Infrastructure Software & Cybersecurity
Industry Focus
Product Focus
Needham’s infrastructure software and cybersecurity practice covers a breadth of rapidly developing data center, cloud, and edge technologies, including IT operations, Kubernetes and container management and automation; data management, analytics, and AI; monitoring and observability; DevOps, CI/CD pipeline, and developer productivity tooling; quantum computing; identity, access and privacy; and data, network, endpoint and cloud-native cybersecurity.
Recent Transactions
Jun 2026
$1.7B
IPO
Passive Bookrunner
Mar 2026
$503M
M&A/Advisory
Merger with Horizon Quantum Computing
Jan 2026
$550M
M&A/Advisory
Sale to D-Wave Quantum
Dec 2025
Undisclosed
M&A/Advisory
Sale to Arthur Ventures
Dec 2025
Undisclosed
M&A/Advisory
Sale to Checkmarx (Hellman & Friedman)
Dec 2025
$110M
Private Placement/PIPE
Placement Agent