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Unified access orchestration startup Pathlock today announced that it has raised $200 million in new funding and has merged with data security solutions company Appsian and compliance management company Security Weaver. It also announced that it has acquired Belgium-based governance, risk and compliance …
Cybersecurity VC firm Ballistic Ventures announces new fund, first investments
New cybersecurity venture capital firm Ballistic Ventures Alpha LLC today announced its debut fund, expected to close at $300 million, as well as investments in several companies. Ballistic Ventures was established late last year by cybersecurity professionals and is dedicated to investing …
Oxeye application testing platform scans for custom code and open source vulnerabilities
Application security testing startup Oxeye Ltd. today announced the general availability of its Cloud Native Application Security Testing platform. Debuted at KubeCon 2022, the platform identifies custom code and open-source vulnerabilities and software secrets to reveal the critical, exploitable security issues as an integral …
New Microsoft Viva module delivers business goal-setting and management
Microsoft Corp. has incorporated technology from its acquisition of goal-planning and execution management software startup Ally Technologies Inc. late last year into a new product called Microsoft Viva Goals. A module released today under the Microsoft Viva employee experience platform, Viva Goals …
$3B in cryptocurrency disbursed in failed attempt to prop up UST stablecoin
Luna Foundation Guard, the body tasked with managing the reserves used to support the TerraUSD or UST stablecoin, has admitted that it disbursed nearly all of its reserves in an attempt to prop up the now failed stablecoin. On Twitter today, LFG said …
Affirm shares surge on huge earnings beat
Investors in Affirm Holdings Inc. had a good day today after the payments company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that smashed estimates, sending its share price surging after the bell. For the quarter ended March 31, Affirm reported a net loss of $54.7 …
CyberArk shares rise despite mixed earnings results
Shares in CyberArk Software Ltd. rose in regular trading despite the information security company reporting mixed results for its fiscal first quarter early today. For the quarter ended March 31, CyberArk reported a loss before costs such as stock compensation of $11.9 million, or …
Application security testing startup StackHawk raises $20.7M
Application security testing startup StackHawk Inc. said today it has raised $20.7 million in new funding for product development and building on what it says is its rapid growth. Sapphire Ventures and Costanoa Ventures led the Series B round, with Foundry Group and high-value …
Governance and administration startup BalkanID launches with $5.75M in funding
Governance and administration solution startup BalkanID Inc. launched out of stealth mode today with $5.75 million in funding to accelerate product and customer development. The seed round included Uncommon Capital, Afore Capital, Sure Ventures and a number of prominent technology executives. The company was founded by Subbu …
Email security startup Material Security raises $100M on unicorn valuation of $1.1B
Email security startup Material Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $100 million in new funding to extend the product into new areas and expand internationally. Founders Fund led the Series C round, with Andreessen Horowitz, Elad Gil and other high-profile individual tech investors …