The Series A funding round was led by Google Ventures (GV), with participation from existing investors Boldstart Ventures and Preface. The company plans to use some of the funding to expand its engineering team in Cork.

Akamai noted that the gaming industry experienced a major boost amid Covid-related lockdowns and social distancing. This growth hasn’t slowed down, but the rising value has attracted the attention of cybercriminals.

The latest funding comes in the form of $65m in debt financing from US investment firm Keybanc Capital Markets, the Irish Times reports. Sysnet also announced the acquisition of NuArx.

Just a month after announcing the acquisition of Kubernetes security start-up Octarine, VMware has now announced that it is also acquiring Californian cybersecurity firm Lastline.

The funding round was led by network security firm Sonicwall, Spring Ventures, and existing ventures.