Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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Application security management platform provider Tromzo launches with $3.1M in funding

Application security management platform provider Tromzo Inc. today launched out of stealth mode to announce that it has raised $3.1 million in new funding to further its mission to eliminate friction between developers and security. Innovation Endeavors led the seed round. Also participating in the round were more than 25 leading chief information security officers, including ...

Zeno cloud platform aims to help energy companies thrive in the ‘Production Era’

Zeno Technologies Inc. today unveiled a new cloud-based platform designed to assist energy companies, investors and partners to adapt and thrive in the face of new market realities in what it calls the “Production Era.” Zeno’s new Energy Operating System provides clarity to understand and improve business performance and provides insight to assess and pursue new ...

Bitcoin hits new record high amid increasing inflation, successful ETF debut

The price of bitcoin hit a new record high today amid increasing inflation in the U.S. and the successful debut of the bitcoin-linked ProShares Exchange Traded Fund the day before. Bitcoin peaked at $66,974.44 just before 11 a.m. EDT, up from around $64,000 the day before. Bitcoin’s previous record high came in April when it ...

PayPal reportedly in talks to acquire Pinterest in $45B deal

PayPal Holdings Inc. is in talks to acquire visual bookmarking provider Pinterest Inc., according to multiple reports published today. CNBC, referencing a person familiar with the matter, claims the two companies are currently in late-stage talks. Bloomberg, which first reported the news, described PayPal as exploring a deal and that it had only recently approached Pinterest. ...

AI document processing startup Rossum raises $100M

Artificial intelligence document processing startup Rossum today announced that it has raised $100 million in new funding to establish new hubs in the U.S., Europe and Asia. General Catalyst led the Series A round. Also participating in the round were LocalGlobe, Seedcamp, Miton and Elad Gil. Founded in 2017, Rossum offers an AI-powered universal document gateway designed to ...

Facebook Novi pilot program launches without support for Diem cryptocurrency

Facebook Inc.’s long-awaited Novi digital wallet has launched into testing but with a major feature missing: support for Facebook’s Diem cryptocurrency. The pilot program is being run in the U.S. and Guatemala, except for those living in Alaska, Nevada, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For now the program offers support only for USDP, ...

Startup investment platform Republic raises $150M

Republic, an investment platform for startups, announced today that it has raised $150 million in new funding to expand its geographic reach and develop new investment products. Valor Equity Partners led the Series B round. Also participating in the round were Galaxy Interactive, Motley Fool Ventures, HOF Capital, Tribe Capital, CoinFund, Pillar VC, Brevan Howard, ...

Israeli cybersecurity startup Valence launches out of stealth with $7M in funding

Israeli cybersecurity startup Valence Security has launched out of stealth mode with an announcement today that it has raised $7 million in funding. YL Ventures led the seed round. Also participating in the round were a number of security executives and serial entrepreneurs. Founded by cybersecurity veterans Yoni Shohet and Shlomi Matichin, Valence is pitching itself ...

Threat detection marketplace SOC Prime raises $11M to accelerate adoption

Threat detection marketplace startup SOC Prime Inc. today announced it has raised $11 million in new funding to scale up and accelerate the adoption of its marketplace. DNX Ventures led the Series A round. Also participating were Streamlined Ventures and Rembrandt Venture Partners. Including the new funding, SOC Prime has raised $14.9 million to date. Founded in 2015, SOC ...

Splunk’s new innovations embrace digital transformation through security visibility

Data analytics firm Splunk Inc. today announced a series of new product innovations to help organizations embrace digital transformation through the security visibility needed to accelerate time to detection, investigation and response. The innovations, led by new enhancements to Splunk Security Cloud, Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR, are said to provide organizations with a comprehensive Security Operations ...