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Funding to this sector rebounded in Q1
This email provides an update on cybersecurity funding in Q1, explores the safety of SAFE agreements, highlights new unicorns and massive funding deals, reports on a leading company's layoffs, and showcases recent investments and acquisitions.
Plus, how safe is your SAFE really? April 16, 2024 Hi, Tim . Cybersecurity investors have long touted the resilience of a sector that’s become increasingly essential for businesses and people alike. That seemed to prove true in the first quarter of
April 16, 2024 6:01 AM
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Funding to this sector rebounded in Q1
This email provides an update on cybersecurity funding in Q1, explores the safety of SAFE agreements, highlights new unicorns and massive funding deals, reports on a leading company's layoffs, and showcases recent investments and acquisitions.
Plus, how safe is your SAFE really? April 16, 2024 Hi, Tim . Cybersecurity investors have long touted the resilience of a sector that’s become increasingly essential for businesses and people alike. That seemed to prove true in the first quarter of
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Cybersecurity investors have long touted the resilience of a sector that’s become increasingly essential for businesses and people alike. That seemed to prove true in the first quarter of this year, when <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">venture funding to the cybersecurity sector rebounded nicely</a> from a fourth-quarter lull. Plus, if you’re an early-stage startup founder, you’re probably familiar with the concept of SAFEs. <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">But how “safe” is that agreement, really?</a></p><h2 id="cybersecurity-funding-shows-resilience-in-q1httpsnewscrunchbasecomcybersecurityq1-2024-startup-funding-shows-resilience" style="color:#333; margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold">💪 <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Cybersecurity funding shows resilience in Q1</a></h2><p style="margin:0 0 15px 0">Cybersecurity startups raised nearly $2.7 billion in 154 deals in Q1, <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Crunchbase</a> data shows. That marks a strong rebound from a dismal Q4 and almost reaches year-ago levels again.</p><p style="margin:0 0 15px 0">Related Crunchbase Pro list: <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Cybersecurity Funding</a></p><h2 id="how-safe-are-safe-agreementshttpsnewscrunchbasecomventuresafe-agreement-considerations-adviser-itay-sagie" style="color:#333; margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold">😟 <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">How safe are SAFE agreements?</a></h2><p style="margin:0 0 15px 0">In the world of early-stage fundraising, the allure of the Simple Agreement for Future Equity, or SAFE, often seems like a no-brainer choice for entrepreneurs. But here’s where the plot thickens: The seductive simplicity of SAFE agreements can sometimes lead to complications. Startup adviser <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Itay Sagie</a> walks you through the potential pitfalls to watch out for.</p><h2 id="marchs-new-unicorns-include-crypto-and-uzbekistans-first-entryhttpsnewscrunchbasecomventurecrypto-dominates-unicorn-count-march-2024" style="color:#333; margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold">🦄 <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">March’s new unicorns include crypto and Uzbekistan’s first entry</a></h2><p style="margin:0 0 15px 0">In the crop of 11 new companies to join <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">The Crunchbase Unicorn Board</a> in March 2024, a surprise sector again took the lead: cryptocurrency and Web3.</p><p style="margin:0 0 15px 0">See also: <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">The Crunchbase Unicorn Board</a></p><h2 id="massive-funding-deals-are-still-happeninghttpsnewscrunchbasecomventurebiggest-funding-rounds-cyera-monad-labs" style="color:#333; margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold">🏅 <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Massive funding deals are still happening</a></h2><p style="margin:0 0 15px 0">Startup investment overall remains subdued, but it’s also clear that investors are not afraid to write big checks right now for the right startups. Just last week, eight U.S.-based startups raised new funding rounds of $100 million or more and they hail from sectors ranging from cybersecurity to robotics to biotech.</p><p style="margin:0 0 15px 0">See also: <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">The Crunchbase Megadeals Board</a></p><h2 id="hr-tech-startup-leads-weeks-layoffs-tallyhttpsnewscrunchbasecomstartupstech-layoffs" style="color:#333; margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold">✂️ <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">HR tech startup leads week’s layoffs tally</a></h2><p style="margin:0 0 15px 0">In case you needed more proof that the tech labor market is in a rough spot, here’s one: The company that led our <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Layoffs Tracker</a> last week was <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Checkr</a>, a startup that provides background checks for client HR departments. 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padding:5px 0"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Categories:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px">Insurance • InsurTech • Medical</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:5px 0"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Founders:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Ajit Patel</a>, <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Khet Singh Rajpurohit</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:5px 0 20px"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Investors:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Bharat Innovation Fund</a> (Lead), <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">CAC CAPITAL</a>, <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Chiratae Ventures</a> <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">+ 1 more</a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:80px"><a href="#"><img src="https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_pad,h_60,w_60/wbnddcajfuonlxppwo3m" style="border:1px solid #bbb; height:60px; width:60px"> </a></td><td><p style="font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Paraform</a></p><p style="font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0; padding:5px 0 0"><a href="#" style="color:#333; text-decoration:none">$3.6M</a> / <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Seed Round</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:10px 0 5px">Paraform is a recruiting marketplace that connects businesses with available positions to recruiters capable of filling those roles.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:5px 0"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Categories:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px">Marketplace • Online Portals • Recruiting</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:5px 0"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Founders:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Jeffrey Li</a>, <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">John Kim</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:5px 0 20px"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Investors:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">A* Capital</a> (Lead), <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Evan Moore</a>, <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Primer Sazze Partners</a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:80px"><a href="#"><img src="https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_pad,h_60,w_60/nnjy2oar8yc1fzdvj5xo" style="border:1px solid #bbb; height:60px; width:60px"> </a></td><td><p style="font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">5C Network</a></p><p style="font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0; padding:5px 0 0"><a href="#" style="color:#333; text-decoration:none">255M INR</a> / <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Venture Round</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:10px 0 5px">5C Network is a medical diagnostics platform focusing on hyperlocal healthcare insights and advanced diagnostic tools.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:5px 0"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Categories:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px">Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Health Care • Health Diagnostics • Medical</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:5px 0"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Founders:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Kalyan Sivasailam</a>, <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Syed S Ahmed</a>, <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Vishnu Madhu</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="font-size:13px; padding:5px 0 20px"><p style="color:#333; float:left; font-weight:bold; margin:0; text-align:right; width:75px">Investors:</p><p style="color:#666; margin:0 0 0 85px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Redwood Global Healthcare Fund</a> (Lead)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><h4 style="font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; margin:0; padding:20px 1px 10px">More Fundings</h4><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:13px; width:100%"><thead><tr><th style="color:#666; padding:5px 1px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">Company</th><th style="color:#666; padding:5px 1px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">Amount / Round</th><th style="color:#666; padding:5px 1px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">Lead Investor</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Arrivae</a></td><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px">210M INR / <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Series B</a></td><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Mithun Sacheti</a></td></tr><tr style="background:#f6f6f6"><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Algbra</a></td><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px">Unknown / <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Venture Round</a></td><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">SC Ventures</a></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td colspan="5" style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px; text-align:center"><a href="#" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">All Recent Funding Activity</a></td></tr></tfoot></table></td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" height="30" src="http://c0185784a2b233b0db9b-d0e5e4adc266f8aacd2ff78abb166d77.r51.cf2.rackcdn.com/blank.png" width="520" style="border:0; height:30px; margin:0; padding:0; width:520px"></td></tr><tr><td><h3 style="background:#0288d1; border:1px solid #00559d; color:#ffffff; font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; line-height:21px; margin:0; padding:5px 10px">Recent Acquisitions</h3></td></tr><tr><td style="background:#fff; border:1px solid #cdcdcd; border-top:0; color:#333; font-size:14px; padding:15px 20px 20px"><table><tbody><tr><td style="width:80px"><a href="#"><img src="https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_pad,h_60,w_60/mfis2yegj8aidvetecsg" style="border:1px solid #bbb; height:60px; width:60px"> </a></td><td><p style="font-size:20px; font-weight:bold; margin:0"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Encore Wire Corp</a></p><p style="font-size:15px; margin:0; padding:5px 0 0">Pending acquisition by <a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Prysmian Group</a> for <span style="color:#333; font-weight:bold">$4.6B</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><h4 style="font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; margin:0; padding:20px 1px 10px">More Acquisitions</h4><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:13px; width:100%"><thead><tr><th style="color:#666; padding:5px 1px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">Company</th><th style="color:#666; padding:5px 1px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">Acquired By</th><th style="color:#666; padding:5px 1px; font-weight:normal; text-align:left">Amount</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">Snap One</a></td><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px"><a href="#" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">ADI</a></td><td style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px">$1.4B</td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td colspan="5" style="border:1px solid #bbb; padding:7px; text-align:center"><a href="#" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="color:#0288d1; text-decoration:none">All Recent Acquisition Activity</a></td></tr></tfoot></table></td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" height="30" src="http://c0185784a2b233b0db9b-d0e5e4adc266f8aacd2ff78abb166d77.r51.cf2.rackcdn.com/blank.png" width="520" style="border:0; 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