Data Security Startup Cyera Locks Up $300M At $1.4B Valuation

While it is true cybersecurity funding has significantly slowed, it certainly has not dried up.

Data security startup raised a $300 million Series C led by at a $1.4 billion valuation. New investors , and , alongside existing investors , , , and also participated in the round.

The round nearly triples the New York-based startup鈥檚 valuation from its $100 million Series B last June which valued it at $500 million. Founded in 2021, Cyera has raised $460 million to date, per the company

Cyera offers a platform that helps security teams at companies understand what data they have and how it鈥檚 used, as well as how to secure it 鈥� all of which has become more important with companies relying on data to drive AI initiatives.

The startup also uses AI in its platform to assess risks a companies鈥� data represents regarding security, privacy and regulatory compliance.

鈥淐IOs and CISOs are realizing it is critical that they secure all of their enterprise data as an absolute necessity in order to thrive and survive in a new AI-driven world,鈥� said co-founder and CEO . 鈥淐yera is working closely and solving this problem for the world’s largest enterprises.鈥�

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Cyera becomes just the latest cybersecurity firm to make headlines regarding big money funding 鈥� or at least the potential of big money.

Another data-related security company, -back , filed to go public just last week in the latest sign of a reawakening IPO market.

In the past month, there also has been a plethora of startup鈥檚 raising large private rounds, including:

New York-based , a cybersecurity platform purpose-built for small and medium-sized enterprises, announced a $100 million Series D led by ;
New York-based data privacy startup raised a $60 million round led by ; and
locked up a $100 million Series E from investors including and . The San Francisco-based company offers industrial security 鈥� also called operational technology security 鈥� and IoT security platforms.