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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
November 2024H.I.G. Capital and Thoma Bravo acquired CompTIAIT certification and training business covering cybersecurity and other technologiesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
November 2024Canary IT acquired Layer 8 SecurityProvides cybersecurity awareness training and consulting, including gamified escape room learning experiencesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
October 2024Cyber Guru raised a Series B roundInvestor Riverside Acceleration Capital$24.8mReportvia Security, Funded
October 2024Leeds Equity Partners acquired OffSecProvides continuous cybersecurity workforce training and educationUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
September 2024Secureflag raised private equity fundingInvestor Copilot CapitalUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
August 2024Cyberbit raised private equity fundingInvestor Charlesbank Capital PartnersUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
July 2024Protexxa raised a Series A roundInvestors Sandpiper Ventures and Bell Canada Enterprises$10mReportvia Security, Funded
July 2024CultureAI raised a Series A roundInvestors Mercia Ventures and Smedvig Ventures$10mReportvia Security, Funded
June 2024Brightside AI received a grantInvestor Tech4Trust acceleration programUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
April 2024BoxPhish raised fundingInvestor the Business Growth Fund$3.3mReportvia Security, Funded
April 2024OPSWAT acquired CIP CyberDelivers security training and certification for critical infrastructureUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
March 2024Think Cyber Security raised a seed roundInvestor Fuel Ventures$3.8mReportvia Security, Funded
March 2024Redcoat AI raised a seed roundInvestor Pear VC$4.2mReportvia Security, Funded
February 2024Security Compass acquired KontraProvides application security training softwareUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
January 2024Mimecast acquired Elevate SecurityFocuses on teaching users and building their awarenessUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
December 2023SimSpace received non-equity supportInvestor L2 Point$45mReportvia Security, Funded
December 2023ACI Learning raised funding$4mReportvia Security, Funded
December 2023Cyber Guru raised debt fundingInvestor Riverside Acceleration CapitalUndisclosedReport
December 2023International Association for Business Analytics Certification acquired International Institute for Information SecurityProvides cybersecurity education and training offeringsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
December 2023ACI Learning acquired Infosec LearningDigital skills learning platform for cybersecurity, cyber ranges and software trainingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
November 2023Brightside AI raised a corporate roundInvestor Social Links$1mReportvia Security, Funded
November 2023MetaCompliance acquired Increase Your SkillsProvides cybersecurity awareness training to organisations in GermanyUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
October 2023Cyber.org received a grantInvestor Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)$6.8mReportvia Security, Funded
September 2023CTFGuide raised a pre-seed roundInvestor Bullmont Capital$10kReport
September 2023Haiku, Inc raised a seed roundInvestor Kelly VenturesUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
August 2023Pistachio raised a seed roundInvestor Signals Venture Capital$3.6mReportvia Security, Funded
August 2023Jericho Security raised a pre-seed roundInvestors Era and Lux Capital$3mReportvia Security, Funded
August 2023Semgrep acquired We Hack PurpleGives lessons and material to coders and security professionalsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
July 2023Secure Code Warrior raised a Series C roundInvestor Paladin Capital Group$50mReportvia Security, Funded
May 2023CyberConIQ raised debt fundingInvestor StonegateIG$4.6mReportvia Security, Funded
May 2023Hook Security raised a seed roundInvestor TampaBay.Ventures$5.5mReportvia Security, Funded
May 2023CultureAI raised a seed roundInvestors Conviction VC, Passion Capital and Senovo$8.8mReportvia Security, Funded
April 2023Drip7 raised a seed roundInvestor Beta BoomUndisclosedReport
March 2023Right-Hand Cybersecurity raised a Series A roundInvestor AZ-VC$5mReportvia Security, Funded
March 2023RangeForce raised a Series B roundInvestors Energy Impact Partners and Paladin Capital$20mReportvia Security, Funded
March 2023CultureAI raised a seed roundInvestor Conviction VC$4.8mReport
February 2023CTFGuide received a grantInvestor Google Cloud$200kReport
February 2023Riot raised a Series A roundInvestor Base 10 Partners$12mReportvia Security, Funded
February 2023Hut Six Security raised fundingInvestor Development Bank of WalesUndisclosedReport
February 2023Beauceron Security raised private equity fundingInvestor CIBC Innovation BankingUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
January 2023Hack The Box raised a Series B roundInvestor The Carlyle Group$55mReportvia Security, Funded
January 2023Tesserent acquired ALC GroupProvides cybersecurity training for professionals and organisations in Australia$4mReportvia SecurityWeek
December 2022SafeStack raised a seed roundInvestor Blackbird Ventures$2.5mReportvia Security, Funded
December 2022Balance Theory raised a seed roundInvestor DataTribe$3mReportvia Security, Funded
December 2022Arsen Security raised a seed roundArsen provides a platform for cybersecurity awareness and social engineering simulation.Investor Elaia$2.6mReportvia Security, Funded
October 2022Protexxa raised a seed roundInvestor BKR Capital$3mReportvia Security, Funded
October 2022N2K Networks raised a seed roundInvestor Graham Holdings Company$5.4mReportvia Security, Funded
October 2022OutThink raised a seed roundInvestors Forward Partners and TriplePoint Capital$10mReportvia Security, Funded
October 2022Immersive Labs raised fundingImmersive Labs sells a platform called Immersive One that helps organisations show how ready they are for cyber threats.Investor Ten Eleven Ventures$66mReportvia Security, Funded
October 2022Vista Equity Partners acquired KnowBe4KnowBe4 provides a platform for security awareness training and AI agent security to reduce human risk.$4.6bnReportvia SecurityWeek

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.