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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ENTERPRISE SECURITY
- CASB based cloud security provider, BitGlass raised $45M in a Series C round from NEA, NVP, Singtel Innov8 and others. Link
- Protectwise, a network intrusion detection company raised $25M in a Series B round from Arsenal Venture Partners, Tola Capital, and others. Link
- Payfone, an IAM technology provider, raised $23.5M in a Series E round co-led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Andrew Prozes. Link
- Cloud-based network security provider, OPAQ Networks raised $21M in a Series A round led by Columbia Capital and acquired Bat Blue Networks. Link
- Anti-malware based BYOD security company, Zimperium raised $15M in a Series C round from undisclosed investors. Link
- Phantom, a security automation and orchestration platform raised $13.5M in Series B round led by KPBP. Link
- VulBox, a crowdsourced security testing platform raised $10M in a Series B round from Jiaming Capital and others. Link
- Infocyte, an endpoint security company raised $2.7M in a Series A round from undisclosed investors. Link
- Identity broker service, ID DataWeb raised $3M from Strategic Cyber Ventures, a cybersecurity growth fund. Link
- Swimlane, a cyber incident response provider raised $3M in a Series A round from undisclosed investors. Link
- Data security startup, WindTalker raised $1.9M in a Debt round from undisclosed investor. Link
- IntraLinks, a data security company sold 188192 shares of the company’s stock in a Post IPO Equity for $1.8M to Acadian Asset Management. Link
- Darknet monitoring based threat intelligence provider, OWL cybersecurity raised $1.6M in an extended Series A round from undisclosed investor. Link
- Data security company, CryptoMove raised $1.5M in a Seed round investment from Draper Associates and emerged from the stealth mode. Link
- Endpoint security company, Snoopwall raised $463k in the extended Series A round from undisclosed investor. Link
- Bandura, a network security company raised $335k in a Debt round from undisclosed investors. Link
- HaltDos received an Equity grant of $10k as a part of Cisco LaunchPad first cohort. Link
- Network monitoring & security provider, VuNet Systems received an Equity grant of $10k as a part of Cisco LaunchPad first cohort. Link
- Intercede, an anti-identity theft company raised $6.17M in a Post IPO Equity from undisclosed investors. Link
- ImageWare Systems, a biometrics-based IAM solution provider raised $1.6M in a Post IPO Equity from undisclosed investors. Link
- An application security testing company, WhiteHat Security raised an undisclosed amount in a PE round from Orix Growth Capital. Link
- Cyber incident response provider, Demisto raised an undisclosed amount in the extended Series A round from Slack. Link
- KernelSec, a data encryption provider raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a Series A round from Oriental Fortune Capital. Link
- Clearlake Capital Group announced the intent to acquire LANDesk, an EMM & IT operations provider company from Thoma Bravo in over $1.1B deal. Link
- Huawei acquired database security company, Hexatier in a $42M deal. Link
- Amazon acquired Harvest[dot]ai, a cloud-based data loss prevention provider for $20M. Link
- Rohde & Schwarz acquired DenyAll, a web application firewall provider in an undisclosed deal size. Link
- RUAG acquired ClearSwift, a DLP provider from Lyceum Capital for an undisclosed amount. Link
- PE firm LLR Partners acquired BluVector, a threat detection provider for an undisclosed amount from Northrop Grumman. Link
- Finalist announced for the RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox 2017. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
Kolide (2016, Cambridge) – Open source tool to monitor, manage and secure the computer infrastructure.
Defendjs (2016, Berlin) – Obfuscation based protection of the JavaScript code from reverse engineering.
Cyber Owl (2016, UK) – Advanced security analytics and heuristic methods based threat detection.
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.
FireEye (2004, Milpitas, IPO) – Enterprise security solution for network, endpoint, mobile devices, email, and threat intelligence. Went IPO in 2013.
Network Security
Palo Alto Networks (2005, Santa Clara, IPO) – Advanced firewalls designed to provide network security, visibility and granular control of network activity. Went IPO in 2012.
StackPath (2015, Dallas, $180M) – Network security as a service, secure CDN & VPN service. Backed by ABRY Partners.
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.
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
Qihu 360 Software (2005, Beijing, $575M) – Anti-virus solution for desktop, laptop, and mobile devices. Backed by Sequoia, HCP, CDH Fund, IDVC, Matrix Partners, Redpoint.
Tanium (2007, Berkeley, $301.5M) – Helps manage and secure enterprise endpoints. Backed by A16Z, TPG, IVP, Franklin Templeton.
AVG (1991, Amsterdam, Acq.) – Anti-virus solution on endpoint devices for online security. Acquired by Avast in 2016.
Cloud Security
Illumio (2013, Sunnyvale, $142M) – Visibility and control over workloads running in any data center. Backed by Accel, A16Z.
Netskope (2012, Los Altos, $131M) – Cloud access security broker solution for the enterprise. Backed by LSVP, Accel, Social+Capital Partnership, Iconic Capital.
Bracket Computing (2011, Sunnyvale, $130M) – Virtual infrastructure software for hybrid computing environment security. Backed by A16Z, NVP, SHV, Fidelity.
Application Security
Veracode (2006, Burlington, $114M) – Automated static, dynamic and mobile application security testing service. Backed by Atlas Ventures, Symantec.
Checkmarx (2006, NYC, $98.5M) – Static code analysis tools to identify security vulnerabilit
Black Duck Software (2002, Burlington, $71M) – Vulnerability and compliance management for open source software security. Backed by Flagship Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Intel Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Focus Ventures, Siemens Venture Capital.
Sonatype (2008, Fulton, $68M) – Open source & 3rd party software component lifecycle and security management solution. Backed by Accel, Goldman Sachs, NEA, Bay Partners.
Identity & Access Management
Okta (2008, SF, $228.5M) – Secure identity management and single sign on. Backed by A16Z, Sequoia.
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, $160.5M) – Cloud-based network log management and analytics. Backed by DFJ Growth, IVP, Sequoia, Accel, Greylock.
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, $77M) – Threat intelligence-based security & dynamic threat defense. Backed by New Spring Capital, Alsop Louie Partners, Vital Financial.
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
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.
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.
CDNetworks (2000, Campbell, $96.5M, Acq.) – Cloud acceleration based DDoS security, CDN, and WAF. Acquired by KDDI in 2011.
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, Acq.) – Identity theft protection & payment fraud prevention. Acquired by Symantec in 2016.
Pindrop Security (2011, Atlanta, $122M) – Machine learning and multi-factor analysis based phone fraud detection and prevention. Backed by Google Capital, A16Z, IVP, Felicis.
ThreatMetrix (2005, San Jose, $92.5M) – Fraud prevention & context-based authentication solution. Backed by USVP, SVP, Silicon Valley Bank, Tenaya Capital, August Capital, Talu Ventures, Adams Street Partners.
Leader board includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.
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