raising $10 million in advance of ASX IPO plans, and Redfield Asset Management has already committed $2.93 million.

March 27 — Root9B Holdings, Inc. announced the closing of the private placement financing consisting of secured convertible promissory notes and common stock purchase warrants for net proceeds of $2.25 million

March 22 — VU Security, an identity security and fraud prevention firm based in Argentina, secured $4.3 million in Series A funding from existing investors INICIA and NXTP Labs.

March 21 — Bandura Systems, a St. Louis, Missouri-based cybersecurity software startup, reported raising an additional $650,000 in its most current funding round, bringing the total to $1.3 million.

March 20 — Bayshore Networks announced the closing of its Series A venture capital investment, with a final investment from Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV). Total investment now reaches $15 million.

March 14 — Dyadic Security secured $12 million in Series B funding, bringing total funding to roughly $15 million. Investors include Innovation Endeavors and Citi Ventures.

March 10 — Taiwan-based Bitcoin hardware wallet maker CoolBitX raised $500,000 in order to move into the broader blockchain security space and provide solutions for IoT devices and the medical industry.

March 9 — Cloud-based networking company Cradlepoint, with headquarters in Boise, Idaho, announced that it raised a new $89 million Series C Round of funding, focused on expanding its network security solutions.

March 9 — Albuquerque, New Mexico-based RiskSense announced that it doubled its funding round, raising a total of $14 million. Jump Capital joins four firms investing in the company’s Series A round of financing.

March 9 — Cymulate, a SaaS-based cyber-attack simulation company, raised $3 million in Series A funding. Susquehanna Growth Equity led the round.

March 7 — U.S.-Israeli mobile security firm Zimperium raised $15 million from Japan’s SoftBank in its latest funding round, its fourth, which brings the company’s total funding to $60 million. In June, Zimperium raised $25 million.

March 6 — London-based cybersecurity firm Garrison Technology Ltd. announced it raised £12 million in a Series A Funding round led by Touchstone Innovations. BGF Ventures, NM Capital, and the firm’s existing angel investors also participated in the round.

March 6 — Early-stage fund Parampara Capital announced its first investment in cybersecurity and cyber-intelligence startup Data Resolve Technologies.

Feb. 28 — Israeli behavior analytics company Fortscale Security Ltd. raised $7 million in its latest financing round led by Evolution Equity Partners and Valor Capital Group.

Feb. 27 — Strategic Cyber Ventures pledged $3.5 million to Polarity, helping the company expand its engineering and technology teams.

Feb. 24 — San Francisco-based drone protection startup Dedrone announced $15 million in additional funding from investors to develop its products. Felicis Ventures and Cisco’s Executive Chairman John Chambers delivered the bulk of the new funding.

Feb. 23 — Privacy Labs, a startup that allows users to take control of their data, secured a $4 million seed round of funding led by Initialized Capital.

Feb. 22 — Qumram announced further investment of 1.5 million Swiss Francs from the technology-focused venture capital firm Mundi Ventures, which is headquartered in Madrid.

Feb. 16 — Trillium, a Tokyo-based automotive IoT cybersecurity company, announced that it closed a Series A financing round of investments by lead investor Global Brain, Mizuho Capita,l and DBJ Capital.

Feb. 14 — Draper Triangle Ventures and the Ohio Innovation Fund led a $3 million Series A funding round for Wiretap.

Feb. 13 — Israeli cybersecurity company IntSights announced the completion of a $15 million Series B financing round. This round (which included investments by Glilot Capital Partners, Blackstone, Blumberg Capital, Wipro, Vintage Investment Partners, and other strategic investors) comes only four months after IntSights’ Series A round.

Feb. 13 — Bayshore Networks, a cybersecurity leader for the Industrial IoT, announced Samsung NEXT Ventures completed a strategic equity investment in the company’s Series A financing round

Feb. 10 — Empow, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cybersecurity startup, raised $9 million in funding. Backers include both private investors and the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Israel Ministry of Economy.

Feb. 9 — Israeli cybersecurity startup Javelin Networks announced the closing of a $5 million Series A financing round, with investment from RSL Capital, Hillsven Capital, UpWest Labs, Tomer Weingarten, CEO of SentinelOne, and other private investors.

Feb. 9 — Demisto, Inc., an innovator in Security Operations technology, announced it closed its $20 million Series B round of funding.

Feb. 9 — TruSTAR, a security intelligence exchange platform built to incentivize information sharing, raised $5 million in Series A funding in a round led by Storm Ventures.

Feb. 8 — HackerOne announced $40 million in Series C financing. The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group.

Feb. 8 — Trident Capital Cybersecurity announced that it closed its $300 million cybersecurity fund — which was was oversubscribed.

Feb. 7 — Exabeam, a leader in security intelligence solutions, announced it raised $30 million in series C funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Cisco Investments.

Feb. 7 — SecuredTouch completed a $3.5 million initial funding round with investment from the RDC Fund, among others.

Feb. 7 — Netwrix Corporation announced that it secured a Series A financing round led by Updata Partners.

Feb. 6 — Verato, Inc., a provider of cloud-based identity matching, announced that the company raised $12.5 million in Series B financing.

Feb. 3 — Drie announced the completion of a £410,000 seed funding round led by undisclosed angel investors.

Feb. 2 — Utimaco, a worldwide supplier of professional cybersecurity solutions, received all regulatory approvals for its new investor EQT Mid Market, a leading private equity group.

Feb. 2 — InfoArmor, Inc., a provider of employee protection solutions and elite cyber intelligence services, received an investment from global growth equity investor Summit Partners. Deal value was not disclosed.

Feb. 1 — Startup company Red Tulip Systems received  €300,000 from UNIIQ investment fund.

Feb. 1 — LogicHub, a new California-based security startup, raised $8.4 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Storm Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners.

Feb. 1 — Optiv Security, a provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced the completion of the acquisition of a majority stake of Optiv by KKR.

Jan. 28 — Pindrop Security completed a $75 million Series C funding round, with investment from Google Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Institutional Venture Partners.

Jan. 25 — Internet security company SentinelOne raised $70 million in Series C financing. New investor Redpoint Ventures led the round, along with investment from Sound Ventures, Third Point Ventures, Data Collective, Granite Hill Capital Partners, Westly Group, and SineWave Ventures.

Jan. 24 — Microsoft Ventures joined Illusive Networks, a cybersecurity startup based out of Israel, as its newest strategic investor.

Jan. 24 — Cybellum, an Israeli cybersecurity company raised $2.5 million in a seed financing round led by Blumberg Capital.

Jan. 24 — Israeli cyber startup Secret Double Octopus raised $6 million Series A Funding. Investors include Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Liberty Media’s Israel Venture Fund, Iris Capital, Benhamou Global Ventures, and angel investor Yaniv Tal.

Jan. 20 — ID DataWeb, a Virginia cybersecurity startup, picked up a $3 million investment from Washington, D.C.-based Strategic Cyber Ventures.

Jan. 20 — Enterprise incubator Alchemist landed $2.1 million in investment.

Jan. 18 — ProtectWise, a security startup, announced a $25 million round, with investment from Arsenal Venture Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tola Capital, and unnamed strategic investors.

Jan. 17 — OPAQ Networks announced it completed a $21 million in Series A funding round led by Columbia Capital, Harmony Partners, and Zero-G Inc.

Jan. 17 — Fraugster, a German and Israeli anti-fraud technology startup, raised $5 million in a venture funding round led by Earlybird.

Jan. 17 — Colorado Impact Fund led a Series A funding round to invest $4 million in SecureSet Academy.

Jan. 12 — Transmit Security, an Israeli startup developing programmable biometric authentication, announced a $40 million self-founded round of financing.

Jan. 10 — Phantom announced it raised $13.5 million in Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from existing investors TechOperators Venture Capital, Blackstone, Foundation Capital, In-Q-Tel, Rein Capital, Zach Nelson, and John W. Thompson.

Jan. 9 — Cybersecurity think tank and venture fund Team8 said Microsoft Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and Citigroup would join its partnership of international supporters. Although direct investment figures are undisclosed, the total funds raised by Team8 reached $92 million.

Jan. 6 — Total data protection company Bitglass announced it raised $45 million in Series C funding from Future Fund, NEA, Norwest, Singtel Innov8, and others.

Jan. 5 — New York-based Payfone raised $23.5 million in Series E financing. BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Andrew Prozes led the round. There was also participation from Strauss Zelnick, Maclab Development Group and Transaction Network Services, and RRE Ventures among others.

All of the transactions can be found, along with hyperlinks to more information, in the Cybersecurity Venture Funding Report.

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Steve Morgan is the founder and CEO at Cybersecurity Ventures and editor in chief of the Cybersecurity Market Report. The Cybersecurity Market Report is published quarterly and covers the business of cybersecurity, including global market sizing and industry forecasts from consolidated research by IT analyst firms, emerging trends, employment, the federal sector, hot companies to watch, notable M&A, investment and IPO activity, and more.