Tracked deals
161
161 tracked deals across 2006-2026.
Cybersecurity Buyers & Acquisitions in California
Buyer mix
Strategic-led
135 strategic · 55 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2021
33 tracked deals announced in 2021.
Primary Insight
What Stands Out
- AI security & governance themes show up repeatedly, including red teaming/runtime protection, cryptographic protections, and AI gateway/control-plane initiatives.
- GRC, compliance automation, and risk management are prominent: examples include third-party risk platforms and real-time control testing for AML/KYC and related regulatory controls.
- California-based deal framing appears across the most recent announcements, with transactions tied to companies operating in California, United States.
- Recurring strategic buyers across the page include Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Akamai Technologies, Inc., and Motorola Solutions, alongside specialized cybersecurity/GRC acquirers like HighBar Partners and OPAQUE.
| Buyer | Deal theme (as described) |
|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks | AI gateway control plane for AI agent transactions |
| A10 Networks | AI security via software red teaming + runtime protection integrated with AI firewall offerings |
| Protecht Group | Third-party and cyber risk management using “agentic AI” for GRC workflows |
| Synctera | Compliance control testing for banks/fintechs with real-time observability |
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Top Buyers
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| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | 4 | Global networking, security and collaboration technology ... | Strategic |
| Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. | 4 | Sector-focused private equity firm investing in technolog... | PE |
| Crosspoint Capital Partners | 4 | Private equity firm focused on cybersecurity, privacy and... | PE |
| TA Associates | 4 | Global growth private equity firm focused on technology, ... | PE |
| Arctic Wolf | 3 | Provider of a cloud-native security operations platform a... | Strategic |
| HelpSystems | 3 | Software company focused on cybersecurity and IT automati... | Strategic |
| Palo Alto Networks | 3 | Global cybersecurity company providing network, cloud and... | Strategic |
| SentinelOne | 3 | Autonomous cybersecurity platform provider (Singularity X... | Strategic |
| Symphony Technology Group (STG) | 3 | Private equity firm focused on software, data and analyti... | PE |
| Thoma Bravo | 3 | Private equity firm focused on growth-oriented software a... | PE |
Acquisition Volume in Cybersecurity in California by Year
Last 10 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- onsemi
- Target
- Synaptics
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
onsemi and Synaptics announced they entered into a definitive agreement for onsemi to acquire Synaptics in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $7 billion. Synaptics stockholders will receive 1.350 shares of onsemi common stock for each Synaptics share, and Synaptics stockholders are expected to own about 12% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis.
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June 25, 2026
- Buyer
- Incode Technologies
- Target
- Identiq
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Incode Technologies has completed its acquisition of Identiq, a provider of privacy-enhancing cryptographic technology for peer-to-peer anti-fraud collaboration. The deal expands Incode’s privacy-by-design identity verification platform with Identiq’s patented ability to share fraud signals without exposing sensitive customer data.
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- Buyer
- Cisco
- Target
- WideField Security
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Cisco announced its intent to acquire WideField Security, a security technology company focused on protecting identities in the agentic AI era. WideField’s technology is expected to be integrated into Splunk to enhance Agentic SOC capabilities by normalizing and correlating identity, session, and activity telemetry from multiple sources.
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June 15, 2026
- Buyer
- A10 Networks
- Target
- TrojAI
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
A10 Networks announced it is acquiring TrojAI, an AI security company focused on securing, testing, and governing AI applications and agentic workflows. A10 plans to integrate TrojAI’s software-based red teaming and runtime protection with its hardware-based AI firewall offerings to help organizations protect AI models, data, and agents across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
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May 25, 2026
- Buyer
- DTC | A Codan Company
- Target
- Adaptive Dynamics
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
DTC, a Codan company and provider of advanced tactical communications systems, announced the acquisition of Adaptive Dynamics, a U.S. company focused on anti-jamming and interference mitigation for mission-critical communications. The deal is intended to strengthen DTC’s spectrum overmatch and resilience capabilities for defense and security customers in contested electromagnetic environments.
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May 4, 2026
- Buyer
- OPAQUE
- Target
- Technology Innovation Institute (TII), Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) (as referenced entity for TII)
- Seller
- Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
OPAQUE, a confidential AI company headquartered in the United States, acquired advanced cryptographic AI technologies from the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi. The acquired capabilities extend OPAQUE’s platform across confidential AI model training, inference, fine-tuning, and AI agent execution, adding post-quantum cryptographic protections.
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- Buyer
- Datavault AI Inc.
- Target
- CyberCatch Holdings, Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Datavault AI and CyberCatch entered into a binding letter of intent for Datavault AI to acquire 100% of CyberCatch in an all-stock transaction. The deal is structured as a court-approved plan of arrangement under British Columbia law, with CyberCatch expected to operate as a Datavault AI subsidiary in San Diego following closing.
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April 29, 2026
- Buyer
- Spin.AI
- Target
- Revyz
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Spin.AI, an AI-powered enterprise software security platform, acquired Revyz, an Atlassian Gold Marketplace Partner focused on backup and configuration management for Jira and Confluence. The combined offering unifies data protection and security posture management across Atlassian environments and other enterprise cloud apps such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and Slack.
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- Buyer
- VisionWave Holdings, Inc.
- Target
- Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
VisionWave Holdings has executed a definitive agreement to acquire up to a 52% controlling stake in Foresight Autonomous Holdings via a two-stage share exchange for $17.5 million in VisionWave stock, with an additional earn-in up to 6% contingent on a commercial milestone. The transaction is designed to combine VisionWave’s RF-based sensing with Foresight’s stereo vision and thermal perception to build a unified multi-modal sensing/counter-UAS platform, while keeping both companies as independent public entities.
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- Buyer
- Protecht Group, PSG Equity
- Target
- VISO TRUST
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Protecht Group, an Australian GRC (governance, risk and compliance) solutions provider, announced its acquisition of VISO TRUST, a U.S.-based AI-powered third-party and cyber risk management platform. The deal is intended to integrate VISO TRUST’s “agentic AI” into Protecht’s GRC platform to speed vendor due diligence, automate GRC workflows, and enable continuous third- and fourth-party risk monitoring.
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- Buyer
- Synctera
- Target
- Cable
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Synctera, a banking-as-a-service and embedded finance provider, announced its acquisition of Cable, a compliance technology company that automates control testing for banks and fintechs. The deal adds a real-time testing and observability layer so sponsor banks can continuously verify that KYC, transaction monitoring, AML policies, and other regulatory controls are actually working.
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April 9, 2026
- Buyer
- Cisco
- Target
- Galileo Technologies, Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Cisco announced its intent to acquire Galileo Technologies, Inc., an AI observability platform focused on making agentic AI more reliable, safe, and trustworthy. The deal is expected to close in Q4 of Cisco’s fiscal year 2026 and Cisco says Galileo will expand its Splunk Observability portfolio and AI agent monitoring capabilities.
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- Buyer
- Godspeed Capital Management LP
- Target
- GALT Aerospace
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
GALT Aerospace, a defense C3 technology provider for airborne systems, announced it has received a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management LP. The deal establishes GALT as Godspeed’s new defense technology platform focused on advanced command, control, and communications (C3) solutions to support multi-domain operations. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Buyer
- CUBE
- Target
- 4CRisk.ai (4CRisk)
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
CUBE, a provider of Automated Regulatory Intelligence and Regulatory Change Management, announced the acquisition of 4CRisk.ai, a Silicon Valley RegTech firm focused on agentic AI mapping of policies and procedures to regulatory obligations, controls, and risks. The deal expands CUBE’s coverage beyond financial regulation into adjacent corporate regulatory domains such as cyber, AI, privacy, labor laws, and ESG. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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February 12, 2026
- Buyer
- Proofpoint, Inc.
- Target
- Acuvity
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Proofpoint, Inc. announced it has acquired Acuvity, an AI enterprise security and governance platform, to expand human- and agent-centric cybersecurity capabilities. The combined offering is intended to provide AI-native visibility, governance, and runtime protection for AI and agent-driven workflows.
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- Buyer
- Semperis
- Target
- MightyID
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Semperis, the identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis management company, has acquired MightyID, an identity resilience specialist for cloud identity providers Okta and Ping. The acquisition expands Semperis' platform to provide backup, restore, migration, failover and faster recovery across hybrid and multi-cloud identity environments.
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January 28, 2026
- Buyer
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Target
- Nozomi Networks Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation completed its acquisition of Nozomi Networks, making Nozomi Networks a wholly owned subsidiary operating independently. The deal strengthens Mitsubishi Electric’s AI-powered, cloud-first OT/IoT cybersecurity software capabilities while preserving Nozomi’s brand, leadership, teams, and go-to-market partnerships.
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December 23, 2025
- Buyer
- ServiceNow
- Target
- Armis
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ServiceNow has completed its acquisition of Armis, a cyber exposure management and cyber-physical security company, for approximately $7.75 billion in cash. The deal adds real-time cyber asset discovery and protection across IT, OT, IoT, medical devices, code, and cloud to expand ServiceNow’s security and risk platform and enable automated, governed remediation.
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December 16, 2025
- Buyer
- Cyderes
- Target
- Lucidum
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Cyderes, a global managed cybersecurity services provider, has acquired Lucidum, a security data fabric and entity intelligence platform. The acquisition brings identity-aware data fabric capabilities into Cyderes’ portfolio to strengthen IAM, exposure management, and MDR offerings and accelerate AI-driven remediation and SaaS offerings.
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December 10, 2025
- Buyer
- RKON Technologies
- Target
- ScaleSec
- Seller
- Vixul
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
RKON Technologies has acquired cloud security and consulting firm ScaleSec, integrating ScaleSec’s cloud security, compliance, and managed services capabilities into RKON’s offerings. The seller was Vixul (ScaleSec’s accelerator/portfolio backer), and the transaction strengthens RKON’s multicloud security and managed services capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.
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December 9, 2025
- Buyer
- Checkmarx
- Target
- Tromzo
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Checkmarx has acquired Tromzo, an AI-native startup that builds autonomous triage and remediation agents for application security, and will integrate Tromzo's reasoning engine and engineering team into the Checkmarx One platform. The acquisition brings Tromzo's founders and AI engineers into Checkmarx to power new Checkmarx Assist agents and accelerate enterprise-grade autonomous AppSec capabilities starting in early 2026.
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November 18, 2025
- Buyer
- SAFE
- Target
- Balbix
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
SAFE, a leader in cyber risk quantification, has acquired Balbix to create an integrated, AI-native platform that unifies exposure management and risk quantification. The deal combines Balbix's continuous threat exposure management capabilities with SAFE's cyber risk quantification to deliver a single, agentic-AI-driven solution for enterprise cyber risk management.
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September 19, 2025
- Buyer
- Unico
- Target
- OwnID
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Brazilian identity network Unico has acquired OwnID, a U.S.-based startup that provides passkey-first, passwordless authentication and biometric login solutions. The deal strengthens Unico's passwordless authentication capabilities as it expands internationally; Unico processes ~25 million identity transactions per month while OwnID handles over 3.5 million authentications monthly and counts Nestlé, SAP, the NFL and Michael Kors among its clients.
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September 15, 2025
- Buyer
- Spreedly
- Target
- Dodgeball
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Spreedly, the Durham, North Carolina-based open payments platform, has acquired Dodgeball, a San Francisco-based fraud orchestration company. The deal will integrate Dodgeball's fraud orchestration capabilities into Spreedly's payments optimization stack to deliver combined payments and fraud management functionality; terms were not disclosed.
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September 8, 2025
- Buyer
- SentinelOne
- Target
- Observo AI
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
SentinelOne announced its intent to acquire Observo AI, an AI-native data streaming platform used for telemetry pipeline management for AI-native security operations. The deal will combine Observo’s real-time ingestion/enrichment/routing capabilities with SentinelOne’s AI SIEM, XDR, and data offerings, and is expected to close in SentinelOne’s fiscal third quarter of 2026 subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
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September 2, 2025
- Buyer
- Varonis Systems
- Target
- SlashNext
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Varonis Systems has acquired SlashNext to add AI-native email and multi-channel phishing detection to its data security platform. The deal integrates SlashNext's predictive AI models for phishing and social engineering into Varonis's data- and identity-centric threat detection and MDDR services to broaden protection across email and collaboration channels and expand Varonis's total addressable market.
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August 12, 2025
- Buyer
- KeyData Cyber, CIVC Partners, LP
- Target
- BeyondID
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
KeyData Cyber, a CIVC Partners–backed identity and access management (IAM) provider, has acquired BeyondID, an AI-powered managed identity solutions provider with deep Okta expertise. The deal expands KeyData's advisory, implementation and managed-services capabilities, adds BeyondID's Identity Command Center platform and increases the combined company's delivery capacity and geographic reach across North America and beyond.
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- Buyer
- Motorola Solutions
- Target
- Silvus Technologies, Inc., Silvus Technologies Holdings Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Motorola Solutions entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Silvus Technologies, a provider of mission-critical mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) technology, for $4.4 billion in upfront consideration. The deal includes cash and restricted stock, with potential earnout consideration of up to $600 million based on performance through 2027 and 2028. The acquisition was later reported as completed.
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July 30, 2025
- Buyer
- Concentric AI
- Target
- Swift Security, Acante
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Concentric AI has acquired Swift Security and Acante to integrate their data security and data access governance capabilities into its Semantic Intelligence platform. The acquisitions expand Concentric's ability to detect 'shadow GenAI', protect data across public GenAI tools, and provide end-to-end data security governance across cloud and on-premises environments.
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July 1, 2025
- Buyer
- ArcherHall
- Target
- R3 Digital Forensics
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ArcherHall announced that R3 Digital Forensics is now part of ArcherHall, combining digital forensics, eDiscovery, and cybersecurity capabilities. The transaction expands ArcherHall’s service offering and supports a new office opening in Austin, Texas to enhance regional coverage.
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June 27, 2025
- Buyer
- Mill Point Capital LLC
- Target
- SS8 Networks
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Mill Point Capital LLC has acquired SS8 Networks, a Milpitas-based provider of lawful interception, location intelligence and monitoring center platforms. The deal will provide SS8 with capital and strategic support to accelerate product development, expand AI-driven capabilities, and pursue new markets while the company continues to operate under its existing brand and leadership.
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June 12, 2025
- Buyer
- NEA (New Enterprise Associates), SignalFire, Craft Ventures, 9Yards Capital, Qualcomm Ventures
- Target
- Horizon3.ai
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Horizon3.ai raised $100 million in a Series D round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from SignalFire, Craft Ventures, 9Yards Capital, and Qualcomm Ventures to scale its NodeZero autonomous penetration testing platform. The funding will support product expansion, global scaling, and partner ecosystem growth as Horizon3.ai continues rapid ARR and customer growth.
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June 5, 2025
- Buyer
- OneSpan Inc.
- Target
- Nok Nok Labs Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
OneSpan Inc. has acquired Nok Nok Labs Inc., a provider of FIDO passwordless authentication solutions, to strengthen its authentication and identity portfolio. The deal expands OneSpan's capability in passwordless/FIDO standards and integrates Nok Nok's technology to deliver broader authentication options to banking and enterprise customers.
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May 13, 2025
- Buyer
- PartnerOne
- Target
- XYPRO
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
PartnerOne has acquired XYPRO, a longtime provider of cybersecurity, risk management and compliance solutions for mission-critical enterprise environments. The deal bolsters PartnerOne's cybersecurity capabilities and gives XYPRO access to PartnerOne's global scale and resources to expand its reach and accelerate product innovation.
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- Buyer
- Ridgeview Partners, TA Associates
- Target
- Radiant Logic
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Ridgeview Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Radiant Logic, joining existing investor TA Associates to support the company's global expansion and product innovation in Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM). The investment will help Radiant Logic accelerate development of its RadiantOne AI platform and expand commercial and government deployments; Ridgeview partners and TA will join the company's board.
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March 31, 2025
- Buyer
- Motorola Solutions
- Target
- InVisit
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Motorola Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire InVisit, a cloud-based visitor management solution provider based in Calabasas, California. The deal is expected to expand Motorola Solutions’ cloud-native Avigilon Alta enterprise security suite by adding visitor management capabilities.
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January 14, 2025
- Buyer
- Cytracom
- Target
- Telivy
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Cytracom, a Sverica-backed provider of infrastructure software for MSPs, has acquired Telivy to add Security and Risk Management capabilities including Attack Surface Management and Data Security Posture Management. The acquisition expands Cytracom's platform (UCaaS and SASE) to help MSPs deliver integrated security risk assessments, monitoring, and compliance reporting.
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January 9, 2025
- Buyer
- Quorum Cyber, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Livingbridge
- Target
- Kivu Consulting Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Quorum Cyber, a UK-based cybersecurity provider backed by Charlesbank Capital Partners and Livingbridge, has acquired Kivu Consulting Inc., a U.S.-based leader in digital forensics and incident response. The add-on strengthens Quorum Cyber’s incident response, digital forensics, business restoration, and ransom negotiation capabilities while expanding its North American operations and service coverage.
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January 8, 2025
- Buyer
- WatchGuard Technologies
- Target
- ActZero
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
WatchGuard Technologies has acquired ActZero, a provider of AI-driven managed detection and response (MDR) services, to expand and scale its WatchGuard MDR offering. The acquisition brings ActZero’s people, SOC capabilities and AI threat‑analysis platform into WatchGuard’s Unified Security Platform to accelerate MDR delivery for managed service providers (MSPs).
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December 16, 2024
- Buyer
- Arctic Wolf
- Target
- Cylance
- Seller
- BlackBerry
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Arctic Wolf has agreed to acquire BlackBerry's Cylance endpoint security business for $160 million, paid in cash and approximately 5.5 million Arctic Wolf common shares. Arctic Wolf will integrate Cylance's AI-powered endpoint technology into its Aurora open-XDR platform to broaden capabilities and bolster its cybersecurity offerings; BlackBerry will remain involved as a reseller and shareholder.
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- Buyer
- Schellman & Company, LLC
- Target
- Connor Consulting TPRM practice
- Seller
- Connor Consulting
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Schellman & Company, LLC has acquired the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) practice carved out from Connor Consulting. The deal transfers select personnel and TPRM capabilities to Schellman to strengthen its cybersecurity, governance, risk, and compliance offerings and expand its third-party risk management services.
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November 21, 2024
- Buyer
- Wiz
- Target
- Dazz
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Wiz has acquired Dazz in a cash-and-share deal valued at $450 million to add remediation and attack-surface/posture-management capabilities to its cloud security platform. Dazz will continue to operate as a separate entity while being integrated into Wiz’s stack to deliver a more comprehensive 360-degree risk and remediation offering for developer and enterprise customers.
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September 19, 2024
- Buyer
- Riverwood Capital, Earlybird Digital East Fund
- Target
- Picus Security
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Picus Security, a San Francisco–based security validation company, raised $45 million in a growth round led by Riverwood Capital with participation from existing investor Earlybird Digital East Fund. The investment will accelerate product innovation and expand customer success, sales, and marketing as Picus grows its Adversarial Exposure Validation platform across regulated and enterprise customers.
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September 18, 2024
- Buyer
- Veeam Software
- Target
- Alcion
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Veeam Software has acquired Alcion, an AI-driven backup and cyber‑resilience startup focused on Microsoft 365 protection, and has appointed Alcion co‑founder Niraj Tolia as Veeam's CTO to lead product strategy for Veeam Data Cloud. The Alcion team (fewer than 50 employees) joins Veeam immediately; financial terms were not disclosed and existing Alcion customers will be offered a path to Veeam Data Cloud.
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September 9, 2024
- Buyer
- Vitaprotech Group
- Target
- Identiv's physical and cybersecurity business units
- Seller
- Identiv
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Vitaprotech has purchased Identiv’s physical- and cyber-security business units and merged those operations under the relaunched Hirsch brand to create a combined security platform. The combined company brings roughly $185 million in revenue and ~700 employees, expanding Vitaprotech/Hirsch’s engineering capacity, product breadth (access control, video, credentialing, readers) and geographic reach across the U.S. and Europe.
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September 5, 2024
- Buyer
- Absolute Security, Crosspoint Capital Partners
- Target
- Syxsense
- Seller
- Origami Capital Partners / Oquirrh Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Absolute Security has acquired Syxsense, a provider of automated endpoint and vulnerability management, to integrate its patching and remediation capabilities into Absolute’s firmware-embedded Cyber Resilience platform. Syxsense — a 2012-founded software company backed by Origami Capital’s Oquirrh Ventures and other investors — will continue to be supported while its technology is folded into Absolute’s offerings; financial terms were not disclosed.
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August 21, 2024
- Buyer
- Ark Infotech LLC
- Target
- Vantyr
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Ark Infotech LLC, a cloud and cybersecurity solutions provider based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has acquired Vantyr, a San Francisco–based startup focused on securing non-human identities across cloud and SaaS environments. The acquisition expands Ark's SaaS and cloud security capabilities—integrating Vantyr's app-to-app and non-human identity technology with Ark's existing IAM and slauth.io offerings to serve commercial and government customers.
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July 17, 2024
- Buyer
- Exabeam
- Target
- LogRhythm
- Seller
- Thoma Bravo
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Exabeam and LogRhythm have completed a merger that combines Exabeam's AI-driven security operations platform with LogRhythm's high-integrity data ingestion and SIEM capabilities. The combined company will operate under the Exabeam name and pursue an integrated product roadmap to deliver cloud-native and on-premises SIEM, UEBA, and automated TDIR capabilities to enterprise customers.
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July 17, 2024
- Buyer
- Neovera
- Target
- Emagined Security
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Neovera, a Reston-based cybersecurity and cloud managed services provider, has acquired Emagined Security, a San Carlos-based information security and compliance professional services firm. The acquisition expands Neovera’s Security Operations Center (SOC) capacity and strengthens its capabilities in penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, threat intelligence and incident response to better serve highly regulated industries including financial services, healthcare and government.
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June 20, 2024
- Buyer
- Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Target
- Transphorm, Inc.
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Renesas Electronics Corporation completed its acquisition of Transphorm, a GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductor leader, as of June 20, 2024. The deal gives Renesas in-house GaN technology and expands its wide bandgap power portfolio with plans to offer GaN-based power products and reference designs immediately.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What cybersecurity acquisition themes are most common in California deals?
Recent transactions emphasize AI security for agentic workflows (e.g., runtime protection, AI gateway/control planes, and cryptographic protections) and governance/risk workflows such as third-party risk management and automated regulatory control testing.
Which acquirers appear repeatedly in California cybersecurity acquisitions?
Recurring buyer names on the page include Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Akamai Technologies, Inc., Motorola Solutions, and specialized cybersecurity/GRC buyers such as OPAQUE and HighBar Partners.
Are these acquisitions limited to classic endpoint or network security?
No. The page includes cybersecurity acquisitions focused on AI security and observability (e.g., monitoring and reliability for AI agents), as well as compliance and risk automation tied to regulated processes.
Do the deals on this page involve California companies only?
The page’s recent deal locations are framed as California, United States, though some transactions reference targets or technology coming from outside California (for example, acquisitions involving technologies from abroad).
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