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Past deals in Cyber Security

HYCU

Series B in 2022
HYCU provides application focused data protection and monitoring software to support hyperconverged datacenters.

JupiterOne

Series C in 2022
JupiterOne, Inc. develops cloud-based cybersecurity asset management and automation software aimed at enhancing the security and compliance of organizations' cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, with additional offices in Charlotte, Salt Lake City, and Seattle, the company provides tools for chief information security officers and security operations teams to automate asset discovery, visibility, and compliance. Its primary offering, the JupiterOne software, facilitates risk analysis, vulnerability management, threat hunting, and incident response through continuous data aggregation and relationship modeling of cyber assets. Additionally, the JupiterOne Insights application allows users to create customized reporting dashboards and visualizations for monitoring code commits and repository activities. JupiterOne operates as a subsidiary of LifeOmic Security, LLC.

Theta Lake

Series B in 2022
Theta Lake provides security and compliance for modern collaboration platforms. Empowering enterprises to manage compliance, data exposure, security, and acceptable use risks in what is shared, shown, spoken, and typed during video conferences, collaboration chat, audio calls, and any other unified communications from Cisco Webex, Zoom, RingCentral, Microsoft Teams, Slack, BlueJeans, and more.

Hunters

Series C in 2022
Cyber Hunters Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based software solution for the detection of cyber attack. The company offers a platform, Hunters.AI, which provides detection, prevention, and autonomous hunting cyber threats and breaches. It connects the digital traces to generate actionable visualized attack stories, and optimizes response time. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Corellium

Series A in 2021
Corellium specializes in ARM-based mobile device virtualization, providing a unique platform that supports both on-site and cloud environments. The company develops security research software aimed at enhancing mobile security research, mobile app testing, and IoT device modeling. Its offerings feature native performance combined with the convenience of cloud access, equipping developers with advanced tools to foster scalability, efficiency, and innovation in the creation of ARM-based devices. By focusing on these capabilities, Corellium plays a crucial role in the evolving landscape of mobile technology and security.

Expel

Series E in 2021
Expel, Inc. is a managed security software company that specializes in providing SOC-as-a-service, which includes security monitoring and response for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Founded in 2016 and based in Herndon, Virginia, Expel leverages existing security signals from its customers to enhance the value of their current security investments. By connecting to customer technology remotely via APIs rather than agents, Expel can initiate monitoring within hours, allowing internal teams to concentrate on their unique security priorities. The company aims to streamline and improve the security operations of organizations, enabling them to respond effectively to emerging threats.

Styra

Series B in 2021
Styra, Inc. develops a clod tool for security and compliance. It offers Styra Declarative Authorization Service, a solution that provides context-based admission control policy to mitigate risks, reduce human errors, and accelerate Kubernetes deployments. The company’s solution is also used for policy design and validation, policy distribution, policy monitoring and auditing, Compliance-as-Code, and shift security. Its solutions include applications, multi-cloud, micro services, containers, databases, and servers. Styra, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Panaseer

Series B in 2021
Panaseer Limited develops a cloud-based cybersecurity intelligence platform that assists enterprise security teams in making informed risk decisions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with an office in New York, the company offers the Panaseer Security Data Lake, which provides real-time insights into an organization's assets, applications, users, and data sets. This platform identifies gaps in security controls and aligns them with industry standards while facilitating regulatory compliance. By ingesting data from various sources, both cloud-based and on-premises, Panaseer enables organizations to monitor and analyze their cybersecurity posture effectively. The platform automates reporting processes, tailoring insights for stakeholders at different levels, thereby enhancing decision-making across the organization. Security leaders utilize Panaseer’s capabilities to prioritize risks based on their potential impact on the business and optimize overall cyber hygiene practices.

SafeGuard Cyber

Funding Round in 2021
SafeGuard Cyber is a cloud-based technology company that specializes in protecting organizations' social assets from security threats and compliance risks. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, the company offers a comprehensive platform designed to detect, prevent, and respond to various digital threats, including malware, spam, and inappropriate conduct. SafeGuard Cyber automates the identification, remediation, and archiving of risky content across social media and internal collaboration tools, ensuring compliance with corporate governance standards and industry regulations. By leveraging machine learning, the platform provides real-time threat analytics, allowing enterprises to manage their digital risks effectively while embracing social media's potential. SafeGuard Cyber empowers businesses to innovate without fear of negative publicity or legal repercussions associated with social media use.

Securiti

Venture Round in 2021
SECURITI.ai is an innovator of AI-Powered cybersecurity and data protection infrastructure. Our product suite is the world's first PrivacyOps platform that helps automate all major functions needed for privacy compliance in one place. It enables enterprises to give rights to people on their data, be responsible custodians of people’s data, comply with global privacy regulations and bolster their brands. The AI-Powered PrivacyOps platform is a full-stack solution that operationalizes and simplifies privacy compliance using robotic automation and a natural language interface. These include: - DSR (Data Subject Requests) Robotic Automation - People Data Grapher - Data Mapping Automation - Consent Management - Assessment Automation - Vendor Risk Management - AUTI, Expert Bot Assistance

ThreatQuotient

Debt Financing in 2021
ThreatQuotient is a threat intelligence platform (TIP) that centrally manages and correlates unlimited external sources with all internal security and analytics solutions for contextual, operationalized intelligence in a single pane of glass. ThreatQ is also the first TIP to provide Indicator Nurturing, which goes beyond enrichment to help customers tailor indicators of compromise (IOCs) more specifically to their infrastructure. Headquartered in Northern Virginia, ThreatQuotient was founded in 2013 by two former security operations analysts to provide organizations the ability to correlate with confidence.

ThreatQuotient

Venture Round in 2021
ThreatQuotient is a threat intelligence platform (TIP) that centrally manages and correlates unlimited external sources with all internal security and analytics solutions for contextual, operationalized intelligence in a single pane of glass. ThreatQ is also the first TIP to provide Indicator Nurturing, which goes beyond enrichment to help customers tailor indicators of compromise (IOCs) more specifically to their infrastructure. Headquartered in Northern Virginia, ThreatQuotient was founded in 2013 by two former security operations analysts to provide organizations the ability to correlate with confidence.

Valtix

Series A in 2021
Valtix Inc. develops software solutions for security of cloud networks. Valtix Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Isovalent

Series A in 2020
Isovalent is a cloud-native networking company based in Mountain View, California. Founded by long-time leaders in Linux networking, Isovalent develops enterprise open source software and commercial products that enable operators and security professionals to provide networking, security, and observability in distributed infrastructure such as Kubernetes. It specializes in the fields of cloud security, cybersecurity, and information technology. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Theta Lake

Series A in 2020
Theta Lake provides security and compliance for modern collaboration platforms. Empowering enterprises to manage compliance, data exposure, security, and acceptable use risks in what is shared, shown, spoken, and typed during video conferences, collaboration chat, audio calls, and any other unified communications from Cisco Webex, Zoom, RingCentral, Microsoft Teams, Slack, BlueJeans, and more.

RangeForce

Series A in 2020
RangeForce delivers the most effective way to level-up and accurately assess the skills of your cybersecurity team through a scalable, interactive, on-demand cyber-skill training platform and integrated cyber range.

Secure Code Warrior

Series B in 2019
Secure Code Warrior develops an online secure by making security visible and providing skills/tools to write secure code from start. It helps companies scale secure coding excellence as coders and development team build. The company empowers Developers to write secure code, achieving rapid improvements in security compliance and consistency, as well as a better quality and speed of code writing. Secure Code Warrior has developed the first gamified competitive Developer Quality Assurance platform that helps individual software developers build their own secure coding skills while providing organizations and executives with the visibility and metrics to understand the secure code skill strengths and weaknesses of their development teams and individual developers. It includes support for nearly 30 programming languages and frameworks and delivers more than 3,500 training modules that cover more than 140 different software weaknesses; including the all-important OWASP Top 10. Secure Code Warrior was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Exabeam

Series E in 2019
Exabeam is a big data security analytics company that provides enterprises with advanced user behavior intelligence to unlock the potential of existing security information and event management and log management data repositories, enabling IT security teams to more quickly detect and respond to cyberattacks and insider threats in real time. The company’s user behavior intelligence technology fundamentally changes the way cyberattacks are detected and simplifies security operations by focusing on attacker behavior rather than ever-changing malware and tools, shining a spotlight on suspicious network activity, and reducing the noise of false positive security alerts. Through extraction and enrichment of log feeds, user session tracking, behavior analysis, and event risk scoring, Exabeam gives IT security teams the ability to detect and track credential use in all parts of the attack chain and prioritize responses. The company was built by seasoned security and enterprise IT veterans from Splunk, Imperva, and Sumo Logic, and believes in working together as a team to achieve customer success. Exabeam was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Exabeam

Series D in 2018
Exabeam is a big data security analytics company that provides enterprises with advanced user behavior intelligence to unlock the potential of existing security information and event management and log management data repositories, enabling IT security teams to more quickly detect and respond to cyberattacks and insider threats in real time. The company’s user behavior intelligence technology fundamentally changes the way cyberattacks are detected and simplifies security operations by focusing on attacker behavior rather than ever-changing malware and tools, shining a spotlight on suspicious network activity, and reducing the noise of false positive security alerts. Through extraction and enrichment of log feeds, user session tracking, behavior analysis, and event risk scoring, Exabeam gives IT security teams the ability to detect and track credential use in all parts of the attack chain and prioritize responses. The company was built by seasoned security and enterprise IT veterans from Splunk, Imperva, and Sumo Logic, and believes in working together as a team to achieve customer success. Exabeam was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Panaseer

Series A in 2018
Panaseer Limited develops a cloud-based cybersecurity intelligence platform that assists enterprise security teams in making informed risk decisions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with an office in New York, the company offers the Panaseer Security Data Lake, which provides real-time insights into an organization's assets, applications, users, and data sets. This platform identifies gaps in security controls and aligns them with industry standards while facilitating regulatory compliance. By ingesting data from various sources, both cloud-based and on-premises, Panaseer enables organizations to monitor and analyze their cybersecurity posture effectively. The platform automates reporting processes, tailoring insights for stakeholders at different levels, thereby enhancing decision-making across the organization. Security leaders utilize Panaseer’s capabilities to prioritize risks based on their potential impact on the business and optimize overall cyber hygiene practices.

BehavioSec

Series B in 2018
BehavioSec is a pioneer in behavioral biometrics, offering a platform that enables continuous user verification based on their unique interaction patterns with devices. Founded in 2008 from academic research, the company's Behavioral Biometrics as a Service (BBaaS) is utilized by Global 2000 companies to significantly reduce account fraud and data theft. The platform employs advanced machine learning algorithms to authenticate users in real-time, enhancing security while maintaining a seamless digital experience across web and mobile applications. With a global presence that includes operations in Europe and Asia Pacific, BehavioSec has established itself as a leader in enterprise-grade security solutions, safeguarding millions of users and billions of transactions. The company has garnered investment from notable firms, including Forgepoint Capital and Cisco, and continues to innovate in the field of digital identity verification.

ThreatQuotient

Series C in 2017
ThreatQuotient is a threat intelligence platform (TIP) that centrally manages and correlates unlimited external sources with all internal security and analytics solutions for contextual, operationalized intelligence in a single pane of glass. ThreatQ is also the first TIP to provide Indicator Nurturing, which goes beyond enrichment to help customers tailor indicators of compromise (IOCs) more specifically to their infrastructure. Headquartered in Northern Virginia, ThreatQuotient was founded in 2013 by two former security operations analysts to provide organizations the ability to correlate with confidence.

Guardicore

Series B in 2017
GuardiCore Ltd. is a data center and cloud security company founded in 2013 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The company specializes in providing solutions that enhance the protection of critical applications from potential threats. GuardiCore's offerings include advanced visualization, micro-segmentation, and real-time threat detection and response capabilities. By focusing on delivering accurate and effective security measures, GuardiCore aims to improve overall security for its clients' digital environments.

Flashpoint

Series C in 2017
Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in risk intelligence for organizations that demand the fastest, most comprehensive coverage of threatening activity on the internet. From bolstering cyber and physical security, to detecting fraud and insider threats, Flashpoint partners with customers across the private and public sectors to help them rapidly identify threats and mitigate their most critical security risks. Learn more at https://www.flashpoint-intel.com/ or follow us on Twitter at @FlashpointIntel.

Exabeam

Series C in 2017
Exabeam is a big data security analytics company that provides enterprises with advanced user behavior intelligence to unlock the potential of existing security information and event management and log management data repositories, enabling IT security teams to more quickly detect and respond to cyberattacks and insider threats in real time. The company’s user behavior intelligence technology fundamentally changes the way cyberattacks are detected and simplifies security operations by focusing on attacker behavior rather than ever-changing malware and tools, shining a spotlight on suspicious network activity, and reducing the noise of false positive security alerts. Through extraction and enrichment of log feeds, user session tracking, behavior analysis, and event risk scoring, Exabeam gives IT security teams the ability to detect and track credential use in all parts of the attack chain and prioritize responses. The company was built by seasoned security and enterprise IT veterans from Splunk, Imperva, and Sumo Logic, and believes in working together as a team to achieve customer success. Exabeam was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

CTERA

Series C in 2016
CTERA Networks Ltd. specializes in providing a private cloud storage platform that enables organizations to manage their data securely and efficiently. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Petah Tikvah, Israel, the company offers a range of services including branch storage modernization, endpoint backup, cloud transformation, and ransomware recovery. Its Enterprise File Services Platform allows enterprises to store, sync, share, protect, and govern data across various endpoints and remote offices. CTERA's solutions, such as the CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Drive, facilitate secure file access and collaboration, catering to industries like financial services, healthcare, and media. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent technology firms, enhancing its service offerings. CTERA is recognized for its role in enabling modern remote work environments and is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading service providers worldwide.

Guardicore

Series B in 2016
GuardiCore Ltd. is a data center and cloud security company founded in 2013 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The company specializes in providing solutions that enhance the protection of critical applications from potential threats. GuardiCore's offerings include advanced visualization, micro-segmentation, and real-time threat detection and response capabilities. By focusing on delivering accurate and effective security measures, GuardiCore aims to improve overall security for its clients' digital environments.

Flashpoint

Series B in 2016
Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in risk intelligence for organizations that demand the fastest, most comprehensive coverage of threatening activity on the internet. From bolstering cyber and physical security, to detecting fraud and insider threats, Flashpoint partners with customers across the private and public sectors to help them rapidly identify threats and mitigate their most critical security risks. Learn more at https://www.flashpoint-intel.com/ or follow us on Twitter at @FlashpointIntel.

Verodin

Series A in 2016
Verodin, Inc. is a software company based in Purcellville, Virginia, focused on enhancing cybersecurity effectiveness for organizations. Incorporated in 2014, Verodin develops the Security Instrumentation Platform (SIP), which enables businesses to measure and validate the effectiveness of their cybersecurity controls across various domains, including endpoint, email, cloud, and network infrastructures. The platform provides evidence that helps organizations assess their security postures and continuously improve their defenses against cyber threats. As of May 2019, Verodin operates as a subsidiary of FireEye, Inc., further strengthening its position in the cybersecurity landscape.

Illusive

Series B in 2016
Illusive Networks Ltd. specializes in cybersecurity solutions that utilize deception technology to protect organizations from advanced cyber threats. The company offers a range of services, including compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security solutions. Their product suite includes the Illusive Networks Management Platform for centralized cyber security management, the Attack Surface Manager for continuous network vulnerability discovery, and tools for attack detection and intelligence that provide actionable insights into cyber incidents. Illusive Networks serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology. Founded in 2014, the company operates from its headquarters in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and has an additional office in New York, New York.

Skyport Systems

Series C in 2016
Skyport Systems specializes in developing Hyper-Secured Infrastructure (HSI) designed to protect mission-critical IT and corporate assets. The company offers an integrated solution known as the SkySecure System, which combines engineered hardware, software, and service components into a single turn-key system. This platform ensures continuous protection and integrity verification for application workloads, consolidating compute, virtualization, networking, and storage without compromising security or performance. By simplifying and securing enterprise IT infrastructure, Skyport Systems enables organizations to streamline operations, saving time and resources while empowering application owners with greater control over their infrastructure.

eSentire

Venture Round in 2016
eSentire specializes in providing advanced cybersecurity solutions designed to protect enterprises from sophisticated cyber threats. The company focuses on managed detection and response services that emphasize internal security, assuming that networks may already be compromised. By leveraging a combination of human expertise and machine learning, eSentire identifies behaviors indicative of advanced threats from various sources, including cybercriminals and insider risks. Their offerings include managed risk programs, digital forensics, and incident response services tailored to the specific risk profiles of clients in sectors such as insurance, engineering, healthcare, and government. This approach enables organizations to secure both internal and cloud environments effectively, mitigating the risk of cyber incidents and ensuring business continuity.

Flashpoint

Series A in 2015
Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in risk intelligence for organizations that demand the fastest, most comprehensive coverage of threatening activity on the internet. From bolstering cyber and physical security, to detecting fraud and insider threats, Flashpoint partners with customers across the private and public sectors to help them rapidly identify threats and mitigate their most critical security risks. Learn more at https://www.flashpoint-intel.com/ or follow us on Twitter at @FlashpointIntel.

Team8

Series A in 2015
Team8 is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York City. The firm specializes in building and investing in startups focused on enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data science, AI, and fintech. Team8 employs a unique model that combines in-house company builders with a network of experienced executives and industry leaders, particularly drawing from the expertise of Israel's elite tech and intelligence Unit 8200. This collaborative approach enables Team8 to identify significant market challenges, develop innovative solutions, and accelerate the growth of new ventures. The firm targets early-stage investments, including seed and Series A and B rounds, and is backed by prominent global companies such as Microsoft, Walmart, Cisco, Barclays, and Moody's. Through its initiatives, Team8 aims to transform the technological landscape by co-founding and supporting companies that drive digital innovation and enhance the capabilities of existing financial and technological institutions.

eSentire

Series C in 2014
eSentire specializes in providing advanced cybersecurity solutions designed to protect enterprises from sophisticated cyber threats. The company focuses on managed detection and response services that emphasize internal security, assuming that networks may already be compromised. By leveraging a combination of human expertise and machine learning, eSentire identifies behaviors indicative of advanced threats from various sources, including cybercriminals and insider risks. Their offerings include managed risk programs, digital forensics, and incident response services tailored to the specific risk profiles of clients in sectors such as insurance, engineering, healthcare, and government. This approach enables organizations to secure both internal and cloud environments effectively, mitigating the risk of cyber incidents and ensuring business continuity.

CTERA

Series C in 2014
CTERA Networks Ltd. specializes in providing a private cloud storage platform that enables organizations to manage their data securely and efficiently. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Petah Tikvah, Israel, the company offers a range of services including branch storage modernization, endpoint backup, cloud transformation, and ransomware recovery. Its Enterprise File Services Platform allows enterprises to store, sync, share, protect, and govern data across various endpoints and remote offices. CTERA's solutions, such as the CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Drive, facilitate secure file access and collaboration, catering to industries like financial services, healthcare, and media. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent technology firms, enhancing its service offerings. CTERA is recognized for its role in enabling modern remote work environments and is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading service providers worldwide.

CTERA

Series B in 2012
CTERA Networks Ltd. specializes in providing a private cloud storage platform that enables organizations to manage their data securely and efficiently. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Petah Tikvah, Israel, the company offers a range of services including branch storage modernization, endpoint backup, cloud transformation, and ransomware recovery. Its Enterprise File Services Platform allows enterprises to store, sync, share, protect, and govern data across various endpoints and remote offices. CTERA's solutions, such as the CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Drive, facilitate secure file access and collaboration, catering to industries like financial services, healthcare, and media. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent technology firms, enhancing its service offerings. CTERA is recognized for its role in enabling modern remote work environments and is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading service providers worldwide.