Inside you will find a series of insights across the Cybersecurity industry including:
M&A Activity

• 18 M&A deals were announced with a disclosed value of $2.5B; number of deals closed YTD has increased by 4% relative to same period last year
• The acquisitions of Imperva by Thoma Bravo for $1.8B, Sygnia by Temasek for $250M, Dome9 Security by Check Point for $175M, and Redlock by Palo Alto Networks for $173M led all M&A activity for October
• The most active sectors this month were: Application Security (4), SecOps / IR / Threat Intelligence (3), and Cloud Security (3)

Financing Activity

• 32 financing transactions raised a total of $672M; Median amount raised was $9M
• 59% of financing deals were early stage (Seed to Series A); Median amount raised for early stage deals was $6M
• Tanium’s $200M Later Stage VC, Team 8’s $85M Fund Raise, and Artic Wolf’s $45M Series C rounds led all financing activity for October
• The most active sectors this month included: Network & Infrastructure Security (6) SecOps / IR / Threat Intelligence (4), & Data Security (4)