A few months ago, Rokenbok Education, a Solana Beach, Calif., maker of educational toys, was facing perhaps the quintessential nightmare of the 21st century. Cyber criminals had encrypted the company’s computer files, rendering them useless. The hackers were deploying ransomware. If Rokenbok wanted the data unlocked,...
By: Lizette Chapman | June 28, 2016 The U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union is still shooting shock waves across global financial markets, but one investor group remains unruffled: venture capitalists. This is partly because of the numbers and partly because of the nature of venture investing. European businesses...
While last week was a fairly impressive week for B2B venture capital, investors swooped in on their dark horses to give an extra bump to B2B financial services startups. The first came Thursday (June 23) when reports emerged that Apruve secured $2.25 million in venture capital funding led by TTV Capital...
The funding will help the technology platform grow the future of B2B ecommerce fintech MINNEAPOLIS, June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- B2B financial technology platform Apruve, Inc., announced today it has raised $2.25 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by TTV Capital, with participation from Allegis...
Funding to accelerate the distribution of vArmour’s simple, scalable and economical data center and cloud security solution MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - May 24, 2016 — vArmour, the leading data center and cloud security company providing application-aware micro-segmentation with advanced security analytics, announced today that the...
Meet the 2016 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies Tuesday, 7 Jun 2016 | 6:06 AM ET #20 : Synack - Getting there before the hackers do In the fourth annual Disruptor 50 list, CNBC features private companies in 15 industries — from aerospace to financial services to cybersecurity to retail...
The New York Times | By NICOLE PERLROTH | June 11, 2016 BELLEVILLE, Wis. — Drive past the dairy farms, cornfields and horse pastures here and you will eventually arrive at Cate Machine & Welding, a small-town business run by Gene and Lori...
By: Dean Takahashi | VentureBeat | June 1, 2016 IMVU, the social network with 3D animated avatars, said that it has provided the technology behind a new version of the popular Kimoji paid app created by Kim Kardashian West. Redwood City, Calif.-based IMVU operates a social network where users can...
Great news! Signifyd has been recognized as a winner of the 2016 Bay Area Best Places To Work, an awards program presented by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Aside from our beloved coffee machine that serves 28 different kinds of drinks,...
By: Marisa Kendall | mkendall@mercurynews.com [vc_empty_space height="20"] Once it seemed there was nowhere to go but up. [vc_empty_space height="20"] Today, with fears of bloated valuations, a rocky stock market and the worst IPO climate since the financial crisis of 2008, startups are coming down from the clouds. And to...