Cybersecurity

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KEYCARD

Keycard, an identity and access platform for AI agents, has acquired anchor.dev to enhance its platform for governing coding agents. This acquisition aims to eliminate tradeoffs between autonomy, capability, and security. The anchor.dev team specializes in automatic certificate issuance and validation, bringing valuable experience from companies like Cloudflare, GitHub, and Heroku.

Backslash Security has raised $19 million in Series A funding to tackle security risks associated with AI-native software development. The funding round was led by Kompas VC, with participation from Maniv, Artofin Venture Capital, and existing investors StageOne Ventures and First Rays Capital.

BACKSLASH SECURITY

$19M

🇮🇱 Israel

Investors: Kompas VC, Maniv, Artofin Venture Capital, StageOne Ventures, First Rays Capital

BEARING

$4.5M

Bearing, a physical security operations software company, has secured an oversubscribed $4.5 million seed round to enhance team growth and accelerate product development focused on automating physical security workflows using ServiceNow AI agents. The funding round was led by AZ-VC, with continued investment from High Alpha and participation from PHX Ventures and Lightbank.

Investors: AZ-VC, High Alpha, PHX Ventures, Lightbank

Overmind, a London-based startup, has raised £2 million in a seed round to develop a 'supervision layer' for AI agents, aiming to enhance the safe deployment of agentic AI in production environments. The funding will support their mission to address safety concerns in AI applications.

OVERMIND

$2.5M

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

NUCLEUS SECURITY

$20M

Nucleus Security, based in Sarasota, Florida, has secured $20 million in a Series C funding round led by Delta-v Capital. Founded in 2018, the company addresses inefficiencies in manual vulnerability management with its exposure management orchestration platform, which integrates data from over 200 tools to prioritize risks and reduce exposure. Key customers include Motorola, Paychex, and Mastercard, highlighting the platform's effectiveness in modern cybersecurity environments.

Investors: Delta-v Capital

OPAQUE

$24M

Opaque, a confidential AI platform designed to enhance trust and security for enterprise AI, has secured $24 million in a Series B funding round, achieving a post-money valuation of approximately $300 million. The round was led by Walden Catalyst, with participation from Intel Capital, Race Capital, Storm Ventures, Thomvest, and new partner ATRC. This funding increases Opaque's total funding to $55.5 million.

Investors: Walden Catalyst, Intel Capital, Race Capital, Storm Ventures, Thomvest, ATRC

RECO

$30M

Reco, a New York City-based developer of an AI SaaS security platform, raised $30 million in Series B funding, bringing its total capital raised to $85 million. The round was led by Zeev Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, Boldstart Ventures, and new investors including Workday Ventures, TIAA Ventures, S Ventures, and Quadrille Capital.

Investors: Zeev Ventures, Insight Partners, Boldstart Ventures, Workday Ventures, TIAA Ventures, S Ventures, Quadrille Capital

ENDOR LABS

Endor Labs, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of AI-native application security solutions, has acquired Autonomous Plane, a developer of cloud-native application security and container reachability solutions. The deal aims to enhance Endor Labs' security platform by providing full-stack reachability analysis to trace vulnerability impacts. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

LEMA AI

$24M

Lema AI, an agentic AI security platform addressing enterprise supply chain and third-party risk, has secured $24 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Team8, with F2 Venture Capital leading the seed round and Salesforce Ventures participating.

Investors: Team8, F2 Venture Capital, Salesforce Ventures

BEARING

$4.5M

Bearing, a Scottsdale, AZ-based physical security operations software company, raised $4.5 million in seed funding led by AZ-VC, with participation from High Alpha, PHX Ventures, and Lightbank. The funds will be used to grow the team and accelerate product development, enabling enterprises to utilize ServiceNow AI agents.

Investors: AZ-VC, High Alpha, PHX Ventures, Lightbank

OPAQUE SYSTEMS INC.

$24M

Opaque Systems Inc. has raised $24 million in funding at a $300 million valuation to enhance its confidential artificial intelligence platform. Founded in 2021, the company addresses enterprise concerns regarding data privacy, model exposure, and policy enforcement in AI workflows.

OPAQUE

$24M

Opaque, a San Francisco-based confidential AI company, raised $24 million in Series B funding at a $300 million valuation. The round was led by Walden Catalyst, with participation from Intel Capital, Race Capital, Storm Ventures, Thomvest, and new strategic partner Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC). This funding brings the total raised to $55.5 million.

Investors: Walden Catalyst, Intel Capital, Race Capital, Storm Ventures, Thomvest, Advanced Technology Research Council

GitGuardian has raised $50 million in Series C financing to enhance its secrets security and non-human identity governance capabilities. This funding addresses the increasing need for oversight of service accounts and autonomous AI agents, which are contributing to a significant rise in non-human identities and creating an AI agent security gap. The investment aims to help enterprises manage these challenges effectively.

GITGUARDIAN

$50M

🇫🇷 France