Here are some of the most prominent venture capital and merger and acquisition news items from June. 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]).
Microsoft Buys RiskIQ: How Will It Integrate Threat Intel, Attack Surface Visibility?Microsoft announced the acquisition of cybersecurity software maker RiskIQ. The deal comes as the threat of ransomware intensifies across all industries and as Microsoft battles a spate of recent critical vulnerabilities that hackers exploited to breach its customers’ systems.
While the software giant didn’t disclose terms of the deal, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft agreed to pay more than $500 million in cash for the startup, citing people familiar with the purchase.
The RiskIQ acquisition follows several other cybersecurity buys over the past few years, and Microsoft execs have repeatedly said the company invests more than $1 billion annually on security. In June, it bought IoT security startup ReFirm Labs for an undisclosed amount.
Sysdig Shifts Security Further Left With Apolicy AcquisitionSysdig announced plans to acquire Apolicy, a company offering security and compliance for cloud-native applications. The deal will allow Sysdig to shift security further left by integrating Apolicy’s infrastructure as code (IaC) technology into its platform to better secure DevOps workflows.
As part of the acquisition deal, Apolicy’s founders Maor Goldberg, Eran Leib, and Shlomi Wexler will join the Sysdig team. Sysdig did not disclose the acquisition price.
More July Money MovesThe US Defense Department canceled the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing project it awarded to Microsoft in 2019 because the program’s design “no longer meets its needs.”
Telefonica Tech announced the acquisition of Altostratus Cloud Consulting, a multi-cloud service company in Southern Europe.
Barracuda Networks acquired SKOUT Cybersecurity.
ZeroFox announced its acquisition of Vigilante, a dark web threat intelligence company.
Ascenium closed its Series A funding round with $16 million in investments, bringing total investments to $25 million.
Skedulo raised $75 million in its Series C funding round.
Didomi announced a Series B funding round of $40 million led by Elephant and Breega.
Aqua Security acquired tfsec, an open source security scanner for infrastructure as code (IaC).
IBM announced it will acquire BoxBoat Technologies.
Sauce Labs acquired Backtrace, an error monitoring provider for software teams.
Arctic Wolf closed a $150 million Series F funding round.
TriggerMesh announced it has received funding led by Cisco Investments with participation from other existing investors.
Netrix acquired Contegix, a managed IT services business unit.
AttackIQ announced it closed a $44 million Series C funding round led by Atlantic Bridge.
Code-X announced $5 million in Series A funding.
Stytch raised $30 million in its Series A funding round led by Thrive Capital.
Virsec announced it raised $100 million during its Series C funding round.
Cybereason announced it raised $275 million in crossover financing led by Liberty Strategic Capital.
Fero Labs announced a $9 million Series A round led by Innovation Endeavors.
SecurEnds closed a $21 million Series A funding round led by Elephant.
Auvik secured a $250 million investment from Great Hill Partners.
Enea signed an agreement to acquire AdaptiveMobile Security.
Pradeep Sindhu, co-founder and executive chairman of Fungible, appointed Eric Hayes to replace himself and serve as CEO.
Zoom Video Communications announced it will acquire Five9.
Quantum Corporation announced an agreement to acquire Pivot3.
Julia Computing raised $24 million in Series A funding led by Dorilton Ventures.
OPSWAT announced it has acquired all assets of Bayshore Networks.
Rapid7 acquired IntSights Cyber Intelligence for $335 million.
US Mobile closed its Series A funding round with $11.5 million in investments led by Volition Capital.
Cybereason announced its acquisition of empow, a security analytics company.
Atera closed a $77 million Series B funding round, valuing the company at $500 million.
Algolia raised $150 million in Series D funding, bringing total investments to $334 million.
BT announced a multi-million dollar investment in Safe Security.
Sophos acquired Braintrace and its network detection and response technology.
ExtraHop announced the completion of its acquisition by Bain Capital Private Equity and Crosspoint Capital Partners, valuing ExtraHop at $900 million.
Deloitte acquired TransientX, a zero-trust provider.
Spectro Cloud closed its Series A funding round with $20 million in investments led by Stripes.
Infinipoint announced $11 million in funding from JAL Ventures, Emerge, and Hetz Ventures.
Blaize closed its Series D funding round with $71 million in investments.
At-Bay raised $185 million in Series D funding.
Uniphore announced its acquisition of Jacada.
Replicated closed its Series C funding round with $50 million in investments.
Contentful announced it raised $175 million in its Series F funding round.
Noetic Cyber launched with $20 million in funding.
Atera closed its Series B funding round with $77 million in investments, bringing its total valuation to $475 million.
Treeverse announced it has raised $23 million in funding.
Ampere Computing announced it will acquire OnSpecta.
SolCyber closed its Series A funding round with $20 million in investments led by ForgePoint Capital.
LogicGate raised $113 million in its Series C funding round, bringing total investments to $156 million.
BlackCloak closed its Series A funding round with $11 million in investments.
Finite State raised $30 million during its Series B funding round.
Telos Corporation acquired Diamond Fortress Technologies.
Ivanti announced its acquisition of RiskSense.
SNP signed an agreement to acquire Datavard.
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