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Cloud-native data protection firm Trilio Data Inc. today announced the release of a new version of TrilioVault for Kubernetes. The new release offers a comprehensive approach to ransomware protection and recoverability in alignment with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework and …
Infrastructure access platform startup strongDM raises $54M
Infrastructure access platform startup strongDM Inc. announced today that it has raised $54 million in new funding to build on its vision to deliver secure infrastructure access for every environment and enterprise. Tiger Global led the Series B round. Other investors included GV, …
Former NSA employees fined for working at UAE hacking company
Three former U.S. National Security Agency employees have been fined after they were found to have worked in the United Arab Emirates for a company that spied on and hacked political dissidents and others. The three men, Marc Baier, Ryan Adams and …
Australian graphic design tool startup Canva raises $200M on massive $40B valuation
Australian graphic design tool startup Canva Pty. Ltd. today announced $200 million in new funding to accelerate growth, including doubling its workforce in the next year. The round was raised on a valuation of $40 billion, making it one of the highest-valued startups in the world. …
AI-driven API security startup Neosec launches with $20.7M in new funding
Artificial intelligence-driven application programming interface security startup Neosec launched out of stealth mode today with an announcement that it has raised $20.7 million in new funding. The Series A round included True Ventures, New Era Capital Partners, TLV, SixThirty and individuals such as …
Messaging and streaming platform startup StreamNative raises $23M
Messaging and streaming platform startup StreamNative today announced it has raised $23 million in new funding to advance its stream storage and messaging technologies. Prosperity7 led the Series A round. Sequoia Capital also participated. StreamNative was founded in 2019 by the original developers of Apache …
DataSecOps startup Satori Cyber raises $20M for R&D
DataSecOps startup Satori Cyber Ltd. announced today it has raised $20 million in new funding for research and development and go-to-market expansion in the U.S. B Capital Group and Evolution Equity Partners co-led the Series A round. YL Ventures also participated. Founded in …
Palo Alto Networks’s new Prisma SASE offers integrated cloud-delivered service
Network security specialist Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced Prisma SASE, a new product that brings together Prisma Access and Prisma SD-WAN into an integrated cloud-delivered service. The new product combines network security known as secure access service edge or SASE and software-defined …
Intuit acquires email marketing firm Mailchimp for $12B
Intuit Inc. announced today it has agreed to acquire email marketing firm Mailchimp Inc. for $12 billion in a cash and stock deal. Acquisition talks were first reported Aug. 12. It was noted at the time that Mailchimp had received interest from …
Cloud CRM startup Freshworks seeks to raise up to $912M in its IPO
Software-as-a-service customer relations management startup Freshworks Inc. today set its initial public offering range after having previously filed for an IPO in August. Freshworks is seeking to raise as much as $912 million in its public offering on a valuation of about $9 billion. …