Newsletter-October-2025 | Stamford Recruitment

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What's up in Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity companies are changing the game.

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September 2025 Acquisition Rundown

Cato Networks acquires Aim Security

AI security startup Aim Security has been purchased by Cato Networks, a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) provider. With its first purchase to date, Cato will be able to grow its SASE Cloud Platform and help businesses safely implement AI agents and apps. Although the deal's exact financial details were not made public, Calcalist stated that Cato paid between $300 and 350 million in cash and stock for Aim.

Check Point to acquire Lakera

Check Point Software Technologies declared its intention to purchase Lakera, a business that specializes in agentic AI security. By using Lakera technology, Check Point will be able to expand its AI security capabilities. The foundation of Check Point's new Global Center of Excellence for AI Security will likewise be Lakera. Although formal financial information was not made public, it has been rumored that Check Point has agreed to pay an estimated $300 million for Lakera.

CrowdStrike to acquire Pangea

CrowdStrike revealed plans to acquire Pangea, an AI security company, in order to add new business AI system protections to its Falcon platform. To assist businesses in monitoring, managing, and safeguarding AI interactions, CrowdStrike will incorporate Pangea's capabilities. According to reports, the cybersecurity behemoth is paying about $260 million for Pangea.

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September 2025 Acquisition Rundown

Varonis acquires SlashNext

SlashNext, an email security provider, was acquired by Varonis Systems for $150 million. SlashNext uses predictive AI models to defend consumers against sophisticated social engineering and spearphishing assaults through email and teamwork apps. Varonis will be able to expand the functionality of its Managed Data Detection and Response (MDDR) service thanks to SlashNext.

SecurityScorecard acquires HyperComply

HyperComply, an AI-powered platform for compliance management and security questionnaire automation, was acquired by SecurityScorecard. Through the acquisition, HyperComply's intelligent automation is combined with SecurityScorecard's security ratings and ongoing third- and fourth-party risk visibility.

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Sola Security Raises $35 Million in Series

A $35 million Series A investment led by current investor S32 and including M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and New Era Capital Partners has been raised by cybersecurity AI helper Sola Security. The round also included participation from all current investors, including S Capital, Glilot Capital Partners, and venture capitalist Mike Moritz. Weeks and days of work are reduced to minutes with Sola Security's AI revolution in cybersecurity, which redefines how security problems are treated and resolved.

Tidal Cyber Raises $10M in Series A Funding

Tidal Cyber, a cybersecurity company based in Virgina that is at the forefront of Threat-Led Defense, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. With involvement from current Tidal Cyber investors, Bright Pixel Capital spearheaded the investment. This investment will spur business expansion and product innovation, furthering Tidal Cyber's objective of assisting enterprises in assessing and enhancing the efficacy of their security stack in the face of actual threats and hostile activity.

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Terra Security Raises $30M Series A

The $30M Series A round led by Felicis, with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, SVCI, and current investors SYN Ventures, LAMA Partners (FKA FXP), and Underscore VC, brings Terra Security's total funding to date to $38M. Terra Security is the first agentic-AI-powered continuous penetration testing platform with a human-in-the-loop mechanism. The addition of former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelbeck to our board of directors is another exciting development.

Vega Security Raises $65 Million in Funding

In early-stage funding rounds, Israeli cybersecurity startup Vega raised $65 million, valuing the company at $400 million.
With involvement from venture capital groups Cyberstarts, Redpoint, and CRV, Accel led the fundraising, which comprised so-called seed and Series A money.