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Cybersecurity investment fund Skinos Ventures raises $26 million round

Skinos Ventures founders. (Rotem Roseman)

A new cybersecurity-focused venture capital fund, Skinos Ventures, has been launched in Israel with a corpus of $26 million. The fund is primarily backed by renowned cybersecurity entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer, who is also serving as an advisor. Strong Backing from Cybersecurity Industry Veteran Shlomo Kramer, co-founder of Check Point, is widely recognized as one of … Read more

Cybersecurity startup Frame Security raises $50 million in round

Frame Security

Emerging cybersecurity startup Frame Security has secured $50 million in a major funding round led by Index Ventures, Team8, and Picture Capital. The round also saw participation from prominent investors including Assaf Rappaport and Elad Gil through his fund Gil Capital. Funding to Strengthen Human-Centric Cybersecurity Solutions The fresh capital will support Frame Security’s mission … Read more

Venice Raises $33M in Total Funding

Venice Founder

Most large-scale cybersecurity breaches can be traced back to a simple issue: unauthorized access. Whether it’s stolen credentials, over-permissioned administrator accounts, or inactive machine identities left exposed after projects end, excessive access remains one of the biggest security risks for enterprises. For decades, organizations have relied on traditional privileged access management (PAM) tools such as … Read more

Zscaler Appoints Swamy Kocherlakota to Lead Agentic AI Security Engineering Division

Swamy Kocherlakota

San Jose, California, January 2026: Zscaler, a global leader in cloud security and zero trust solutions, has appointed Swamy Kocherlakota to head its newly established Agentic AI Security Engineering division. This strategic appointment underscores Zscaler’s commitment to strengthening its AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities as enterprises increasingly adopt autonomous and agentic AI systems across their digital ecosystems. … Read more

Belfort Launches World’s First Hardware Accelerator for Encrypted Compute and Raises $6M Seed Round

Belfort, a KU Leuven spin-off focused on encrypted computation, has successfully raised $6 million in seed funding to advance its mission of bringing encrypted data processing into real-time, practical applications. The round was led by Vsquared Ventures, with participation from Anagram, Protocol VC, Inovia Capital, Syndicate One, Prototype, Credibly Neutral, and high-profile angel investors such … Read more

Protectt.ai Secures Rs 76 Crore in Series A Funding to Boost Mobile App Cybersecurity

(L to R) Manish Mimani, founder and CEO, Protectt with team member Mohan Selvaraj

Protectt.ai, a leading mobile app cybersecurity and fraud prevention platform, has raised Rs 76 crore ($8.7 million) in a Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The company plans to leverage this capital to enhance its AI-driven security platform, introduce new AI security solutions, and expand its presence globally across the US, Middle … Read more