User Interviews, a platform for product feedback, raises $5 million

It’s not uncommon to hear CEOs and business leaders talk about focusing on the consumer. But the only way to build for the consumer is to hear what they want, which can be a resource-intensive thing to retrieve. User Interviews, an ERA-backed company out of New York, is looking to lighten that load with a […] Continue reading User Interviews, a platform for product feedback, raises $5 million

Sqrrl adds $12.3 million to coffers in Series C funding round

Buoyed by the growth surrounding cyberthreat hunting, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Sqrrl announced a $12.3 million Series C round of investment on Wednesday. The funding was led by Boston-based Spring Lake Equity Partners, with existing investors Matrix Partners, Rally Ventures and Accomplice also participating in the round. The new round comes as popularity in threat hunting platforms continues to grow. Various analyst groups have emphasized the platforms as a good way for security operations centers to proactively detect threats. According a SANS Institute paper released earlier this year, 88 percent of respondents found threat hunting to considerably reduce the amount of time malicious actors patrolled enterprise networks. “We are giving the tools to the analyst to rapidly understand what is happening in their environment and ask questions based on what they see in front of them,” Sqrrl CEO Mark Terenzoni told CyberScoop. Sqrrl (pronounced “squirrel”) was created in 2012, born out of an NSA database project […]

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Teachable books $4 million to turn everybody into educators online

A user sets up an online course via Teachable.com Education tech startup Teachable (formerly known as Fedora) has raised $4 million in a Series A round of funding according to CEO and founder Ankur Nagpal. The company provides a platform that’s like a Shopify or a SquareSpace for tutors or teachers. Its platform allows subject matter experts to quickly construct online courses and sell or give them away to their followers, setting their… Read More Continue reading Teachable books $4 million to turn everybody into educators online