Venture Investing in Security Technology – Q1 2017

The following graphs highlight venture investing trends into the Security Technology sector. The graphics include data through October 2016.

The above graph compares the total venture funding in each Security Technology category to the number of companies in the category. The Threat Detection/Mitigation category is leading in both stats, with just under $6B in funding and around 200 companies.

The above analysis summarizes the average company funding in each Security Technology category. The Email Security category leads the sector with around $100M in average funding per company, followed by the Endpoint/Firewall Security and Computer Forensics categories.

We are currently tracking 813 Security Technology companies in 14 categories across 40 countries, with a total of $15 Billion in funding. Click here to learn more about the full Security Technology landscape report and database.