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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AI-powered customer relationship startup Introhive raises $100M round

Artificial intelligence-powered customer relationship management startup Introhive Services Inc. announced today it has raised $100 million in new funding to do strategic acquisitions and expand its global footprint. PSG led the Series C round. Other investors included Bank of America Securities, the Business Development Bank of Canada, Aegis Group Partners, Evergreen Coast Capital and Mavan Capital Partners. ...

Home management platform provider Thumbtack raises $275M on $3.2B valuation

Home management platform provider Thumbtack Inc. today revealed it has raised $275 million in a new late-stage round of funding. Qatar Investment Authority led the Series G round. Other investors included Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, G Squared, Baillie Gifford, CapitalG (Alphabet), Founders Circle Capital, Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management. The round was raised at a ...

Social planning app startup IRL raises $170M on unicorn valuation of $1.17B

Social planning application startup IRL announced today it has raised $170 million in new funding to expand its user base internationally. The Series C round in IRL, which stands for “in real life,” was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Other investors included Dragonneer, Goodwater Capital, Founders Fund and Floodgate. The funding was raised on a ...

UK investigation will probe Apple’s and Google’s dominance in mobile ecosystems

The United Kingdom’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Apple Inc.’s and Google Inc.’s dominance in mobile ecosystems and whether that market power harms users and other businesses. The Competition and Markets Authority will be digging into what it describes as the firms’ “effective duopoly” in operating systems, app stores and web browsers. In ...

Leak shows screenshots of Windows 11 ahead of launch event

Ahead of Microsoft Corp.’s launch event June 24 for the next generation of Windows, screenshots of a pre-release build of Windows 11 have found their way to the internet. The news today that there will be a new version of Windows, the first in a decade, has come quickly. Windows 10, released in 2015, was said ...

Enterprise edge security platform startup Elisity raises $26M

Enterprise edge security platform startup Elisity Inc. today announced that it has raised $26 million in new funding to meet the demand for its cloud-delivered cybersecurity platform. The Series A round was co-led by Two Bear Capital and AllegisCyber Capital, with previous investor Atlantic Bridge also participating. Founded in 2018, Elisity offers unified policy and identity-based access solutions powered by ...

Web app and API protection startup ThreatX raises $10M to expand US operations

Web application and application programming interface protection startup ThreatX Inc. revealed today that it has raised $10 million in new funding to accelerate business growth and expand U.S. operations. The venture firm .406 Ventures led the Series B round. Other investors included Access Venture Partners and Grotech Ventures. Founded in 2014, ThreatX’s web application and API ...

Microsoft Teams vulnerability could have resulted in account compromise

Microsoft Corp. recently patched a severe vulnerability in Microsoft Teams that could have allowed an attacker to gain access to a user’s account. Discovered and publicized today byz researcher Evan Grant at Tenable Inc., the vulnerability related to a feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to launch applications as a tab within any team they ...

Israeli predictive AI fraud protection startup nSure.ai raises $6.8M

Israeli predictive artificial intelligence fraud protection startup nSure.ai Ltd. announced today it has raised $6.8 million in new funding to develop its AI and machine learning algorithms further. The seed round included DisruptiveAI, Phoenix Insurance, Kamet – an AXA-backed venture builder — Moneta Seeds and private investors. Founded in 2019, nSure.ai applies advanced AI technology to provide ...

Bitcoin rises on positive news and yet another Elon Musk tweet

The price of bitcoin is once again heading up on positive news and yet another Elon Musk tweet after the cryptocurrency hit six-month lows last week. Last week, bitcoin hit a low of just above $31,000, its lowest level since January, but in the last 24 hours it broke through $40,000, a noted resistance level ...