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AI Cybersecurity Darktrace Valued at $825M After $75M Round
Security & Fraud // July 12, 2017

New cyber threats have shoved legacy antivirus systems into obsolescence. Polymorphic malware changes its profile as it attacks, sliding around pattern recognition-based defenses. Cyber defense firms are therefore developing new methods based on artificial intelligence. Darktrace, one such firm that is using machine learning to...

Nestle Leads $77 Million Funding Round For Meal Kit Startup Freshly
ResTech // June 21, 2017

In funding news this week, Freshly, the meal delivery startup — co-founded by Michael Wystrach and Carter Comstock — has raised $77 million in a Series C funding round that will help support the startup’s expansion beyond the 28 states it currently serves. Freshly’s dinners cost just $8.99 and can...

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Tink Raises $64M To Bankroll Its European Expansion

February 07, 2019
Tink, the Swedish FinTech that wants to create a European-wide open banking platform, announced Thursday (Feb. 7) that it raised 56 million euros — or $64 million — in a deal led by Insight Venture Partners. In a blog post, Daniel Kjellén and Fredrik Hedberg, co-founders of Tink, said the funding was its largest capital […]

AI Cybersecurity Darktrace Valued at $825M After $75M Round

July 12, 2017
New cyber threats have shoved legacy antivirus systems into obsolescence. Polymorphic malware changes its profile as it attacks, sliding around pattern recognition-based defenses. Cyber defense firms are therefore developing new...

Nestle Leads $77 Million Funding Round For Meal Kit Startup Freshly

June 21, 2017
In funding news this week, Freshly, the meal delivery startup — co-founded by Michael Wystrach and Carter Comstock — has raised $77 million in a Series C funding round that will help support...