Newly founded cybersecurity startups raise over $31 million in 2020

According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, there are 78 new cybersecurity companies founded in 2020 that cumulatively have raised over $31.6 million in funding year-to-date.

The report shows that:

• In 2020, the cybersecurity market has welcomed 78 startups that cumulatively have raised over $31.6 million in funding year-to-date.
• Three companies alone collected nearly 96% ($30.3 million) of the total amount of investments.
• The startup that scored the most significant investment is Beyond, which secured a total of $21 million in February of 2020.
• A cybersecurity startup with the second biggest investment is Sevco Security, which raised over $6.7 million in May of 2020.
• Also, in the top three list is Soc.OS, which received more than $2.5 million in investments in July this year.
• The majority —  35% — of this year’s cybersecurity companies are from the US.
• While the amount of cyber incidents is increasing and cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated, the number of new cybersecurity startups is declining each year.

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The full report covers additional statistics on the number of cybersecurity startups launched and funding raised from 2015 to 2020.