Cybersecurity Vendor Transactions Q2 2025

There was 118 total funding and M&A cybersecurity transactions.

There was 18 total M&A cybersecurity events.

The total funding for cybersecurity for the year to date (YTD) reached $6.4 billion. This YTD total indicates a 13% increase over the same period in 2024, suggesting a positive trend for investors in cybersecurity companies.

Early-stage investment, specifically in Seed and Series-A start-ups, continues to be a leading area within the cybersecurity funding landscape in 2025, representing 56% of all Q2 2025 funding rounds recorded. However, early-stage funding did experience a 6% decline compared with the previous quarter.

Funding round count remained steady, but the average deal size has increased, suggesting larger individual investments are being made.

The cybersecurity sector saw a total of $4.2 billion raised in Q2 2025 secured across 100 distinct funding rounds during the reporting period. This represents a 25% increase in funding when compared to Q2 2024. In Q2 2024, $3.4 billion was raised across a similar number of rounds, specifically 98 funding rounds.

The cybersecurity funding for Q2 2025 is almost double the $2.2 billion that was raised in Q1 2025.

Eight cybersecurity funding rounds each exceeded $100 million in Q2 2025. These large rounds alone accounted for a substantial 55% of all funding in the period.

There was 118 total funding and M&A cybersecurity transactions.