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SenseOn nabs $20M for faster, more accurate cybersecurity detection and response via its ‘triangulation’ approach
As cybersecurity becomes a bigger and more complex problem for organizations, a startup aiming to increase its accuracy in fighting breaches — by bringing in an ever-wider funnel of data and van
Cybersecurity training platform Immersive Labs closes $75M Series C led by Insight Partners
Immersive Labs, a platform which teaches cybersecurity skills to corporate employees by using real, up-to-date threat intelligence in a “gamified” way, has closed a $75 million Series C funding ro
Security startup Tessian, which uses AI to fight social engineering, trousers $65M
In the latest chunky funding round out of Europe, U.K.-based email security startup Tessian has closed $65 million in Series C funding. The startup applies machine learning to build individual behavio
As Q2’s lull fades, unicorn IPOs are revving up
Let’s discuss IPOs this morning to fully understand where we stand today in the realm of unicorn liquidity.
Equity Monday: Microsoft buys Nuance, Uber isn’t dead and Austin has a new unicorn
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest pri
Road trippers can rejoice as RVshare raises over $100 million to grow its RV rental business
As continentally confined Americans look for domestic vacation options that won’t expose them to too much risk of infection from the pandemic that’s still raging across the country, the RV
Hoxton Ventures’ partners assess Europe’s early-stage landscape
"We’re largely hands off with our companies, but I think almost all the founders we pick tend to do the right thing and have a broader perspective on society."
With three unicorns under its belt, Hoxton Ventures outs ~$100M second fund
Hoxton Ventures, the London-based early-stage VC firm best known for backing British unicorns Babylon Health, Darktrace and Deliveroo, is announcing its second fund, which has closed at a little less
Do VC associates matter, women’s fertility, online auto marketplaces, and Salesforce + Tableau
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The right way to do AI in security
Artificial intelligence applied to information security can engender images of a benevolent Skynet, sagely analyzing more data than imaginable and making decisions at lightspeed, saving organizations
SenseOn raises $6.4M to tackle cybersecurity threats with an AI ‘triangulation’ approach
Darktrace helped pave the way for using artificial intelligence to combat malicious hacking and enterprise security breaches. Now a new U.K. startup founded by an ex-Darktrace executive has raised s
UK cybersecurity firm Darktrace raises $50M, now valued at $1.65B
U.K.-based cyber defense firm Darktrace has raised $50 million in its recent Series E round of funding, putting the company’s valuation at $1.65 billion. The company said Wednesday that the fund
More funding for AI cybersecurity: Darktrace raises $75M at an $825M valuation
With cybercrime projected to reap some $6 trillion in damages by 2021, and businesses likely to invest around $1 trillion over the next five years to try to mitigate that, we’re seeing a rise o
Las Vegas taps AI for cybersecurity help
Hundreds of thousands of people live in the city of Las Vegas. But the city's information security team is made up of just three employees and one intern, so the chief information officer of Las Vegas
Darktrace co-founder discusses the future of cybersecurity
One of the co-founders of the tight-lipped cybersecurity firm Darktrace peeled back some of the secrecy around the company today at TechCrunch Disrupt London, describing how investor Mike Lynch broker
Cybersecurity startup Darktrace intercepts $65M in fresh funding at a valuation of over $400M
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.darktrace.com/">Darktrace</a>, the U.K. cybersecurity startup whose backers include Autonomy founder Mike Lynch’s Invoke Capital, has closed $65 million in fresh
Darktrace, The Cyber Security Startup Backed By Mike Lynch, Raises Further $18M
Cyber security startup <a target="_blank" href="http://www.darktrace.com">Darktrace</a>, which is already backed by Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's Invoke Capital, has picked up $18 million in new fundi