These cybersecurity startups are hiring, huge rounds reappear, and more - February 21, 2023

February 21, 2023 [Funded cybersecurity startups are hiring — check out the list here]( Cybersecurity startups are still getting funding, even in a downturn. In this week’s edition of Who’s Hiring In Tech, we look at open positions at funded startups in cybersecurity and related industries. [Top 10: Dreamscape and SandboxAQ scored huge deals]( Huge rounds were the theme of last week, as we saw six rounds of $100 million or more — including two of a half-billion dollars or more. Interestingly, all the rounds came from different sectors. [Latest tech layoffs tally]( More than 81,000 workers in U.S.-based tech companies have been laid off in mass job cuts so far in 2023, according to a Crunchbase News tally, and the year is just getting started. Last week, [Twilio]( [DocuSign]( and [Wix]( each cut staff. [The Megadeals Leaderboard: Track $100M+ rounds]( Keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2023 with our new curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies. Powered by Crunchbase’s comprehensive data, this leaderboard is updated weekly as companies raise large rounds. [Hey startups, you want to be hip? Lose more money]( “Growth at any cost,” once a common mantra for venture-backed startups, now sounds like a curse. These days, such companies are told to raise margins and pinch pennies to conserve precious runway. Sounds sensible, but has anybody changed the world that way? [Inside candy company Mars’ massive pet tech portfolio]( [Mars Inc.]( maker of some of the best-known candies in the world, is also the world’s largest pet food company and one of the most active investors in pet tech. That puts it in a pretty sweet position: Crunchbase data shows funding to pet tech startups jumped 156% between 2020 and 2021 to $1.7 billion and had its second-best year yet in 2022 — when VC funding to most sectors jumped off a cliff. [Crunchbase ROI Calculator]( [See the number of new accounts Crunchbase can add to your funnel with our advanced prospecting ROI calculator powered by Crunchbase data.]( [Calculate]( Crunchbase Pro: Searches and Lists Name Type Entries [$50M+ investments in artificial intelligence companies in the past year]( Funding Rounds 252 [Electric car companies and fundings in the US]( Identifiers 95 [Companies acquired by Microsoft]( Acquisitions 243 [More Featured Searches and Lists]( [Check out our Crunchbase solutions here]( – prospecting tools made for everyone Recent Investments [Telia Company]( [500M EUR]( / [Post-IPO Debt]( Telia Company is a Swedish telephone company and mobile network operator. Categories: Mobile • Public Relations • Telecommunications • Wireless [SIRCLO]( [$30M]( / [Venture Round]( SIRCLO provides a website building platform designed to create an e-commerce service that can facilitate online sales. Categories: E-Commerce • Information Technology • Web Design • Web Development Founders: [Andreas Thamrin]( [Brian Marshal]( [Leontius Adhika Pradhana]( Investors: [East Ventures]( (Lead), [SMDV]( (Lead) [Zerocater]( [$15M]( / [Series C]( Zerocater builds corporate catering and cafeteria solutions employees love as they transition to the hybrid workplace. Categories: Catering • Food and Beverage • Food Delivery • Information Technology • Software Founders: [Arram Sabeti]( Investors: [Cleveland Avenue]( (Lead), [Romulus Capital]( More Fundings Company Amount / Round Lead Investor [NextKidney]( 12M EUR / [Series B]( [One planetcrowd]( [QiO Technologies]( $10M / [Series B]( [WAVE Equity Partners]( [SendOwl]( $9.0M / [Seed Round]( [The General Partnership]( [Sikoia]( $6.0M / [Seed Round]( [MassMutual Ventures]( [MapsPeople]( 20M DKK / [Post-IPO Debt]( [Vaekstfonden]( [LoanKuber]( $2.0M / [Series A]( [Inflection Point Ventures]( [NeuroFlow]( $500K / [Grant]( [U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs]( [All Recent Funding Activity]( Recent Acquisitions [TravelCenters of America]( Pending acquisition by [BP]( for $1.3B More Acquisitions Company Acquired By Amount [Blume Global]( [WiseTech Global]( $414M [All Recent Acquisition Activity]( #{Rails.configuration.daily.cb_url} Discover innovative companies and the people behind them. [Follow Us on Crunchbase]( [View Jobs on LinkedIn]( [Follow Us on Twitter]( [Like Us on Facebook]( 564 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94104 © 2023 Crunchbase Inc. All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( [Unsubscribe]( from Crunchbase Daily.