August's cyber security vendor transaction highlights
- 29 total transactions: funding, M&A, IPO
- $424 Million raised over 11 rounds
- 16 M&A events
- 2 IPO announcements
August's 29 funding rounds, mergers & acquisitions, IPOs
Funding
M&A
IPO
Funding
| Vendor | Market Segment | Activity Type | Financials |
| BreachQuest | Incident Response | Seed | $4.4M |
| Blumira | Threat Detection / Response | Funding, A-round | $10.3M |
| CertiK | Blockchain Security | Funding, B+-round | $24M |
| Finite State | IoT Security | Funding, B-round | $30M |
| SentiLink | Identity Verification | Funding, B-round | $70M |
| SIGA | OT Security | Funding, B-round | $8.1M |
| Baffle | Encryption | Funding, B-round | $20M |
| InfoSum | Data Privacy | Funding, B-round | $65M |
| Hunters | XDR | Funding, B-round | $30M |
| Upstream | Automotive Security | Funding, C-round | $62M |
| Nozomi | IoT/ICS | Funding, D-round | $100M |
M&A
| Vendor | Market Segment | Activity Type | Acquiring Co. | Financials |
| SecureWorx | MSSP | Acquisition | Ernst & Young | Undisclosed |
| Focal Point Data Risk | Security Services | Acquisition | CDW | Undisclosed |
| RiskSense | Vulnerability Management | Acquisition | Ivanti | Undisclosed |
| Diamond Fortress Technologies | Digital Identity | Acquisition | Telos | Undisclosed |
| Refactr | DevSecOps | Acquisition | Sophos | Undisclosed |
| Dustico | Supply Chain | Acquisition | Checkmarx | Undisclosed |
| asCyberSolutions | OT/ICS | Acquisition | Deloitte | Undisclosed |
| Cybint | Cyber Education | Acquisition | HackerU | Undisclosed |
| TotalCloud | Security workflow orchestration | Acquisition | Qualys | Undisclosed |
| Intrigue | Attack Surface Management | Acquisition | Mandiant | Undisclosed |
| Gotham Security | Security Services | Acquisition | GoVanguard | Undisclosed |
| Avast | Consumer Security | Acquisition | NortonLifeLock | $8B |
| Epsagon | Application Observability | Acquisition | Cisco | Undisclosed |
| build.security | Security Policy Management | Acquisition | Elastic | Undisclosed |
| CMD | Cloud Infrastructure Security | Acquisition | Elastic | Undisclosed |
| Avanan | Cloud Email Security | Acquisition | Check Point | Undisclosed |
IPO
| Vendor | Market Segment | Activity Type |
| ForgeRock | IAM | IPO Filing |
| IronNet | Threat Detection | IPO via LGL merger |
Sources of data: SecurityWeek | Venture Beat | TechCrunch | Help Net Security | ZDNet | Security Boulevard | Yahoo Finance | CRN | Cyber Security Intelligence | Cybersecurity Insiders | Infosec Magazine
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