RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENTERPRISE SECURITY
- IAM vendor, ForgeRock raised $88M in the Series D round led by Accel Partners. Link
- Druva, a data security & backup vendor raised $80M in the Series F round led by Riverwood Capital. Link
- Cloud security startup, Threat Stack raised $45M in the Series C round co-led by F-Prime Capital Partners and Eight Roads Ventures. Link
- Qadium, a cyber intelligence & risk assessment company raised $40M in the Series B round led by IVP. Link
- Endpoint security company, AppGuard received $30M in the Series B round led by JTB Corp and acquired KeepTree. Link
- Insider threat detection company, Securonix received $29M in the equity investment from undisclosed investors. Link
- Threat intelligence platform, LookingGlass raised $26.3M in a composite mezzanine debt and VC funding co-led by Eastward Capital and Triangle Peak Partners. Link
- Container security startup, Aqua Security raised $25M in the Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Link
- Inside Secure, an embedded IoT security solution provider raised $19.2M in a post IPO convertible bond. Link
- Versive, a security analytics platform raised an additional $12.7M in the Series B round from the existing investors. Link
- Email security provider, Vade Secure raised $12M in the Series A round led by Isai Fund. Link
- Emailage, an anti-fraud solution provider received $10M in the Series B round led by Anthos Capital. Link
- Customer IAM solution provider, Evident raised $8.8M in the Series A funding led by NEA. Link
- Tanker, a cloud data security startup raised $7.2M in the Series A round co-led by Idinvest Partners and Kima Ventures. Link
- Capsule8, container security startup raised $6M in the Series A round led by BVP. Link
- Server security startup, MajorSec received $4.5M in the Series A round of investment led by Vangoo capital. Link
- PIAM vendor raised $4.7M in the Series A round led by Insight Venture Partners. Link
- Identity theft prevention startup, Shocard raised $4M in the Series A round co-led by Morado and AME Cloud Ventures. Link
- IoT security startup, Axonius raised $4M in the Seed round led by YL Ventures. Link
- Industrial security company SIGA Security raised $3.5M in the Series A round led by Awz Homeland Security. Link
- Spinbackup, a cloud security provider for Google apps & G Suite raised $500k in the Seed round led by Aventures Capital. Link
- Encryption based data security company, CipherLoc raised $475k in the post IPO equity from undisclosed investors. Link
- Security automation & orchestration platform, Jask received undisclosed funding from Cylance’s founder Stuart McClure. Link
- eSentire, a unified network security platform received undisclosed growth equity investment from Warburg Pincus. Link
- Voice biometrics based anti-fraud solution provider, Uniphore raised an undisclosed Series B investment. Link
- VPN based secure access provider Kesala acquired by Silent Circle in an undisclosed deal. Link
- Inside Secure acquired Meontrust, a user authentication and transaction authorization provider in an $5.97M deal. Link
- Forcepoint acquired RedOwl Analytics, a UEBA-based security analytics provider company in an undisclosed deal. Link
- SolarWinds MSP acquired SpamExperts, an email security provider in an undisclosed deal. Link
- Juniper Networks announced to acquire ML-based network security analytics company, Cyphort in an undisclosed deal. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
Cysur (2017, Ramat Gan) – AI-based cyber risk assessment and incident prediction platform
Mmic Security (2017, Herndon) – Hardware tool for an automated penetration testing
CipherSip (2017, Haifa) – Embeddable automotive cybersecurity platform
LEADER BOARD – ENTERPRISE SECURITY
Suite
Symantec (1982, Mountain View, IPO) – Enterprise security solution suite for enterprise & personal users. Went IPO in 1989.
Kaspersky (1997, Moscow, $200M) – Security solution suite for businesses and consumers, Backed by General Atlantic.
Palo Alto Networks (2005, Santa Clara, IPO) – Enterprise security vendor focused on the security of network, cloud, endpoint & BYOD devices, security analytics & intelligence. Went IPO in 2012.
Network Security
Barracuda Networks (2002, Campbell, IPO) – Appliance based network threat detection solutions. Went IPO in 2013.
Zscaler (2008, San Jose, $148M) – Network traffic analysis for application profiling and cloud security. Backed by LSVP, Google Capital, TPG, EMC.
ForeScout (2000, Tel Aviv, $120M) – Continuous monitoring and intelligence based threat detection and policy-based mitigation platform. Backed by Accel Partners, Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital, Meritech Capital.
BYOD Security
Blackberry (1984, Waterloo, IPO) – Enterprise Mobility Management suite company. Went IPO in 1999.
Good Technology (1996, Sunnyvale, $522M, Acq.) – Enterprise mobility & security solution. Acquired by Blackberry in 2015.
Lookout (2007, SF, $284M) – Mobile security against zero-day threats. Backed by Accel, A16Z, Greylock.
Airwatch (2003, Atlanta, $225M, Acq.) – Enterprise mobility management & security for BYOD. Acquired by Vmware in 2014.
Endpoint Security
Tanium (2007, Berkeley, $401.5M) – Helps manage and secure enterprise endpoints. Backed by A16Z, TPG, IVP, Franklin Templeton.
Crowdstrike (2011, Irvine, $256M) – Cloud and machine-learning based endpoint security platform. Backed by Accel Partners, Rackspace, Telstra, CaiptalG.
AVG (1991, Amsterdam, Acq.) – Anti-virus solution on endpoint devices for online security. Acquired by Avast in 2016.
Cloud Security
Illumio (2013, Sunnyvale, $267M) – Visibility and control over workloads running in any data center. Backed by Accel, A16Z.
Netskope (2012, Los Altos, $231M) – Cloud access security broker solution for the enterprise. Backed by LSVP, Accel, Social+Capital Partnership, Iconic Capital.
Armor Defense (2009, Richardson, $149M) – Cloud infrastructure security & secure cloud hosting service. Backed by The Stephens Group, Performance Edge Partners, Arizona Tech Investors.
Application Security
Veracode (2006, Burlington, $114.5M, Acq.) – Automated static, dynamic and mobile application security testing service. Acquired by CA Technologies in 2017.
Checkmarx (2006, NYC, $98.5M) – Static code analysis tools to identify security vulnerabilit
HackerOne (2012, SF, $74M) – Vulnerability Disclosure & internet security bug bounty programs. Backed by NEA, Benchmark Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group.
Identity & Access Management
Okta (2008, SF, IPO) – Secure identity management and single sign-on. Went IPO in 2017.
ForgeRock (2010, SF, $140M) – Unified secure digital identity & access management platform. Backed by Accel Partners, KKR, Foundation Capital, Meritech Capital.
Ping Identity (2002, Denver, $137M, Acq.) – Identity management solution for federated access to applications. Backed by DFJ, KKR. Acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2016.
Centrify (2004, Sunnyvale, $94M) – Unified identity management solutions for both privileged and end-users. Backed by Samsung Ventures, Docomo Capital, Accel, Mayfield.
Security Analytics
Tenable Networks (2002, Columbia, $310M) – Continuous network monitoring & vulnerability management solution. Backed by Accel & Insight Partners.
Sumo Logic (2010, Redwood City, $236M) – Cloud-based network log management and analytics. Backed by DFJ Growth, IVP, Sequoia, Accel, Greylock, Sapphire Ventures.
Darktrace (2013, Cambridge, $180M) – UEBA analytics based insider threat detection platform. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, KKR, SoftBank, Summit Partners.
Skybox Security (2002, San Jose, $144M) – Risk Analytics & remediation recommendation of enterprise threats. Backed by SGEP, Providence Equity, LSVP, Benchmark.
Threat Intelligence
LookingGlass Cyber (2006, Arlington, $104M) – Threat intelligence-based security & dynamic threat defense. Backed by New Spring Capital, Alsop Louie Partners, Vital Financial.
Zerofox – Social media security & enterprise risk management. Backed by Silver Lake, Redline Capital, NEA, Silicon Valley Bank, TCP Venture Capital.
Prevalent (2004, Warren, $72M) – Partner cyber-risk management solution. Backed by Insight Venture Partners, Spring Mountain Capital, Fulcrum Equity Partners.
RiskIQ (2009, SF, $68M) – External threat management and intelligence platform. Backed by Summit Partners, Battery Ventures, Georgian Partners, MassMutual Ventures.
Data Security
Druva (2008, Pune, $200M) – Cloud data protection, DLP, and information management & backup. Backed by Sequoia, Tenaya Capital, Riverwood Capital, Orios Venture Partners.
SafeNet (1983, Belcamp, $139M, Acq.) – Encryption & Key Management based data security. Acquired by Gemalto in 2014.
Digital Guardian (2003, Waltham, $125M) – Endpoint data loss prevention solution. Backed by Fairhaven Capital, Mass Mutual, Siemens Finance.
Ionic Security (2011, Atlanta, $122M) – Centralized policy, encryption and control based data security. Backed by KPCB, Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Tech Operators, JAFCO, FF VC, Meritech Capital Partners.
Website Security
CloudFlare (2009, SF, $182M) – Security and performance solutions for websites using a collective intelligence of its network community. Backed by USV, NEA, Qualcomm Venture, MS Ventures, GV.
StackPath (2015, Dallas, $180M) – Cloud-based WAF, secure CDN & VPN service. Backed by ABRY Partners.
Shape Security (2011, Mountain View, $131M) – Website security by making subtle transmutation of underlying HTML page code of web pages, deceiving attackers. Backed by KPCB, GV, NVP.
Email Security
MimeCast (2003, London, IPO) – Saas-based email security by re-routing and analyzing emails. Went IPO in 2015.
Proofpoint (2002, Sunnyvale, IPO) – Email security based on secure email gateways. Went IPO in 2012.
Anti-Fraud
Lifelock (2005, Tempe, $178M, Acq.) – Identity theft protection & payment fraud prevention. Acquired by Symantec in 2017.
Pindrop Security (2011, Atlanta, $122M) – Machine learning and multi-factor analysis based phone fraud detection and prevention. Backed by Google Capital, A16Z, IVP, Felicis.
Signifyd (2011, Palo Alto, $106M) – Cloud-based digital fraud & chargeback prevention solution. Backed by a16z, American Express, IA Ventures, Menlo Ventures.
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