Subscriber Bonus Post: Venture Spending in Cybersecurity Accelerated to $13.9 Billion for First Three Quarters of 2021
Total venture spending could reach $17 to $18 billion for the full year, almost triple 2020 levels. Free downloadable PDF containing detailed data on 809 deals available to Metacurity subscribers
Since its outset, the year 2021 has been a record-breaking year for the information security industry. A series of damaging cybersecurity incidents has tested the mettle of incident responders everywhere, unlike any other time since the digital era began. From the spyware infections in Microsoft Exchange servers to the ransomware shutdown of Colonial Pipeline to the supply chain ransomware attack on software company Kaseya, cybersecurity has become a high-profile topic for public and private sector decision-makers alike.
Although it’s hard to prove a connection between these crises and the sharp increase of funding to cybersecurity companies, however likely such a nexus might be, 2021 is also a record-breaking year for announced venture capital investment deals. Metacurity has been tracking in detail these deals since the first quarter of 2018, which was itself a hallmark year when VCs and other investors put $3.9 billion into firms that primarily focused on a variety of information s…
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