Top stories.
- JumpCloud acquires Breez.
- Chainguard secures $280 million in growth financing.
- Sublime Security closes $150 million Series C round.
Mergers and acquisitions.
Colorado-based identity, device, and access management provider JumpCloud has acquired New York-headquartered identity threat detection platform Breez. JumpCloud stated, "By acquiring Breez, JumpCloud immediately gains access to specialized, innovative technology and an experienced team to enhance its Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) capabilities. This move directly accelerates JumpCloud’s roadmap, bringing sophisticated ITDR tools and faster innovation to its core security data products."
New York-headquartered IT services provider Presidio has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Irish MSP Ergo. Presidio stated, "This strategic acquisition will significantly expand Presidio’s presence in Ireland and the UK, bringing together industry leaders with complementary strengths."
Dallas, Texas-based technology consulting firm MTX Group has acquired digital identity verification company VerifyID.ai. MTX stated, "This acquisition enhances MTX Group's artificial intelligence and cybersecurity capabilities while expanding its innovation footprint in trusted digital identity solutions."
Santa Clara, California-based cloud consulting firm DoiT has acquired Israeli cloud security and compliance company CloudWize. DoiT says the acquisition "extends DoiT Cloud Intelligence™ beyond cloud financial management to include intelligent security posture, compliance, and automated guardrails, connecting risk, reliability, and cost into a unified, outcome-driven platform."
Melbourne-based private equity firm Advent Partners has acquired a majority stake in Australian managed IT services provider efex. Advent says it will "[support] the business to expand its regional footprint, develop new customer offerings in line with market demand, and continue efex’s growth through its strategic acquisition strategy."
IT solutions integrator Insight Enterprises Australia, a subsidiary of US-based Insight Enterprises, has agreed to acquire Sydney-based MSSP Sekuro. Insight stated, "The acquisition would significantly expand Insight’s cybersecurity capabilities in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), positioning the company to better meet the growing demand for comprehensive security solutions in an increasingly complex threat landscape."
Investments and exits.
Kirkland, Washington-based software supply chain security firm Chainguard has raised $280 million in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund. The company previously raised $356 million in a Series D round in April 2025, at a $3.5 billion valuation. Chainguard's CEO and co-founder Dan Lorenc stated, "With this strategic capital, we can accelerate the adoption of Chainguard across more companies, helping engineering teams build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk."
Washington-based agentic email security platform provider Sublime Security has raised $150 million in a Series C round led by Georgian, with participation from Avenir, 01A, and existing investors Index Ventures, IVP, Citi Ventures, and Slow Ventures. The company stated, "In addition to doubling down on platform enhancements and adding to its team of AI Agents, Sublime will use this latest funding round to grow its global footprint and make life harder for adversaries worldwide."
San Francisco-based identity governance firm ConductorOne has raised $79 million in a Series B round led by Greycroft, with participation from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Accel, Felicis, Oregon Venture Fund, Operator Collective, and others. The company stated, "This funding will allow us to secure and enable AI through features like directory and agentic management, an MCP center for AI connections, and a risk center for complete observability and remediation across the enterprise. We’re also expanding the C1 team across engineering, product, and go-to-market to meet the demand ahead."
Boston-based cyber range provider SimSpace has secured $39 million in funding from BTG Pactual US Private Credit Investments and Communitas Capital, as well as existing investor L2 Point Management. The company says it "will use the funding to continue global expansion plans, invest in new use cases, and better serve federal, state, and local governments, large state universities, and Fortune 100 companies."
Lithuanian AI governance firm nexos.ai has raised €30 million (US$34.9 million) in a Series A round led by Evantic Capital and existing investor Index Ventures, with participation from existing investors Creandum, Dig Ventures, and angel investors. The company stated, "The funding will accelerate platform development, including advanced routing algorithms, private model deployment capabilities, and expansion across Europe and North America, helping nexos.ai partner with more enterprises to overcome the barriers they face when integrating AI tools. The company also plans to launch educational partnerships to address enterprise AI skills gaps."
Israeli photonic encryption technology firm CyberRidge has emerged from stealth with $26 million in seed funding from Awz, Arkin Capital, Elron Ventures, Redseed VC, and the EU Horizon-EIC program. The company stated, "The technology is already being deployed by leading global players across telecommunications providers, defense and intelligence agencies. Early-stage deployments are underway in Europe, Singapore, and Australia, including a rollout with Israel's military intelligence unit." Calcalist notes that the company has twenty employees in Tel Aviv, with additional teams in the US and Switzerland.
New York-based AI governance company Darwin AI has secured $15 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors UpWest and Resolute Ventures. The company says the funding "will enable Darwin to accelerate development of Darwin Govern and LaunchPad, expand deployment support, and grow its policy, training, and implementation teams to serve increasing demand from U.S. agencies, including in Texas, Ohio, California, Illinois, and Washington."
Spanish fraud prevention company Acoru has raised €10 million (US$11.6 million) in a Series A round led by 33N Ventures, with participation from existing investors Adara Ventures and Athos Capital.
Austin, Texas-based AI fraud prevention company Polygraf AI has raised $9.5 million in seed funding led by Allegis Capital, with participation from Alumni Ventures, DataPower VC, Domino Ventures, and existing investors. The company says the funding "will fuel product expansion, R&D, and go-to-market efforts focused on enterprise, defense, and intelligence sectors."
Executive moves.
360 Privacy has promoted Trinity Davis to Chief Security Officer and added Wendy Bahr and Brian Murphy to its board of directors. Davis previously served as the company's Managing Director of Strategic Intelligence. Bahr most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer at Rubrik, and Murphy is the founder and CEO of ReliaQuest.
Schellman has appointed Abhi S. Visuvasam as Chief Technology Officer. Visuvasam has previously held leadership roles at Reltio, IBM, and Accenture.
F5 has named Michael Montoya as Chief Technology Operations Officer. Montoya most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at BlueVoyant.
Eightfold AI has hired Navneet Singh as Chief Marketing Officer. Singh previously served as Vice President of Marketing at Palo Alto Networks.
Future Technologies has appointed Mary Peterson as the chairperson of its advisory board. Peterson has held leadership roles at Cambium Networks, Ruckus Networks (CommScope), and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.