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Security awareness and human risk acquisitions and funding

49 acquisitions of security awareness training providers since 2020 and 89 funding rounds since 2022 on record. The most active buyers are MetaCompliance (3), NINJIO (2) and ThriveDX (2). See the security awareness training providers in the directory.

49acquisitions
89funding rounds
$4.9bnpaid in the 6 acquisitions with a disclosed price
$2.4bnraised in the 73 rounds with a disclosed size
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DateDealAmountSource
October 2026EC-Council acquired Cyber Insurance AcademyUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
October 2026Aikido Security acquired OutKeptPhishing simulations and security awareness trainingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
September 2026Pistachio acquired Hugin.ioNorwegian cyber-risk management platform, intellectual property acquired for compliance productUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
September 2026AAIS Armageddon raised a seed round$2.5mReport
August 2026SEPPmail acquired CyberPilotProvides security awareness training and phishing simulation for employeesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
July 2026Stickley on Security raised a corporate roundInvestor Reseda GroupUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
July 2026Balance Theory raised a Series A roundInvestor SYN Ventures$19mReportvia Security, Funded
July 2026NINJIO acquired SafeStackDeveloper, security and application security training platform for secure codingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
July 2026CyberNut acquired Neptune NavigateDigital citizenship platform for student safety in K-12 school districtsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
June 2026Mthree acquired CAPSLOCKTrains adults for cyber careers and provides cybersecurity education to employersUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
May 2026Frame Security raised fundingInvestors Index Ventures, Picture Capital and Team8$50mReportvia Security, Funded
May 2026Cimento raised a pre-seed roundInvestors Bowery Capital and Indie.vc$3mReportvia Security, Funded
May 2026Herd Security raised a seed roundInvestors Brian Bell, Forward Slash Capital, Team Ignite Ventures, Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and Aspiron Ventures$3mReportvia Security, Funded
April 2026Phin Security raised funding$6mReportvia Security, Funded
April 2026Tartan App raised a pre-seed round$250kReportvia Security, Funded
April 2026Fortra acquired Zero-Point SecurityProvides cybersecurity training in red teaming and penetration testingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
March 2026MetaCTF raised a seed round$1mReportvia Security, Funded
March 2026Circadence raised private equity fundingInvestor Seneca Partners$16.4mReportvia Security, Funded
February 2026Humanix raised a seed roundInvestor RSA Conference$5mReportvia Security, Funded
February 2026QuickStart acquired IronCircleTeaches cyber skills and staff preparedness through AIUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
January 2026CyberNut raised private equity fundingInvestor Growth Street PartnersUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
January 2026Zepo raised a seed roundInvestors Kibo Ventures, eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS and TIN Capital$15mReportvia Security, Funded
December 2025Symposit acquired HumanLinkHuman factors engineering consultancy for aviation and transportation security trainingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
December 2025MetaCompliance acquired JunglemapSecurity and compliance awareness training using NanoLearning methodologyUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
November 2025Cybrary raised funding$4.5mReportvia Security, Funded
November 2025Humanix raised a seed roundInvestor boldstart VenturesUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
November 2025Humanix raised a Series A roundInvestor Acrew Capital$18mReportvia Security, Funded
October 2025SimSpace raised fundingInvestor Communitas Capital Partners$39mReportvia Security, Funded
September 2025revel8 raised a seed roundInvestor Peak$8.2mReportvia Security, Funded
September 2025Adaptive Security raised a Series A roundInvestor OpenAI Startup Fund$12mReportvia Security, Funded
September 2025Hack the Box acquired LetsDefendHands-on cyber defence training platform for blue team professionalsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
August 2025Moxso raised a seed roundInvestor Seed Capital Partners$5.5mReportvia Security, Funded
July 2025Fable raised a Series A roundInvestor REDPOINT$24.5mReportvia Security, Funded
July 2025Maro raised a seed roundInvestor Downing Capital Group$4.3mReportvia Security, Funded
July 2025KnowBe4 raised debt fundingKnowBe4 provides a platform for security awareness training and AI agent security to reduce human risk.Investors JP Morgan Chase and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts$1.5bnReportvia Security, Funded
July 2025usecure raised a Series A roundInvestor Kennet PartnersUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
May 2025Pistachio raised a Series A roundInvestor Walter Ventures$7mReportvia Security, Funded
April 2025Jericho Security raised a Series A roundInvestor Era$15mReportvia Security, Funded
April 2025Adaptive Security raised a seed roundInvestors Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI Startup Fund$43mReportvia Security, Funded
March 2025Cyber Guru acquired MantraA French new company teaching staff about safety and keeping them safeUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
February 2025Anagram raised a Series A roundInvestor Madrona$10mReportvia Security, Funded
February 2025Riot raised a Series B roundInvestor Left Lane Capital$30mReportvia Security, Funded
January 2025Dune Security raised a seed roundInvestor Toba Capital$6mReport
January 2025Kymatio raised a seed roundInvestors ABANCA and Decelera$1.9mReportvia Security, Funded
January 2025SudoCyber raised a pre-seed roundInvestor British Business Bank$1.2mReportvia Security, Funded
January 2025Hook Security acquired HaekkaSlack-first platform delivering bite-sized security awareness trainingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
December 2024Cloud Range raised fundingCloudRange provides hands-on AWS cloud security training through isolated attack and defence scenarios.$6.2mReport
December 2024CyberNorth received a grantInvestor Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)UndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
December 2024Keensight Capital acquired MetaComplianceProvides cybersecurity and compliance software for user training and human risk managementUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
November 2024CyberTIX raised a seed roundInvestor Easo Ventures$1.1mReportvia Security, Funded

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.