CYBERSECURITY SNAPSHOT | OCTOBER 2022
We are pleased to provide you with Momentum’s Cybersecurity Snapshot for October 2022. Strategic activity for October included 80 transactions totaling $8.1B in disclosed deal values across M&A (17 transactions, $6.6B) and financing (63 transactions, $1.5B).
Each month we provide you with an update on the dynamic Cybersecurity landscape. We highlight M&A activity, Venture Capital, Initial Public Offerings, public market valuations, sector trends and unique industry perspectives.
Highlights include:
- 17 M&A deals were announced with disclosed values of $6.6B (median disclosed value of $2.3B)
- The acquisitions of KnowBe4 by Vista for $4.3B and ForgeRock by Thoma Bravo for $2.3B led M&A activity in October
- The most active sectors for M&A this month were: Risk & Compliance (4), MSSP (3), and Security Consulting & Services (3)
- 63 financing transactions completed with total capital raised of $1.5B (median amount raised of $10.0M)
- Arctic Wolf’s $401M Later Stage VC round, Versa Networks’ $120M Later Stage VC round, and Tines’ $82M Series B led all financing activity in October
- The most active sectors for financings this month included: Risk & Compliance (9), Network & Infrastructure Security (7), and Security Ops / IR / Threat Intelligence (6)
Recent Announcements
- Momentum Cyber Advises Reciprocity On Its $60M Growth Financing From Francisco Partners
- Momentum Cyber Advises Apptega On Its Strategic Investment By Mainsail Partners
- Momentum Cyber Advises Infocyte On Its Acquisition By Datto
- Momentum Cyber Advises Fishtech Group On Its Merger With Herjavec Group
- Momentum Cyber Advises SecBI On Its Acquisition By LogPoint
- Momentum Cyber Advises RiskSense On Its Acquisition By Ivanti
- Momentum Cyber Advises Herjavec Group On Its Majority Acquisition By Apax Partners
- Momentum Cyber Advises Alcide On Its Acquisition By Rapid7
- Momentum Cyber Advises MistNet On Its Acquisition By LogRhythm
- Momentum Cyber Advises iboss On Its $145M Growth Financing Led By NightDragon & Francisco Partners
- Momentum Cyber Advises Goldman Sachs, ClearSky, and NightDragon On Their Acquisition of White Ops Cybersecurity
- Momentum Cyber Advises Goldman Sachs And ClearSky Security On Their Strategic Investment In White Ops
- Momentum Cyber Advises JASK on Its Acquisition by Sumo Logic
- Momentum Cyber to Support NTT’s Global Cybersecurity Strategy & Growth Initiatives
- Momentum Cyber Advises Interset on Its Acquisition by Micro Focus
- Momentum Cyber Served as Exclusive Financial and Strategic Advisor to RedLock
- Momentum Cyber Advises ADT and NightDragon on Their Strategic Investment in SAM Seamless Network
- Momentum Cyber Advises ADT on Its Acquisition of SDI
- Momentum Cyber Advises ICEBRG on Its Acquisition by Gigamon
- Momentum Cyber Advises Bradford Networks on Its Acquisition by Fortinet
- Momentum Cyber Advises Weblife on Its $60 Million Acquisition by Proofpoint
- Momentum Cyber Advises DATASHIELD on Its Acquisition by ADT
- Momentum Cyber Advises Cyphort on Its Acquisition by Juniper Networks
Momentum Cyber is the premier trusted advisor to the Cybersecurity industry providing bespoke high-impact advice combined with tailored, senior-level access. The firm was founded by world-class operators and advisors and caters to the unique needs of both earlier stage Founders, CEOs, & Boards as well as the complexity of later stage & public companies throughout their lifecycle. Headquartered in San Francisco with operations globally, the founding team has closed over 250 transactions totaling over $250 billion in value.
