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Now let’s get back to see where the market went in this short week.
Cybersecurity funding news from the week of November 22nd, 2021
💰 Summary
7 companies raised $113.7M
2 companies were acquired or had a merger event
🧩 By Category
$80.0M for Cyber Insurance
$30.0M for Continuous Compliance
$3.4M for Privacy
$150.0K for Software Security
$150.0K for Cybersecurity Recruiting
An undisclosed amount for Network Security
An undisclosed amount for Professional Services
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🏢 By Company
Resilience, a cyber insurance company doing both security assessments and cyber liability, raised a $80.0M Series C.
CoreStack, a continuous and autonomous cloud governance company, raised a $30.0M Series B.
STRM Privacy, a data privacy processing platform, raised a $3.4M Seed.
Haystack Solutions, a cybersecurity recruiting and talent acquisition company, raised a $150.0K Grant.
ML4Cyber, a company using machine learning to improve the outputs from software security scanning tools, raised a $150.0K Grant.
Shengan Technology, a network security company, raised an undisclosed Series B round.
AnGeek C.S., a professional services company focusing on zero trust, raised an undisclosed Venture Round.
🤝 Mergers & Acquisitions
📚 Great Reads & Finds
InfoSec Black Friday Deals 2021 - A GitHub repo from Mike Monnik with all the deals for InfoSec-related software/tools this Black Friday / Cyber Monday, for all the hackers that saved $$$ during lockdowns. This was a huge hit in 2020 and looks to be even bigger this year.
Solving the Cybersecurity Jobs and Talent Challenge- A Twitter thread from Daniel Miessler on the need for a well-defined ramp system of training and accreditation program similar to the military.
Eating the Cloud from the Outside In - AWS is playing Chess. Cloudflare is playing Go.