Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #81

Carbon Black files for IPO (worth $100M?), Bomgar acquired by Francisco Partners for undisclosed, SecDo acquired by Palo Alto Networks for undisclosed, SpyCloud raised $5M Series A, and more on this episode on Business Security Weekly! Carbon Black fil… Continue reading Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #81

Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #79

Tenable hires Morgan Stanley, Sift Science raised $53M Series D, and Virsec raised $24M Series B. This segment is about the companies making news with founding rounds, exits, and other impacts you need to know about in the industry. Tracking Security I… Continue reading Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #79

Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #78

Palo Alto Networks acquired Evident.IO for $300M, Experian acquires ClearScore for $384M, CyberArk acquires Vaultive for undisclosed, Netsparker raised $40M, and more on this episode on Business Security Weekly! Full Show NotesVisit http://securityweek… Continue reading Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #78

Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #74

This week, IdentityMind Global raised $10M Series C, DataVisor raised $40M Series C, Infocyte raised $5.2 series B, and more business security news! Full Show NotesVisit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw for all the latest episodes!
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Instana raises $20 million for its microservice monitoring and management service

 Instana, a company that helps enterprises monitor and manage their microservice deployments with the help of automation and artificial intelligence, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series B round led by Accel, with participation … Continue reading Instana raises $20 million for its microservice monitoring and management service

Heptio raises $25M Series B to help bring cloud-native computing to the enterprise

 Heptio, the startup founded by Kubernetes co-founders Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda, today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series B funding round led by Madrona Venture partners. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel Partners also joined in this round, which comes less than a year after the company’s $8.5 million Series A round. Read More Continue reading Heptio raises $25M Series B to help bring cloud-native computing to the enterprise

Heptio raises $25M Series B to help bring cloud-native computing to the enterprise

 Heptio, the startup founded by Kubernetes co-founders Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda, today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series B funding round led by Madrona Venture partners. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel Partners also joined in this round, which comes less than a year after the company’s $8.5 million Series A round. Read More Continue reading Heptio raises $25M Series B to help bring cloud-native computing to the enterprise

To detect prying eyes in the sky, Dedrone raises $15 million

Dedrone detects unmanned aerial vehicles in airspace around various venues and businesses. For better or worse, drones are about to become a lot more prevalent in US airspace. The FAA expects sales of drones to spike domestically from 2.5 million last year to 7 million by 2020. Now, a startup that detects drones and helps prevent unwanted aerial intrusions, Dedrone, has closed a $15 million Series B round of venture funding.
Investors in San Francisco-based Dedrone included Cisco… Read More Continue reading To detect prying eyes in the sky, Dedrone raises $15 million

EquipmentShare, the Airbnb of construction, raises $26 million

EquipmentShare facilitates peer to peer rentals of heavy equipment. It hasn’t even been a year since EquipmentShare raised a Series A round of funding, but the “Airbnb of construction rentals,” has closed a $26 million Series B round. The Columbia, Missouri-based startup helps contractors rent out their under-utilized equipment, or rent safety tested equipment that they need from a fellow contractor. Last year, EquipmentShare also launched… Read More Continue reading EquipmentShare, the Airbnb of construction, raises $26 million

Cogito closes $15M Series B to improve customer support with science

People working at conference table in office Cogito, a real-time feedback platform for customer service agents, added $15 million to its coffers today in the form of a Series B. This brings the company’s total fundraising to $22.5 million.
The MIT Media Lab spin off is applying the principles of behavioral science to call centers around the world to improve customer experiences. Cogito compares the characteristics of a current… Read More Continue reading Cogito closes $15M Series B to improve customer support with science