April's cyber security vendor transaction highlights
- 44 total funding and M&A transactions
- $418 Million raised over 25 rounds
- 19 M&A events
Crunching the Numbers
- The $418 Million raised in April 2026 represents an 80% decrease in funding raised when compared to April 2025 ($2 Billion).
- 25 funding rounds were tracked in April ’26 compared to 46 in April ’25.
- Early-stage funding (Seed, Series-A) represents 88% of all April 2026 funding rounds recorded.
- Zero rounds of funding >$100 Million were recorded.
- YTD vendors raised $5 Billion, an 18% increase over the same period in 2025.
April's funding round breakdown
Funding
M&A
Funding
| Vendor | Stage | Capital | Lead Investor | Market Segment |
| OpenBox AI | Seed | $5,000,000 | Tykhe Ventures | GRC |
| Test of Things | Seed | $1,400,000 | Vendep Capital | GRC |
| Moonbounce | Seed | $12,000,000 | Amplify Partners | GRC |
| Trent AI | Seed | $13,000,000 | LocalGlobe | GRC |
| Capsule Security | Seed | $7,000,000 | Lama Partners | AI/LLM |
| Golden Owl | Seed | $1,500,000 | First Drop | OSINT |
| Ralio | Seed | $2,500,000 | Sure Valley Ventures | Fraud |
| Almure | Seed | $1,300,000 | Genesia Ventures | Data |
| Spectrum Security | Seed | $19,000,000 | TechOperators | Detection/Response |
| Rilian | Seed | $17,500,000 | 8VC | Orchestration |
| Deep Algorithms | Seed | $1,900,000 | Unicorn India Ventures | Identity |
| Copperhelm | Seed | $7,000,000 | TLV Partners | Cloud |
| General Analysis | Seed | $10,000,000 | Altos Ventures | PenTesting |
| Variance | Funding, A | $21,500,000 | Ten Eleven Ventures | GRC |
| PeakMetrics | Funding, A | $6,000,000 | Moneta Ventures | OSINT |
| AIM Intelligence | Funding, A | $7,000,000 | Samsung Venture Investment | AI/LLM |
| Artemis | Funding, A | $70,000,000 | Felicis | Detection/Response |
| spektr | Funding, A | $20,000,000 | NEA | GRC |
| SCATR Corp | Funding, A | $12,600,000 | First In | Data |
| QuoIntelligence | Funding, A | $8,322,000 | Elevator Ventures | Threat Intel |
| Bug Bounty Switzerland | Funding, A | $13,700,000 | Direttissima Growth Partners | PenTesting |
| Linx | Funding, B | $50,000,000 | Insight Partners | Identity |
| Cloudsmith | Funding, C | $72,000,000 | TCV | Supply Chain |
| Stellar Cyber | Debt Funding | $25,000,000 | Horizon Technology Finance | Detection/Response |
| Kigen | Debt Funding | $12,650,000 | Salica Investments | IoT |
M&A
| Vendor | Stage | Acquiring Company | Capital | Market Segment |
| SKV Technologies | Acquisition | Quantum eMotion | Undisclosed | Data |
| Ultra Cyber | Acquisition | Airbus | Undisclosed | Data |
| Antimatter | Acquisition | Databricks | Undisclosed | Data |
| Eos | Acquisition | AppViewX | Undisclosed | Identity |
| SiftD | Acquisition | Databricks | Undisclosed | Automation |
| Security Centric | Acquisition | Virtual IT | Undisclosed | Security Services |
| Zero-Point | Acquisition | Fortra | Undisclosed | Training |
| Zengo | Acquisition | eToro | Undisclosed | Crypto |
| Kovr.AI | Acquisition | Fortreum | Undisclosed | GRC |
| Cipher | Acquisition | Soxton AI | Undisclosed | AI/LLM |
| ImagineX | Acquisition | TekStream | Undisclosed | Security Services |
| Quarkslab | Acquisition | Airbus | Undisclosed | AppSec |
| infotex | Acquisition | Dewpoint | Undisclosed | MSSP |
| Armour Communications | Acquisition | PentenAmio | Undisclosed | Network Security |
| Revyz | Acquisition | Spin.AI | Undisclosed | Data |
| Emulated Criminals | Acquisition | Suzu Labs | Undisclosed | PenTesting |
| Novawatch | Acquisition | NetCov | Undisclosed | Detection/Response |
| iC Consult | Acquisition | Bridgepoint | Undisclosed | Identity |
| Fabrix Security | Acquisition | Silverfort | Undisclosed | Identity |
Research Methodology
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