Here are some of the most prominent venture capital and merger and acquisition news items from September. If you’d like SDxCentral to report on your company’s VC or M&A activity in our monthly Money Moves section, or if you have any tips on that activity, please send the information to Emma Chervek ([email protected]).

Content delivery network vendor Akamai acquired microsegmentation vendor Guardicore for approximately $600 million in a bid to combat the rampant spread of ransomware.

The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company’s platform is designed to limit user access to only those applications to which they are authorized. Akamai claims the technology is complementary to its zero-trust security push and will help to limit the spread of malware across the network.

“Given the recent surge in ransomware attacks and increasingly stringent compliance regulations, investing in technologies to reduce the spread of malware has become mission critical,” Akamai CEO Tom Leighton said in a statement. “By adding Cloudicore’s leading microsegmentation products to Akamai’s comprehensive portfolio of zero-trust solutions, we believe Akamai will be able to provide the most effective way to combat ransomware on the market today.”

Snyk’s valuation skyrocketed to $8.5 billion in the wake of a $530 million Series F funding round that included about $300 million in new capital.

In addition to the new funds, the Series F also included secondary offerings, according to the developer-focused security vendor. This brings its total raised to $775 million, and Snyk more than tripled its valuation compared to $4.7 billion at the beginning of the year.

“This new investment, together with the rapid adoption of our platform and growing customer base, validates our developer security vision,” Snyk CEO Peter McKay said in a statement. “When security starts with the world’s expanding pool of developers — estimated to reach 45 million by 2030 — organizations of all sizes will be able to truly reap the rewards of digital transformation, while also making the world’s software safer.”

F5 acquired Threat Stack.

SingleStore raised $80 million in its Series F funding round.

LogPoint announced it will acquire SecBI.

Contentsquare acquired Hotjar.

Equinix acquired the India operations of GPX Global Systems including two data centers in Mumbai in a $161 million cash transaction.

Corelight raised $75 million during its Series D funding round.

DataChat closed its Series A funding round with $25 million in investments.

Microsoft acquired Clipchamp.

Thoma Bravo signed an agreement to invest an undisclosed amount in Intel 471.

TrueFort closed its Series B funding round with $30 million in investments.

Commit acquired ITSoft.

Park Place Technologies acquired NetSure+.

Satori raised $20 million during its Series A funding round.

Prysmian Group announced it is investing $85 million in equipment upgrades.

Copado raised $140 million during its Series C funding round, bringing total investments to $257 million.

KT Corp. acquired Epsilon.

Tenable Holdings announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Accurics, Inc.

JumpCloud raised $159 million in Series F funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $2.56 billion.

Rezilion closed its Series A funding round with $30 million in investments. 

JFrog acquired Upswift.

TransUnion agreed to acquire Neustar.

Rewind raised $65 million during its Series B funding round.

Exadel acquired Coppei.

Dynatrace announced its acquisition of SpectX.

SkyKick raised $130 million in its recent financing round.

Loft Labs raised $4.6 million in seed funding.

strongDM closed its Series B funding round with $54 million in investments. 

Stord raised $90 million during its Series D funding round, valuing the company at $1.1 billion.

Dubber acquired Notiv.

Matillion announced it raised $150 million in Series E funding, bringing its valuation to $1.5 billion.

Glean debuted with $55 million in funding.

Pyxis One raised $17 million during its Series B funding round.

Private AI secured $3.1 million in seed funding.

Constructor announced it raised $55 million during its Series A funding round.

Wind River acquired Particle Design.

Propel raised $20 million in Series C funding.

Fivetran announced it raised $565 million in series D funding and acquired HVR.

TrueFort raised $30 million from Ericsson Ventures as part of its Series B funding round.

SenseOn closed its Series A funding round with $20 million in investments.

West Monroe acquired Verys.

Perforce Software acquired BlazeMeter Continuous Testing.

CodeSee raised $3 million in seed funding.

Sinch entered into an agreement to acquire Pathwire for $1.925 billion.

Snyk announced $75 million in funding as part of its Series F funding round.