Startup & Security News You Need to Know
Synopsys acquires Black Duck for $565M
- https://www.owler.com/iaApp/125611/black-duck-company-profile
- Owler estimates $55M in revenue, $75.5M in funding since 2002
- http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2017/11/02/black-duck-software-to-be-acquired-by-synopsys-for-565m/
WatchGuard files for IPO
- http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/10/prweb14827389.htm
- https://www.owler.com/iaApp/117327/watchguard-company-profile
- ‘’WatchGuard provides unified threat management solutions that combine firewall, Virtual Private Network security services to protect business networks.’’
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/watchguard
- Interesting history; IPO in 1999, delisted in 2006
Sailpoint plans for $100M IPO
- https://www.owler.com/iaApp/117603/sailpoint-company-profile
- http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2017/10/23/sailpoint-files-raise-100-million-public-offering/
- Raise roughly $26M in funding (since 2005)
- Identity remains a hot field
Forescout does well in first day of trading
- https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/27/forescout-technologies-pops-16-in-first-day-of-trading/
- ‘’The Internet of Things security company also increased the size of its IPO and raised about $116 million after selling 5.3 million shares.’’
- ‘’ForeScout had $167 million in sales last year, compared to $126 million for 2015. Losses grew to $75 million last year, up from $27 million in 2015. “We are on a path towards profitability,” said DeCesare.’’
Booz Allen acquires Morphick (Undisclosed)
- https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2017/10/20/booz-morphick-acquisition.aspx
- https://www.owler.com/iaApp/12015164/morphick-company-profile
- ‘’Morphick is a cybersecurity platform that offers managed detection, incident response, threat intelligence and reverse engineering for enterprises.’’
- At least $10M in funding (on record) - Series A in Sept. 2015
Intezer raised $8M Series A
- https://www.owler.com/iaApp/12297241/intezer-company-profile
- $10M in funding since Dec 2016
- ‘’Intezer is a cybersecurity company that specializes in offering biological immune system based malware analysis and detection to address threats.’’
- http://www.intezer.com
KnowBe4 raised $30 Million Series B
- https://www.owler.com/iaApp/176298/knowbe4-company-profile
- $8M series A in Jan 2016, followed by $5.2M equity in Feb 2017 for a total raise of $43.2M
- ‘’KnowBe4 is a security awareness training platform that manages social engineering, spear phishing and ransomware attacks’’
Recorded Future Raised $25M Series E
- https://www.owler.com/iaApp/123791/recorded-future-company-profile
- ‘’Recorded Future helps to identify real-time online risks by collecting and analyzing sources on the web.’’
- $57.9M raised over 5 rounds since 2009
Startup Journey Updates
Michael's Straight Talk Journey
- Launched the new workshop; now the sole focus
- 3 spots left for 2017
- It's the starting point, and it's exciting to see the results for the teams I'm working with
- Overdue website update up next
- Straight Talk Framework - and Straight Talk the Value Proposition resource updates due before year-end