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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.

14acquisitions
23funding rounds
$4.8bnpaid in the 3 acquisitions with a disclosed price
$303.0mraised in the 20 rounds with a disclosed size
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DateDealAmountSource
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
October 2022NINJIO acquired DCOYABehaviour-centric cybersecurity provider identifying personal vulnerabilities for awareness trainingUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
September 2022Wonde acquired Secure SchoolsKeeps schools and colleges safe from online threatsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
September 2022Telesystem acquired Threat ProtectorTeaches staff about online dangers and secures messages and devicesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
August 2022Forge Institute received a grantInvestor U.S. Small Business Administration$1000kReportvia Security, Funded
August 2022Hook Security raised a Series A roundInvestor Tampa Bay WaVEUndisclosedReportvia Security, Funded
August 2022Cybrary raised a Series C roundInvestors BuildGroup and Gula Tech Adventures$25mReportvia Security, Funded
July 2022Huntress acquired CurriculaA platform teaching staff about online dangers and running fake email traps$22mReportvia SecurityWeek
June 2022CyberConIQ raised funding$11mReport
June 2022HackNotice raised a Series A roundInvestors Strategic Cyber Ventures and Lytical Ventures$7mReportvia Security, Funded
June 2022CybSafe raised a Series B roundCybSafe provides an AI-powered platform that helps organisations measure and change security behaviours to reduce breaches.Investor Evolution Equity Partners$28mReportvia Security, Funded
June 2022Hoxhunt raised a Series B roundHoxhunt provides a platform for phishing simulations and security awareness training.Investors Level Equity Management and Icebreaker.vc$40mReport
June 2022MetaCompliance acquired MochEdTech company specialising in cybersecurity and compliance solutionsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
May 2022ThriveDX acquired Lucy SecurityRuns staff training on staying safe online and fake attack exercisesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
May 2022Hornetsecurity Ltd. acquired IT-SealSecurity awareness training for employeesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
May 2022HackEDU acquired Security JourneyApplication security training platform for developersUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
April 2022Nudge Security raised a seed roundInvestor Ballistic Ventures$7mReport
April 2022Wyntec acquired Layer 8 SecuritySecurity awareness training firmUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
April 2022HelpSystems acquired Terranova SecurityDelivers fake phishing exercises and lessons on staying secureUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
March 2022Forge Institute received a grant$1.7mReport
March 2022ThriveDX acquired KontraProvides application security training to corporate clientsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
February 2022Picnic Corporation raised a seed round$14mReport
February 2022PhishFirewall raised a seed round$2.5mReport
February 2022Teach Cyber received a grant$200kReport
February 2022SecurEd received a grant$150kReport
February 2022HacWare raised a seed roundInvestor Elevate CapitalUndisclosedReport
February 2022Cloud Range raised a seed roundCloudRange provides hands-on AWS cloud security training through isolated attack and defence scenarios.UndisclosedReport
February 2022TitanHQ acquired Cyber Risk AwareProvides security awareness training to organisationsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
January 2022SoSafe raised a Series B roundSoSafe provides security awareness training and human risk management to help organisations reduce cyber threats.$73mReport
January 2022Cengage Group acquired InfosecProvides cybersecurity education and professional training courses$190.8mReportvia 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.