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Is the Future of Cybersecurity in M&A?

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Last month Symantec announced its plans to buy Blue Coat for $4.7 In 2015, Cybersecurity startups saw 332 funding deals with investments hitting the highest ever at $3.8 In 2015, Cybersecurity startups saw 332 funding deals with investments hitting the highest ever at $3.8 New funds have been raised dedicated to this segment.

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IPO Scorecard: CrowdStrike Gains 70 Percent on First Trading Day

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Sunnyvale, CA-based CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD ) priced 18 million shares of common stock at $34 on Tuesday. Wednesday, and reached a near-doubling of the company’s IPO price before settling down to close at $58 for a first-day bump of more than 70 percent. That close pegged CrowdStrike’s market capitalization at $11.4

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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.