The biggest security startup deals of 2018 (so far)
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Despite high demand for more and better cybersecurity products, investment in U.S. venture-capital backed security companies is falling. What little investment there is has tended to favor companies applying machine learning techniques to security problems. After a peak of 60 deals worth a total of $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2017, VC investment in U.S. cybersecurity companies dropped back to a level last seen in late 2016, with 51 deals worth a total of $528 million in the first quarter of 2018, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers and CB Insights. Here are the five largest dealmakers that will be bringing you the next wave of security technology.
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