Bleak news for cybersecurity investing, top investor shifts in Q3, and cleantech winners, and more - October 11, 2022

October 11, 2022 [Cybersecurity funding continues slide in Q3]( For the fourth straight quarter, funding to VC-backed cybersecurity startups decreased—as even one of the most resilient industries showed it is not immune to the venture capital pullback. The recently ended third quarter saw only $2.6 billion go to startups in cyber, the lowest total since the same quarter in 2020, according to Crunchbase data. [Active investor ranks shift in Q3 as Tiger, SoftBank scale back]( The past few months have brought significant shifts in the ranks of the most active global investors. SoftBank Vision Fund and Tiger Global—the two firms that used to regularly top our most active and spendiest venture investor rankings—cut back sharply in the third quarter. Check out who led in Q3. [The top rounds: LanzaTech lands big; Form Energy scores for batteries]( Cleantech has been red hot this year, and this week a startup in the sector took the top spot. In fact, the top two spots went to companies focused on sustainability, as for a change it seemed investors were willing to open their pocketbooks. [The week in layoffs: Spotify, Peloton, others sadly join the list]( After a banner year for tech, layoffs have been prevalent throughout 2022. We update our weekly tracker of which companies have cut staff. [North American startup funding shrank over 50% in Q3]( North American startup investment for the third quarter plummeted by more than half, driven by an even steeper drop in late-stage financing. The investor pullback that began earlier this year has intensified as tech valuations contract and the IPO window remains largely shuttered. [Global VC pullback is dramatic in Q3 2022]( The big global venture capital pullback we were all expecting is truly here. Venture and growth investors in private companies scaled back their investment pace significantly as the slump in the public markets stretched into the third quarter. [Gaingels and a16z lead September investments]( Every month there seems to be even starker contrasts between the venture capital worlds of last year and this one. We take a look at the top investors for September. [Google eyes South Africa as country’s tech sector grows]( Google is joining other cloud giants in South Africa with a service that plans to stretch across the continent. South Africa is not only home to some of the largest cloud solutions in Africa, it is also home to a growing startup sector that will require strong cloud infrastructure to drive growth. [11 leaders share surprising networking moves]( Networking effectively can have drastic, positive impacts on your sales efforts. These 11 women have seen results such as increasing revenue by 30%, tripling their client bases, and driving their businesses based solely on referrals—all from working smarter, not harder, when it comes to networking. If you’re in the market for some fresh networking ideas that can double as revenue-building strategies, these methods may be just what you’re looking for. [Enhance Your Sales Team’s Prospecting]( [Crunchbase Enterprise is an all-in-one prospecting solution. Download this product overview sheet to learn how to close more deals without the headache.]( [Download Now]( Crunchbase Pro: Searches and Lists Name Type Entries [Music and audio companies with $30M+ funding]( Companies 181 [Alibaba and Tencent portfolio companies]( Companies 610 [Robotics companies funded in the last year]( Funding Rounds 599 [More Featured Searches and Lists]( [Check out our Crunchbase solutions here]( – prospecting tools made for everyone Recent Investments [Rakuten Securities]( [80B JPY]( / [Secondary Market]( Rakuten Securities is an Internet securities company focusing on online transactions. Categories: Asset Management • Finance • Internet Investors: [Mizuho Financial Group]( (Lead) [Altana AI]( [$100M]( / [Series B]( Altana is an AI partnership that uses global economic data to make trade safer, more efficient, and more profitable. Categories: Artificial Intelligence • Data Integration • Logistics • Machine Learning • Software Founders: [Evan Smith]( [Peter Swartz]( [Raphael Tehranian]( Investors: [Activate Capital Partners]( (Lead), [Amadeus Capital Partners]( [Floating Point Group]( [+ 6 more]( [eFishery]( [500B IDR]( / [Debt Financing]( eFishery is an agtech company that offers an integrated feeding solution for fish and shrimp farming. Categories: Agriculture • AgTech • Aquaculture • Farming • Nutrition Founders: [Chrisna Aditya]( [Gibran El Farizy]( [Muhammad Ihsan Akhirulsyah]( Investors: [PT Bank DBS Indonesia]( (Lead) More Fundings Company Amount / Round Lead Investor [Seeing Machines]( $30M / [Post-IPO Debt]( - [Compute North]( $21M / [Debt Financing]( [Marathon Digital]( [RateGain]( 1.7B INR / [Post-IPO Secondary]( - [Go North]( 150M SEK / [Seed Round]( [eEquity]( [CrowdSec]( 14M EUR / [Series A]( [Supernova Invest]( [Compute North]( $10M / [Venture Round]( [Marathon Digital]( [SushiSwap]( $5.3M / [Seed Round]( [GoldenTree Asset Management]( [Marathon Education]( Unknown / [Seed Round]( [Vulcan Capital]( [All Recent Funding Activity]( Recent Acquisitions [WEETECH]( Pending acquisition by [Halma]( for 58M EUR More Acquisitions Company Acquired By Amount [Simpliance Technologies]( [Aparajitha]( 1.2B INR [All Recent Acquisition Activity]( Upcoming Tech Events [FUSE Vol. 3 - Growth Industry Conference]( November 8 - December 8, 2022 in Tokyo FUSE Vol.3 is an international conference with a pitch stage intended to enhance collaboration between all players in the startup ecosystem. 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