April's cyber security vendor transaction highlights
- 49 total funding and M&A transactions
- $2 Billion raised over 46 rounds
- 3 M&A events
Crunching the Numbers
- The $2 Billion raised in April 2025 represents a 106% increase in funding raised when compared to April 2024.
- 46 funding rounds were tracked in April ’25 compared to 38 in April, ’24.
- Early-stage funding (Seed, Series-A) represents 59% of all April 2025 funding rounds recorded.
- Five rounds of funding over $100M were recorded accounting for 60% of all April funding dollars.
- YTD vendors raised $4.3 Billion, a 30% increase over the same period in 2024.
April's funding round breakdown
April's funding rounds and mergers & acquisitions
Funding
M&A
Funding
| Vendor | Activity Type | Financials | Lead Investor | Market Segment |
| Prowler | Seed | $6,500,000 | Decibel VC | Vulnerability |
| Octane | Seed | $6,750,000 | Archetype | AppSec |
| Liminal | Seed | $4,700,000 | Elevation Capital | Crypto |
| Unosecur | Seed | $5,000,000 | VentureFriends | Identity |
| Pillar Security | Seed | $9,000,000 | Shield Capital | AI/LLM |
| Kenzo Security | Seed | $4,500,000 | The General Partnership | Threat Intel |
| ideem | Seed | $2,400,000 | Sovereighns Capital | Fraud |
| GlitchSecure | Seed | $1,440,000 | Business Development Bank of Canada | Vulnerability |
| Hopper | Seed | $7,600,000 | Meron Capital | OSINT |
| Terra Security | Seed | $8,000,000 | SYN Ventures | PenTesting |
| Authmind | Seed | $19,300,000 | Cheyenne Ventures | Identity |
| Augur Security | Seed | $7,000,000 | General Advance | Threat Intel |
| Amplifier Security | Seed | $5,600,000 | Westwave Capital | Training |
| Adaptive | Funding | $43,000,000 | Andreesen Horowitz | Training |
| Aurascape | Funding | $50,000,000 | Menlo Ventures | AI/LLM |
| Qevlar | Funding | $10,000,000 | EQT Ventures | Threat Intel |
| VanishID | Funding | $10,000,000 | Dell Technologies Capital | Fraud |
| NetFoundry | Funding | $12,000,000 | SYN Ventures | Network Security |
| SixMap | Funding | $7,000,000 | IAG Capital | Threat Intel |
| Corsha | Funding, A | $18,000,000 | SineWave | Identity |
| Outtake AI | Funding, A | $16,500,000 | CRV | Detection/Response |
| Netrise | Funding, A | $10,000,000 | DNX Ventures | Supply Chain |
| Virtue AI | Funding, A | $30,000,000 | Lightspeed Ventures | AI/LLM |
| Cy4Data Labs | Funding, A | $10,000,000 | Pelion Venture Partners | Data |
| Exaforce | Funding, A | $75,000,000 | Khosla Ventures | Automation |
| Miggo Security | Funding, A | $17,000,000 | SYN Ventures | Detection/Response |
| Manifest | Funding, A | $15,000,000 | Ensemble | Supply Chain |
| Scamnetic | Funding, A | $13,000,000 | Roo Capital | Fraud |
| Jericho Security | Funding, A | $15,000,000 | Era Fund | Training |
| SquareX | Funding, A | $20,000,000 | SYN Ventures | Browser |
| Symbiotic | Funding, A | $29,000,000 | Pentera Capital | Crypto |
| Pistachio | Funding, A | $7,000,000 | Walter Ventures | Training |
| LayerX | Funding, A | $11,000,000 | Jump Capital | Browser |
| Anecdotes | Funding, B | $30,000,000 | DTCP | GRC |
| Portnox | Funding, B | $37,500,000 | Updata Partners | Network Security |
| Sekoia.io | Funding, B | $28,500,000 | Revaia | XDR |
| Sentra | Funding, B | $50,000,000 | Key1 Capital | Data |
| Endor | Funding, B | $93,000,000 | DFJ Growth | AppSec |
| Cynomi | Funding, B | $37,000,000 | Entrée Capital | Virtual CISO |
| Reco | Funding, B | $25,000,000 | Zeev Ventures | SaaS Security |
| Push Security | Funding, B | $30,000,000 | Redpoint Ventures | Identity |
| Tailscale | Funding, C | $160,000,000 | Accel | Network Security |
| Cyberhaven | Funding, D | $100,000,000 | StepStone Group | Data |
| Chainguard | Funding, D | $356,000,000 | Kleiner Perkins | Supply Chain |
| Veza | Funding, D | $108,000,000 | Accel | Identity |
| ReliaQuest | Growth Funding | $500,000,000 | EQT Partners | XDR |
M&A
| Vendor | Activity Type | Acquiring Company | Financials | Market Segment |
| Zorus | Acquisition | DNSFilter | Undisclosed | DNS |
| Infigo | Acquisition | Allurity | Undisclosed | Security Services |
| ProtectAI | Acquisition | Palo Alto Networks | $700,000,000 | AI/LLM |
Research Methodology
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