Bug bounty and crowdsourced testing acquisitions and funding
1 acquisition of bug bounty platforms since 2020 and 14 funding rounds since 2022 on record. See the bug bounty platforms in the directory.
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Deals
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| Date | Deal | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Capture The Bug received a grantInvestor Callaghan Innovation | $15k | Report on the Capture The Bug funding round of September 2023 (opens in a new tab)via Security, Funded (opens in a new tab) |
| August 2023 | Protect AI acquired HuntrRuns a bug bounty platform for open source software and AI systems | Undisclosed | Report on Protect AI buying Huntr, August 2023 (opens in a new tab)via SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) |
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Each Report link goes to the announcement or story the source cites, and the via link to the round-up or newsletter issue. Amounts are in US dollars. The category is what the bought or funded company sells.