Google recently invested $32 billion in Wiz, a Cloud Security Platform. This acquisition underscores the immense value of securing the cloud layer of the tech stack.
Industry consolidation continues accelerating. For founders and investors, opportunities extend beyond addressing the cybersecurity talent gap, expected by Cybersecurity Ventures to reach 3.5 million unfilled positions in 2025. The most promising companies will reimagine security operations for environments where human expertise and AI complement each other.
The most compelling investment opportunities won’t be simply applying AI to existing security workflows but developing entirely new approaches to persistent security challenges, like Wiz, which developed full-stack visibility across multicloud environments.
That’s where Mala Ramakrishnan, Founder and Managing Partner at Progressive Ventures, says he’ll be looking for the next unicorn, and that’s where he believes we can expect the outsized returns to be found.