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New Year to Bring New Data Security Threats, Cyber Investor Warns

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Bob Ackerman is one of the venture capitalists whose funding has long fed the growth of the burgeoning cybersecurity industry. So, you might imagine that his outlook on data protection for 2019 would be more optimistic than in past years, because businesses now take advantage of a broad choice of security services to protect themselves.

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$100M Round Turns San Diego’s Seismic into Region’s Newest Unicorn

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Seismic, an enterprise software company with ambitious growth plans, has raised $100 million in a Series E financing and added Microsoft chairman John W. Thompson to its board of directors.

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Brain Corp., Maker of Robotics Tech, to Open European HQ in Amsterdam

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Brain Corp., a robotics startup whose technology powers automated floor cleaning machines in retail stores, malls, warehouses, and airports, announced Monday it is opening its first European office in Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands.

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IPO Scorecard: CrowdStrike Gains 70 Percent on First Trading Day

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Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike delivered the kind of market debut this week that was an unfulfilled dream for the much-anticipated IPOs of Uber and Lyft earlier this year. Sunnyvale, CA-based CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD ) priced 18 million shares of common stock at $34 on Tuesday. Trading began at $63.50

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Endpoint Security Company CrowdStrike Files Publicly for IPO

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CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity company that identified the two Russian government-linked hacker groups that invaded the Democratic National Committee (DNC)’s network during the 2016 presidential campaign, filed publicly for an initial public offering on Tuesday.

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CrowdStrike Hauls In $200M, Reports Valuation Over $3 Billion

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CrowdStrike , a Silicon Valley cybersecurity company that fends off hackers by patrolling the edge devices connected to a network, announced today it raised $200 million in a financing round that sets the company’s valuation at more than $3 billion.

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