Blackstone leads investment in data-security firm Cyera at $9 billion valuation, WSJ reports

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Blackstone is leading a $400 million investment in Cyera that values the ​Israeli data-security startup at $9 billion, the Wall ‌Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the ‌matter. Cyera, founded in 2021 and backed by venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Accel, has an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform. Existing investors plan to participate in ⁠the new investment ‌round, the report said. Alternative asset manager Blackstone and Cyera did not ...