Astelia secures $35 million in combined seed and Series A funding.

**Executive summary:** This cybersecurity industry roundup reports $46M raised across four funding deals (notably Astelia $35M, Copla €6M, Solidrange $2.4M, and Hardshell $1.1M), five M&A transactions including Arctic Wolf’s acquisition of Sevco Security and Booz Allen’s agreement to acquire Defy Security, and multiple executive appointments and leadership moves at firms such as Mend.io, Halcyon, KnowBe4, Axonius, Tidal Cyber, and Noma Security.