Investments and insights.
$244M RAISED | 7 DEALS | 3 COUNTRIES
- Daylight has raised $80 million in Series B funding led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
- Bay has emerged from stealth with a total of $50 million in funding.
- Lazarus AI has secured $43 million in funding.
- Dreeze has emerged from stealth with $33 million in seed funding led by Norwest and Bessemer Venture Partners.
- WhiteMatter has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Blumberg Capital.
- Brava has emerged from stealth with $15 million led by F2 Venture Capital and Pitango.
- CyberKord has secured €2.7 million (US$3 million) in pre-seed funding led by 360 Capital.
Israeli AI detection and response platform Daylight has raised $80 million in Series B funding led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from existing investors Bain Capital, Craft Ventures, Vintage Partners, and Maple Capital. The company says it “will use the new funding to expand its U.S. presence, enter markets across EMEA and APAC, grow its security engineering and technology teams, and accelerate development of its AI-native security platform.”
Israeli AI security platform Bay has emerged from stealth with a total of $50 million in funding. The funding includes a $37 million Series A round led by Battery Ventures and a $13 million seed round led by YL Ventures and Striker Venture Partners. The company says it “will use the funding to expand its product and engineering teams and grow its sales, marketing, and customer teams in the United States and Europe.”
Boston-based Lazarus AI, a provider of independent AI platforms for regulated industries, has secured $43 million in funding from QBE, Mucker Capital, Motivate Ventures, State Farm Ventures, Wave Function Ventures, Indelible Solutions, Joyance Partners, AllegisNL Capital, One Way Ventures, AngelList, Techstars, Plug and Play, and others. The company says it “will use the funding to expand strategic partnerships, invest in R&D and bring new products to market.”
Israeli cloud backup provider Dreeze has emerged from stealth with $33 million in seed funding led by Norwest and Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Claltech. The company says it “plans to use the funding to accelerate product innovation, grow its sales and marketing teams.”
San Francisco-based AI agent governance company WhiteMatter has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Blumberg Capital, with participation from existing investors Crew Capital and Sprout & Oak. The company says the funding “will support research, development, and go-to-market expansion, alongside a significant investment in its executive leadership team.”
Israel SecOps platform provider Brava has emerged from stealth with $15 million led by F2 Venture Capital and Pitango, with participation from angel investors. The company says the “funding goes into [its] technology and into growing across North America, including sectors like financial services, government, and energy.”
Italian security operations automation company CyberKord has secured €2.7 million (US$3 million) in pre-seed funding led by 360 Capital, with participation from Plus Partners, Addendum Capital, and Vento. The company says the round “will fund platform development and first pilots with large European companies in manufacturing, tech, healthcare and telecoms.”
Mergers and acquisitions.
7 DEALS | 4 COUNTRIES
- Vanta has agreed to acquire Israeli agentic workforce security company Pillar Security.
- Cogent has acquired AI penetration testing platform Specular.
- ShorePoint has acquired a portfolio of cybersecurity contracts from Coalfire Federal.
- Brite has acquired Fresno, California-based MSSP Xobee Networks.
- ASI Solutions has acquired Sydney-based cybersecurity specialist Insicon Cyber.
- Entech has acquired Boca Raton-based MSSP BoomTech.
- Saepio has acquired Borehamwood-based security consultancy Remitech.
San Francisco-based compliance automation platform Vanta has agreed to acquire Israeli agentic workforce security company Pillar Security. Vanta stated, “The deal builds on the AI governance product offering Vanta introduced in July 2026, whose early access program has become the company’s most requested to date, with a waitlist now six times oversubscribed. Vanta plans to bring Pillar Security capabilities into its platform in early 2027.”
San Francisco-based autonomous vulnerability response firm Cogent has acquired AI penetration testing platform Specular (also based in San Francisco). Cogent stated, “For Cogent customers, Specular will strengthen the platform's ability to discover external exposures, validate real-world attack paths, and connect those findings directly to prioritization and remediation. For Specular customers, the acquisition brings access to a broader platform that can take validated exposures and carry them through to a verified fix. Existing customers will continue to receive support and access to the Specular product throughout the integration, with additional capabilities becoming available over time.”
Herndon, Virginia-based cybersecurity provider ShorePoint has acquired a portfolio of cybersecurity contracts from Coalfire Federal, with the teams supporting these contracts joining ShorePoint. ShorePoint stated, “The acquisition adds cybersecurity engineering, automation, and assessment depth, and opens new customer relationships across the federal civilian, defense, and state and local sectors. The acquisition adds a substantial number of prime contracts across new federal agency customers to ShorePoint’s portfolio, significantly broadening ShorePoint’s customer base, technical capabilities, and presence across the federal cybersecurity market. Coalfire Federal will continue to operate independently following the transaction.”
New York-headquartered managed IT services and cybersecurity provider Brite has acquired Fresno, California-based MSSP Xobee Networks. Brite says the acquisition “broadens Brite’s platform and gives the company a significant operating presence on the West Coast.”
Australian MSP ASI Solutions has acquired Sydney-based cybersecurity specialist Insicon Cyber. ASI stated, “The acquisition will bring Insicon Cyber’s board advisory, managed security and compliance services to ASI’s education, government and commercial customers across Australia and New Zealand.”
Florida-based managed IT services provider Entech has acquired Boca Raton-based MSSP BoomTech. The company stated, “The acquisition builds on Entech’s continued investment across Florida and expands its local presence in one of the state’s key business markets. By bringing BoomTech into Entech, the combined organization adds local relationships, talent and market knowledge while giving BoomTech partners access to Entech’s broader resources and capabilities.”
London-based cybersecurity specialist Saepio has acquired Borehamwood-based security consultancy Remitech. Amir Nooriala, CEO of Saepio, stated, “After the successful integration of Ruptura, we are delighted to welcome Remitech to the Saepio family. Their strength with cloud-native organisations fills out our capabilities in exactly the areas our clients are asking about. Remitech’s client base is highly complementary to ours, and their culture and customer-first approach match our values. Together we can offer clients more, while pushing on towards our ambition of becoming the UK’s leading independent cybersecurity services business.”
Executive moves.
Torq has appointed Peter Polizzi as President and Chief Operating Officer. Polizzi most recently served as SVP, Worldwide Technical GTM & Field Operations at IBM.
Netwrix has named Tony Orlando as Chief Revenue Officer. Orlando previously served as a Managing Director at Google.
Feedzai has hired Joost van Mook as Chief Revenue Officer. Van Mook most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer at Backbase.
UltraViolet Cyber Federal has appointed Austin Smith as Chief Growth Officer. Smith most recently served as Director of Growth & Innovation at SAIC.
Hadrian has named Eugenia Kendrick as Chief Marketing Officer. Kendrick most recently served as Senior Director of Global Demand Marketing at Censys.
AprosSyber has appointed Elizabeth Sweet-Wilson as Chief Marketing Officer. Sweet-Wilson previously served as Vice President of Marketing at CYPFER.
Blue Mantis has named Sarah Foote as Chief Marketing Officer. Foote most recently served as Vice President of Marketing at C3.
Checkmarx has hired Kobi Sivilya as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Sivilya most recently served as CISO and VP of IT at Outbrain.
Presidio has appointed Doran Stienike as Chief Information Officer. Stienike previously served as CIO and CISO at CSG International.
Alliance Laundry Systems has named Sam Merrell as CISO. Merrell most recently served as CISO at Kennametal.
Skydance has appointed Carlo J. as CISO. He was previously the company’s SVP, Information Security Strategy and Program Management, and has served as Interim CISO since March 2025.
OneTrust has promoted Joe Sanders to CISO. Sanders previously served as the company’s Senior Director of Product & Identity Security.
OpenAI has named Jamil Jaffer as Head of Global Government Cyber.
Ondrej Vlcek, founder and CEO of AISLE, will lead the newly formed Cohere Cyber unit following Cohere’s acquisition of AISLE.
Netskope has appointed Carrie Francey as Senior Vice President of Global Channel Sales. Francey has previously led global partner organizations at HPE, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Zendesk.