Cybersecurity Funding News: Week of 16 October 2023
- Infosec Ventures
- Oct 23, 2023
- 2 min read
Collected from across the cybersecurity world, here's the funding news in cybersecurity from the week of October 16, 2023.
Date: October 16, 2023
Funded Company: Crossword Cybersecurity
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Cyber threat intelligence and research group
Amount: $280.2 thousand
Round: Convertible Note
Date: October 16, 2023
Funded Company: Two Six Technologies
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Professional services firm focused on national security and cyber defense
Amount: $6.5 million
Round: Venture Round
Date: October 17, 2023
Funded Company: Prove Identity (formerly Payfone)
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Identity verification and fraud detection platform
Amount: $40.0 million
Round: Venture Round
Funded By: Capital One Ventures and MassMutual Ventures
Date: October 17, 2023
Funded Company: Reality Defender
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: AI deepfake media and content detection platform for media networks
Amount: $15.0 million
Round: Series A
Funded By: DCVC
Date: October 17, 2023
Funded Company: Anonybit
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Decentralized biometric identification platform
Amount: $3.0 million
Round: Seed
Funded By: JAM FINTOP
Date: October 17, 2023
Funded Company: Fingerprint
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Bot detection and device identity platform
Amount: $33.0 million
Round: Series C
Funded By: Nexus Venture Partners
Date: October 18, 2023
Funded Company: Workstorm
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Secure collaboration and messaging platform
Amount: $20.0 million
Round: Series A
Funded By: Author Capital Partners
Date: October 18, 2023
Funded Company: Darwinium
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Bot-detection and abuse prevention platform
Amount: $18.0 million
Round: Series A
Funded By: U.S. Venture Partners
Date: October 18, 2023
Funded Company: Zygon
Based in (Country): France
Product Category: SaaS security posture management (SSPM) platform
Amount: $3.0 million
Round: Seed
Funded By: Axeleo Capital
Date: October 18, 2023
Funded Company: Netacea
Based in (Country): United Kingdom
Product Category: Anti-bot platform to protect websites and APIs from automated threats
Amount: $5.5 million
Round: Venture Round
Funded By: Mercia Asset Management PLC
Date: October 18, 2023
Funded Company: Compliance Risk
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Security and compliance automation platform
Amount: $3.5 million
Round: Seed
Funded By: Bellini Capital
Date: October 19, 2023
Funded Company: SecureW2
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Passwordless authentication platform
Amount: $80.0 million
Round: Private Equity Round
Funded By: Insight Partners
Date: October 19, 2023
Funded Company: Spec
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Fraud and financial crimes protection platform
Amount: $15.0 million
Round: Series A
Funded By: SignalFire
Date: October 19, 2023
Funded Company: Harmonic Security
Based in (Country): United States
Product Category: Platform to discover and control the usage of GenAI platforms and sensitive data in training models
Amount: $7.0 million
Round: Seed
Funded By: Ten Eleven Ventures
Date: October 19, 2023
Funded Company: CipherStash
Based in (Country): Australia
Product Category: Sensitive data discovery, data searching, and data encryption platform
Amount: $3.0 million
Round: Seed
Funded By: Skip Capital