Aqua Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that helps companies protect their cloud services, has raised $60 million in funding, extending its previously announced $135 million Series E round of funding to $195 million. Founded in 2015, Tel Aviv- and Boston-based Aqua Security claims customers such as PayPal, Netflix, and Samsung, who use the Aqua platform for services spanning cloud workload protection (CWPP); cloud security posture management; Kubernetes security posture management; software supply chain security; risk and vulnerability scanning; malware protection; and more. The company has now raised around $325 million since its inception, and with its Series E extension round Aqua ushers in lead investor Evolution Equity Partners, a venture capital firm substantively focused on the cybersecurity industry and which launched a new $400 million fund two years ago. In an arid funding landscape where much beyond low single-digit seed rounds are hard to come by, Aqua's latest...
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