February's cyber security vendor transaction highlights
- 33 total funding and M&A transactions
- $792 Million raised over 27 rounds
- 5 M&A events
- 1 IPO
Crunching the Numbers
- The $792 Million raised in February 2025 represents a 185% increase in funding raised when compared to February 2024.
- 27 funding rounds were tracked in February ’25 compared to 18 in February, ’24.
- Early-stage funding (Seed, Series-A) represents 59% of all February 2025 funding rounds recorded.
- Five rounds of funding accounted for 56% of all February funding dollars.
- YTD vendors raised $1.2 Billion, a 36% increase over the same period in 2024.
February's funding round breakdown
February's funding rounds and mergers & acquisitions
Funding
M&A
Funding
| Vendor | Activity Type | Financials | Lead Investor | Market Segment |
| Observo AI | Seed | $15,000,000 | Felicis | Data |
| Invary | Seed | $3,500,000 | SineWave | Vulnerability |
| 7AI | Seed | $36,000,000 | Greylock Partners | Automation |
| ThreatMate | Seed | $3,200,000 | Top Down Ventures | Vulnerability |
| ZeroRisk | Seed | $4,000,000 | Elkstone | GRC |
| Andesite | Seed | $23,000,000 | General Catalyst | Vulnerability |
| Singulr AI | Seed | $10,000,000 | Nexus Venture Partners | GRC |
| GombocAI | Seed | $13,000,000 | Ballistic Ventures | Vulnerability |
| CQR | Seed | $3,000,000 | Shorooq Partners | OT/ICS |
| Jscrambler | Funding | $5,200,000 | Iberis Capital | Browser |
| Nirmata | Funding | $9,600,000 | Peak XV | Web Application Security |
| SGNL | Funding, A | $30,000,000 | Brightmind Partners | Identity |
| QuSecure | Funding, A | $28,000,000 | Two Bear Capital | Quantum |
| RAD Security | Funding, A | $14,000,000 | Cheyenne Ventures | Detection/Response |
| Edera | Funding, A | $15,000,000 | M12 | Container |
| Dreadnode | Funding, A | $14,000,000 | Decibel VC | Training |
| Anagram | Funding, A | $10,000,000 | Madrona | Training |
| Mimic | Funding, A | $50,000,000 | Menlo Ventures | Detection/Response |
| Riot | Funding, B | $30,000,000 | Left Lane Capital | Training |
| Dream Security | Funding, B | $100,000,000 | Bain Capital | Detection/Response |
| Blockaid | Funding, B | $50,000,000 | Ribbit Capital | Crypto |
| Whalebone | Funding, B | $14,000,000 | Unbound | DNS |
| Tines | Funding, C | $125,000,000 | Goldman Sachs | Automation |
| Sardine | Funding, C | $70,000,000 | Activant Capital | Fraud |
| Semgrep | Funding, D | $100,000,000 | Menlo Ventures | AppSec |
| Astra Security | Growth Funding | $2,700,000 | Emergent Ventures | PenTesting |
| Hub Security | Debt Funding | $13,500,000 | Claymore Capital | Segmentation |
M&A
| Vendor | Activity Type | Acquiring Company | Financials | Market Segment |
| SafeBase | Acquisition | Drata | $250,000,000 | Ratings |
| Zilla Security | Acquisition | CyberArk | $165,000,000 | Identity |
| Votiro | Acquisition | Menlo Security | Undisclosed | Detection/Response |
| Dassana | Acquisition | Deepwatch | Undisclosed | Ratings |
| Sailpoint | IPO | N/A | N/A | Identity |
| TraceableAI | Merger | N/A | Undisclosed | API |
Research Methodology
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