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Cybersecurity concerns are delaying adoption of cloud-based services
Widespread adoption of software-as-a-service products is being held back by concerns over cybersecurity, according to a new report from iboss Inc. The “Head in the Clouds: Misconceptions Hindering Enterprise Cloud Adoption” report, based on a survey of information technology decision makers and office employees in U.S. enterprises, found that 94 percent of decision makers had concerns ...
Connected vehicle security startup Karamba Security raises $10M
Connected vehicle security startup Karamba Security Ltd. today said it has raised $10 million in additional capital via Silicon Valley-based venture debt firm Western Technology Investment. The money will be used to fund the acquisition of companies and technology assets to accelerate Karamba’s Autonomous Security portfolio. Last May, the company raised $12 million in a venture capital round. ...
Container threat detection startup StackRox raises $25M
Container threat detection startup StackRox Inc. today said it has raised $25 million in new funding. The Series B round was led by Redpoint Ventures and included Sequoia Capital and Amplify Partners. Founded in 2014, StackRox offers a cloud-based platform that offers continuous advanced threat detection for container technologies included Docker and Kubernetes. The company’s platform, designed to assist enterprise users ...
PitchBook report finds venture capital could set a record this year
Venture capital investments into startups are set to experience a record-breaking year, according to the latest quarterly report from the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. The report, which monitors venture capital activity, found that $8 billion was raised in the first quarter of this year, a slight decline from previous quarters. Although that’s obviously not record activity, ...
As bitcoin’s bear run continues, Winklevoss twins launch new cryptotrading option
Bitcoin bears have dominated the market this year, but not everyone is ready to write off the cryptocurrency quite yet. Gemini Trust Company LLC, the cryptoexchange owned by the Winklevoss twins, today announced a new product that aims to reduce the impact of large volume bitcoin trades on the overall market. Called Gemini Block Trading, the new service allows ...
Leap Motion debuts open-source augmented reality headset project
Mixed-reality sensor and peripherals maker Leap Motion Inc. has launched a new augmented reality platform called Project North Star that aims to deliver $100 AR headsets with hand tracking. Leap Motion, best known for its hand tracking hardware development, sees Project North Star as an open AR platform, releasing hardware specifications and software under an open-source license to ...
Uber-Grab deal faces regulatory pushback on competition grounds
Uber Technologies Inc.’s deal to sell its Southeast Asian operations to Grab Taxi Pte. Ltd. is facing regulatory pushback in the region as a number of countries have expressed concern about the deal lessening competition in local markets. Leading the pack is the Philippines, where the country’s antitrust agency on Saturday ordered Uber to continue ...
Iran targeted in cyberattack that left US flag on infected computers
A cyberattack that targeted a number of countries, in particular Iran, has presented users with an American flag and a message in English reading, “Don’t mess with our elections.” The attack, which at least according to the Iranian government took place Friday night, is said to have infiltrated 200,000 routers worldwide, including 3,500 in the ...
Blockchain analysis startup Chainalysis raises $16M
Blockchain analysis startup Chainalysis Inc. today said it has raised $16 million in new funding in a Series A round led by Benchmark Capital. Founded in 2014, Chainalysis offers a blockchain intelligence platform that aims to help customers prevent, detect and investigate cryptocurrency money laundering, fraud and compliance violations. Using the company’s platform, customers can visualize and investigate ...
Report: Business intelligence unicorn Domo is planning to go public
Business intelligence startup Domo Inc. is planning to go public according to a report published Thursday. Recode, quoting sources, said Domo held an “organizational meeting” last week, which “generally serves as the formal kickoff in advance of an IPO filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.” The report also claimed that the company is pursuing a confidential filing with ...









