Cybersecurity — Acquisition Targets

A deal-sourcing desk doesn't want a list of who raised money — that's a database query. It wants to know who's ripe: mature private companies whose backers need liquidity, in a sector where the exits are real. The graph scores that, from the funding history up — and maps the exit market around it.

01 — The acquisition-readiness screen

Same sector, opposite situations

Nine growth-stage private cyber companies, one deterministic signal: time since last raise. A well-funded company that hasn't repriced in ~3 years is a company whose investors are looking for an exit — the textbook PE entry. One that raised last month is not for sale at any sane price. The graph sorts them instantly:

Cyera ($2.2B raised, last round 2 months ago) is a database "top result" — and exactly the wrong target: it's on an IPO track, not for sale. The graph demotes it and surfaces the quiet $110–190M names that have gone three years without a repricing. That inversion is the entire job.

02 — The shortlist

Three ripe, under-the-radar targets

03 — The exit market · is the door open?

Cyber exits are wide open — and pricey

A target is only ripe if there's a buyer. The graph's M&A edges show the cyber exit market is hot — from strategic mega-deals to PE take-privates:

Palo Alto paying $25B for CyberArk sets the ceiling; PE take-privates and tuck-ins fill the mid-market. Strategic and financial buyers are both active — so the shortlist above has a live bid behind it, not a theoretical one.