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ReadySteadyPlug receives $1.51 million ARENA funding to accelerate national rollout of affordable EV chargers in apartments

– ARENA funding to accelerate the national rollout of smart strata-based EV charging infrastructure – ReadySteadyPlug’s smart Level 1 solution avoids costly switchboard or infrastructure upgrades with limited upfront contribution from the Owners Corporation – Funding comes amid surging EV demand driven by global fuel crisis

The Victorian Government will allocate $3.5 million – Technology Driven Safety Security Measures for Family Violence Victims and Survivors

The funding announcement comes as new data reveals an 8% increase in family and domestic violence offenders over the past financial year, reinforcing the scale and persistence of the issue across the state. Against this backdrop, the latest investment focuses on practical, immediate protections designed to reduce risk for those most vulnerable.

Major tech companies invest $12.5 million in open source security

The Linux Foundation announced $12.5 million in grant funding backed by Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Google, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and OpenAI to strengthen open source security. The funding will be directed through the foundation’s Alpha-Omega Project and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). The initiative aims to address long-standing gaps in how open source software is…

Armadin secures $189.9 million to counter AI-driven cyber threats

Armadin has raised $189.9 million in Seed and Series A funding. Led by Accel, with participation from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and follow-on investment from 8VC and Ballistic Ventures, this marks the largest combined Seed and Series A funding round in cybersecurity history. Armadin’s mission is to prepare organizations for the speed…

Reclaim Security secures $26 million to automate cybersecurity remediation

Reclaim Security has raised $26 million in total funding, including a recent $20 million Series A round led by Acrew Capital, with participation from QP Ventures and Ibex Investors. The funding will accelerate the company’s mission to eliminate what many security leaders consider cybersecurity’s most persistent gap: remediation. As attacker breakout times have fallen to…

VulnCheck Raises $25M to Expand Channel Threat Intelligence

VulnCheck has raised $25 million in Series B funding as demand grows for exploit intelligence platforms that help enterprises and government agencies respond to vulnerabilities in real time. The cybersecurity company plans to use the capital to expand its threat intelligence capabilities and scale its global channel partner program. We spoke with Mike Deskewies, head…

Cyber valuations climb as capital concentrates, AI security expands

Venture funding in cybersecurity continued to concentrate in large private rounds at the end of 2025, driving valuations higher across stages. Data from DataTribe shows total capital invested approached $150 billion for the year, with a disproportionate share flowing into fewer than 100 deals. Cybersecurity investment areas (Source: PitchBook) In Q4 alone, fewer than 100…

Backslash Security raises $19 million to address AI coding security risks

Backslash Security announced a $19 million Series A funding round led by KOMPAS VC, with participation from Maniv, Artofin Venture Capital, and existing investors StageOne Ventures and First Rays Capital. The round, which follows Backslash’s $8 million seed funding, tracks the rapid grassroots shift from AI-assisted coding to autonomous AI agents that software development teams…

ZAST.AI Raises $6M Pre-A to Scale “Zero False Positive” AI-Powered Code Security

January 5, 2026, Seattle, USA — ZAST.AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-A funding round. This investment came from the well-known investment firm Hillhouse Capital, bringing ZAST.AI’s total funding close to $10 million. This marks a recognition from leading capital markets of a new solution: ending the era of high false positive rates…