Although last yr’s financing of cyber security Venture was reflected last yr, it ended relatively stagnation.
This yr, little has modified, but on Wednesday she saw the largest round of the yr for the industry so far.
Application safety startup Semgrep collected financing of the D series price $ 100 million conducted by Menlo Ventureswith the participation of existing investors, including Felix Ventures 1IN Harpoon VenturesIN LightSpeed PartnersIN Redpoint Ventures AND Capital sequoia.
Lightspeed Venture Partners led the C 53 million USD in 2023. Founded in 2017, in response to SEMGREP, it collected USD 204 million.
The autonomous SEMGREP code safety platform allows programmers and security engineers to create handrails that proactively secure the creation of the application.
“The AI era for safety is here, and Semgrep is extremely prepared to help organizations secure their code without devoting the speed of development,” said CEO Isaac Evans. “Thanks to the SEMGREP platform, you can build a program (application security) about profitability, safety and speed of development.”
Cybernetic financing
The Venture cyber security investment increased by 43% in 2024 in comparison with the previous yr, because financing for cyber security startups supported by VC reached almost USD 11.6 billion last yr, at Crunchbase data. It was despite the flat financing quarter to the quarter in the fourth quarter.
Until now, in 2025, it struggled that only the recent round of Semgrep hit nine figures.