March's cyber security vendor transaction highlights
- 59 total funding and M&A transactions
- $2.3 Billion raised over 53 rounds
- 6 M&A events
Crunching the Numbers
- The $2.3 Billion raised in March 2026 represents an 125% increase in funding raised when compared to March 2025 ($1 Billion).
- 53 funding rounds were tracked in March ’26 compared to 29 in March ’25.
- Early-stage funding (Seed, Series-A) represents 60% of all March 2026 funding rounds recorded.
- Seven rounds of funding >$100 Million were recorded accounting for 56% of all March funding dollars.
- YTD vendors raised $4.6 Billion, a 108% increase over the same period in 2025.
March's funding round breakdown
March's funding rounds and mergers & acquisitions
Funding
M&A
Funding
| Vendor | Stage | Capital | Lead Investor | Market Segment |
| JetStream Security | Seed | $34,000,000 | Redpoint Ventures | GRC |
| DiligentAI | Seed | $2,500,000 | Speedinvest | Fraud |
| IntelliGRC | Seed | $3,500,000 | Blu Ventures | GRC |
| VivoxAI | Seed | $1,600,000 | Axel Weber | GRC |
| Cylake | Seed | $45,000,000 | Greylock Partners | AI/LLM |
| QuadMiner | Seed | $7,500,000 | Undisclosed | Data |
| Orca Fraud | Seed | $2,350,000 | Norrsken22 | Fraud |
| Cybervergent | Seed | $3,000,000 | Platform Fund | GRC |
| Quantro Security | Seed | $2,500,000 | Gradient | Vulnerability |
| deepidv | Seed | $1,000,000 | Undisclosed | Fraud |
| Certiv | Seed | $4,200,000 | Aviso Ventures | GRC |
| VeryAI | Seed | $10,000,000 | Polychain Capital | Fraud |
| Raven | Seed | $20,000,000 | Norwest | AppSec |
| Manifold | Seed | $8,000,000 | Costanoa Ventures | Endpoint |
| Onit Security | Seed | $11,000,000 | Hetz Ventures | Vulnerability |
| Huskeys | Seed | $8,000,000 | 10D | Web Application Security |
| Chorus Intelligence | Funding | $20,000,000 | Maven Capital Partners | OSINT |
| Spin AI | Funding | $16,400,000 | K1 | Data |
| Surf AI | Funding | $57,000,000 | Accel | Automation |
| 1stProtect | Funding | $20,000,000 | Andra Capital | Endpoint |
| RunSybil | Funding | $40,000,000 | Khosla Ventures | Vulnerability |
| Above Security | Funding | $50,000,000 | Ballistic Ventures | Threat Intel |
| FIG Security | Funding, A | $38,000,000 | Ten Eleven Ventures | Detection/Response |
| Reclaim Security | Funding, A | $20,000,000 | Acrew Capital | Vulnerability |
| Circadence | Funding, A | $16,400,000 | Seneca Partners | Training |
| Armadin Security | Funding, A | $189,900,000 | Accel | Vulnerability |
| Kai | Funding, A | $125,000,000 | Evolution Equity Partners | AI/LLM |
| Jazz | Funding, A | $61,000,000 | Glilot Capital | Data |
| Scanner | Funding, A | $22,000,000 | Sequoia | Detection/Response |
| Escape | Funding, A | $18,000,000 | Balderton Capital | Vulnerability |
| Bold Security | Funding, A | $28,000,000 | Bessemer | Endpoint |
| Onyx Security | Funding, A | $40,000,000 | Conviction | GRC |
| Qevlar | Funding, A | $30,000,000 | Partech | Detection/Response |
| Tracebit | Funding, A | $20,000,000 | FirstMark | Detection/Response |
| Native | Funding, A | $31,000,000 | Ballistic Ventures | Cloud |
| Knox | Funding, A | $25,000,000 | B Capital | GRC |
| BlueFlag Security | Funding, A | $16,500,000 | Ten Eleven Ventures | GRC |
| Corridor | Funding, A | $25,000,000 | Felices | AppSec |
| Evervault | Funding, B | $25,000,000 | Ribbit Capital | Data |
| Cleafy | Funding, B | $13,744,000 | United Ventures | Fraud |
| Allure Security | Funding, B | $17,000,000 | Riverside Acceleration Capital | Fraud |
| Oasis Security | Funding, B | $120,000,000 | Craft Ventures | Identity |
| TENEX | Funding, B | $250,000,000 | Crosspoint Capital | Security Services |
| depthfirst | Funding, B | $80,000,000 | Meritech Capital | AppSec |
| XBOW | Funding, C | $120,000,000 | DFJ Group | PenTesting |
| Cape | Funding, C | $100,000,000 | Bain Capital | Endpoint |
| Censys | Funding, D | $40,000,000 | Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital | Vulnerability |
| Gyala | Growth Equity | $4,700,000 | Deep Ocean SGR SpA | OT/ICS |
| ArmorCode | Growth Funding | $16,000,000 | Cheyenne Ventures | AppSec |
| Cloaked | Growth Funding | $375,000,000 | General Catalyst | Fraud |
| Eclypsium | Growth Funding | $25,000,000 | Peak6 Strategic Capital | Firmware Security |
| Xage | Growth Funding | $15,000,000 | Piva Capital | OT/ICS |
| Censys | Debt Funding | $30,000,000 | N/A | Vulnerability |
M&A
| Vendor | Stage | Acquiring Company | Capital | Market Segment |
| 1touch.io | Acquisition | Pure Storage | Undisclosed | Data |
| Promptfoo | Acquisition | OpenAI | Undisclosed | AI/LLM |
| Becrypt | Acquisition | Leonardo | Undisclosed | Endpoint |
| Kenzo Security | Acquisition | Rapid7 | Undisclosed | Detection/Response |
| CyberArk | Acquisition | Palo Alto Networks | $12,700,000,000 | Identity |
| Leviathan Security Group | Acquisition | K2 Integrity | Undisclosed | Security Services |
Research Methodology
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