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May 19, 2021 • 4min
Finary wants to create the wealth management dashboard for the next generation
Meet Finary, a new French startup that wants to change how you manage your savings, investments, mortgage, real estate assets and cryptocurrencies. The company lets you aggregate all your accounts across various banks and financial institutions so that you can track your wealth comprehensively over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 4min
Cortex snags $2.25M seed to build services catalog for development teams
One thing is clear in the cloud native world. Developers use a lot of services to create applications, and while service meshes define how these services work together, just getting a grip on the services a team uses is usually tracked manually in spreadsheets. That’s where Cortex, a new startup, comes in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 18, 2021 • 3min
Fresh out of YC, Houm raises $8M to improve the home rental and sales market in LatAm
As a longtime real estate developer based in Chile, Benjamin Labra was able to spot gaps in the buying and renting markets in Latin America. To meet demands, he started Houm, an all-in-one platform that helps homeowners rent and sell their properties in the region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 17, 2021 • 4min
Cisco strikes again grabbing threat assessment tool Kenna Security as third acquisition this week
Cisco has been busy on the acquisition front this week, and today the company announced it was buying threat assessment platform Kenna Security, the third company it has purchased this week. The two companies did not disclose the purchase price. With Kenna, Cisco gets a startup that uses machine learning to sort through the massive […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 17, 2021 • 5min
SpecTrust raises millions to fight cybercrime with its no-code platform
Risk defense startup SpecTrust is emerging from stealth today with a $4.3 million seed raise and a public launch. Cyber Mentor Fund led the round, which also included participation from Rally Ventures, SignalFire, Dreamit Ventures and Legion Capital. SpecTrust aims to “fix the economics of fighting fraud” with a no-code platform that it says cuts […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 14, 2021 • 5min
Alba Orbital’s mission to image the Earth every 15 minutes brings in $3.4M seed round
Orbital imagery is in demand, and if you think having daily images of everywhere on Earth is going to be enough in a few years, you need a lesson in ambition. Alba Orbital is here to provide it with its intention to provide Earth observation at intervals of 15 minutes rather than hours or days […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 14, 2021 • 4min
BluBracket nabs $12M Series A to expand source code security platform
BluBracket, an early stage startup that focuses on keeping source code repositories secure, even in distributed environments, announced a $12 million Series A today. Evolution Equity Partners led the round with help from existing investors Unusual Ventures, Point72 Ventures, SignalFire and Firebolt Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 13, 2021 • 3min
Legionfarm, pairing pro gamers with amateurs, raises $6 million Series A
Legionfarm, the gaming platform that lets gamers play with pro players in their favorite games, has today announced the close of a $6 million Series A round. Investors in the round include SVB, Y Combinator, Scrum VC, Kevin Lin, Altair Capital, Ankur Nagpal and more. Legionfarm launched out of Y Combinator at the beginning of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 13, 2021 • 4min
Jamf snags zero trust security startup Wandera for $400M
Jamf, the enterprise Apple device management company, announced that it was acquiring Wandera, a zero trust security startup, for $400 million at the market close today. Today’s purchase is the largest in the company’s history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 12, 2021 • 5min
Amplitude acquires Iteratively
Amplitude, the well-funded product intelligence startup that helps businesses use their data to predict which features will drive the best business outcomes for them, today announced that it has acquired Iteratively, a startup that helps businesses build trustworthy data pipelines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
