While the cyber security threat landscape continues to evolve, the constant remains that investment into infosec tools is a must. According to IDG research, 41% of security/IT decision-makers say cyber security budgets will increase in 2021.
This reality translates to sustained investment into cyber security vendors and service providers. Here’s a look at January’s cyber security vendor transactions.
January's 24 funding rounds and mergers & acquisitions
| Vendor | Market Segment | Activity Type | Acquiring Co. | Financials |
| Sysnet | Payments Security | Debt Funding | $65M | |
| NuArx | Payments Security | Acquisition | Sysnet | Undisclosed |
| Lacework | Cloud Security | Funding, D-round | $525M | |
| StackRox | Container Security | Acquisition | Red Hat | Undisclosed |
| Volterra | AppSec | Acquisition | F5 | Undisclosed |
| Trident Systems | Security Collaboration | Acquisition | Owl Cyber Defense | Undisclosed |
| Real Protect | MSSP | Acquisition | Accenture | Undisclosed |
| In Fidem | Infosec Management | Acquisition | Atos | Undisclosed |
| Level Effect | EDR | Acquisition | Huntress | Undisclosed |
| JumpCloud | ZeroTrust | Funding, E+-round | $25M | |
| Vdoo | IoT Security | Funding, B+-round | $25M | |
| Altaro | Backup | Acquisition | Hornetsecurity | Undisclosed |
| HyTrust | Cloud Security/Encryption | Acquisition | Entrust | Undisclosed |
| HubStor | Data Protection/Backup | Acquisition | Veritas Technologies | Undisclosed |
| MistNet | Network Threat Detection | Acquisition | LogRhythm | Undisclosed |
| Stacklet | Cloud Governance | Funding, A-round | $18M | |
| Qohash | Data Security | Funding, A-round | $6.3M | |
| Swimlane | Security Orchestration | Funding, B+-round | $40M | |
| Valtix | Cloud Network Security | Strategic Funding | $12.5M | |
| Root9B | Threat Hunting | Acquisition | Deloitte | Undisclosed |
| Armo | Cloud Security | Seed | $4.5M | |
| Cherwell | IT Service Management | Acquisition | Ivanti | Undisclosed |
| CybSafe | Behavioral Security | Funding, A-round | $7.9M | |
| Tanium | Endpoint | Funding, common stock sale | $150M |
Sources of data: SecurityWeek | Venture Beat | TechCrunch | Help Net Security | ZDNet | Security Boulevard | Infosec Magazine | Silicon Republic | Cyber Security Insiders | virginabusiness.com | FinSMEs | GeekWire
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