By: Anna Irrera | Financial News | Posted: 29 March 2016 In the past few years, Goldman Sachs has been very active in making investments in young technology companies. Banks make many of these investments to learn about important areas of technology, including cloud computing. In October Goldman Sachs joined...
By: Robert R. Ackerman Jr. | Founder & Managing Director, Allegis Capital The Cybersecurity Act of 2015 is approaching its three-month birthday, but you can be excused if you’re oblivious to that. After all, many people probably don’t know it even exists. Very quietly, the law—the...
Cybersecurity, in recent years among the strongest segments of the tech sector, now is feeling the effects of the downturn. [vc_empty_space height="20"] Over the last two years, investors have poured capital into private security companies. Twelve security companies have raised more than $100 million each from venture...
By: Marisa Kendall | San Jose Mercury News | Posted: 28 Feb 2016 [vc_empty_space height="20"] [caption id="attachment_1696" align="aligncenter" width="417"] San Jose software company Apigee began trading on the Nasdaq on April 24, 2015. The company raised $87 million in its initial public offering, the second IPO of...
Currently, more than 3000 e-commerce companies rely on Signifyd’s intelligent machine-learning platform to eliminate fraud-related chargebacks from their businesses San Jose, Calif. – February 25, 2016 – Signifyd today announced it has closed $20 million in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures, with additional participation from Allegis Capital, IA Ventures, QED Investors, Bill McKiernan and Tim Eades. Pravin...
Cyber security startups face funding drought By Heather Somerville & Jim Finkle, Reuters February 23, 2016 [vc_empty_space height="20"] The U.S. cyber security industry, once one of the hottest targets for venture capitalists, is now grappling with a funding slump that has forced some startups to sell themselves or cut...
User Conference EDGE2015 - Matt Peterson talks about the exciting things happening at eFileCabinet. He announces some great features and talks about how important feedback is from every user. [vc_empty_space height="20"] Click here to watch the video >>...
As funding from venture capitalists tapered off in the fourth quarter of 2015, investment in the cybersecurity sector continued to boom. [vc_empty_space height="20"] Venture capitalists invested $675.43 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from $522.41 million in the same quarter a year before, according to...
Silicon Valley Business Journal, By: Cromwell Schubarth | Posted: 4 Feb 2016 [vc_empty_space height="20"]Venture investors may be taking hope in the dwindling interest in their portfolio that they are seeing among hedge funds, private equity and mutual fund investors. [vc_empty_space height="20"] VC confidence ended a three-quarter slide at...
Tim Eades, vArmour CEO, discusses how his company is protecting "data everywhere" and weighs in on the increase in cybersecurity spending. [vc_empty_space height="20"] CNBC video can be found by clicking HERE [vc_empty_space height="20"] [vc_empty_space height="20"] [vc_empty_space height="20"] "Defending the Cloud: CEO." CNBC. 27 Jan 2016. Web. 27 Jan 2016....