Cybersecurity Acquisitions in Missouri

Coalition has acquired Wirespeed to integrate the startup’s fully automated Managed Detection and Response (MDR) capabilities into Coalition’s Active Insurance platform, improving speed and quality of threat detection and response. Wirespeed co-founders Tim MalcomVetter and Jake Reynolds will join Coalition leadership to lead security and engineering integration efforts.

Neovera, a managed cybersecurity and IT services provider (and portfolio company of 424 Capital), acquired Kansas City-based 10-D Security and its sister firm AppliedCS. The deal bolsters Neovera’s cybersecurity, risk management and compliance capabilities—particularly for financial institutions—and represents an add-on acquisition to expand its service offerings.

Zurich Holding Company of America, through its Zurich Resilience Solutions division, has acquired cyber counterintelligence firm SpearTip. The acquisition bolsters Zurich's cyber risk mitigation and response capabilities by adding SpearTip's managed detection and response, incident response/digital forensics, and advisory services to Zurich Resilience Solutions' cyber offerings.

Funds advised by Apax Partners LLP (the Apax Funds) are backing the merger of Herjavec Group and Fishtech Group to create a combined cybersecurity services company. The new, PE-backed entity will combine complementary managed detection & response (MDR), co-managed SIEM, identity and professional services capabilities and will be led by Robert Herjavec as CEO with Gary Fish as Chairman; financial terms were not disclosed.