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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Bugcrowd raised fundingCrowdsourced bug bounty pioneer founded in 2012 by Casey Ellis, offering managed programs and crowd-powered penetration testing from hundreds of thousands of ethical hackers.Investor Silicon Valley Bank | $50m | Report on the Bugcrowd funding round of October 2024 (opens in a new tab)via Security, Funded (opens in a new tab) |
| June 2024 | YesWeHack raised a Series C roundYesWeHack runs a bug bounty platform connecting organisations with ethical hackers.Investor Wendel | $28m | Report on the YesWeHack funding round of June 2024 (opens in a new tab)via Security, Funded (opens in a new tab) |
| March 2024 | Shentu Chain raised a seed roundInvestor Binance Labs | Undisclosed | Report on the Shentu Chain funding round of March 2024 (opens in a new tab) |
| February 2024 | Bugcrowd raised a Series E roundCrowdsourced bug bounty pioneer founded in 2012 by Casey Ellis, offering managed programs and crowd-powered penetration testing from hundreds of thousands of ethical hackers.Investor General Catalyst | $102m | Report on the Bugcrowd funding round of February 2024 (opens in a new tab)via Security, Funded (opens in a new tab) |
| January 2024 | AuditOne raised a seed roundInvestor High-Tech Grunderfonds | $876k | Report on the AuditOne funding round of January 2024 (opens in a new tab)via Security, Funded (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.