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The coming reckoning: Showing ROI from threat intelligence

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C-suites and boards are increasingly involved in security decision-making, and studies show that they are doubling down on security investments, which are expected to rise to $458.9 billion in 2025 from $262.4 billion in 2021. After nearly a decade of threat intelligence going corporate, a reckoning is coming.

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Avataar raises $45 million to improve consumer shopping experience with life-sized 3D product evaluation

TechCrunch

From left to right: Mayank Tiwari (CBO), Sravanth Aluru (CEO), Prashanth Aluru (Board Director), Gaurav Baid (CPO). By 2025, nearly 75% of the global population and almost all people who use social and communication apps will be frequent AR users, said Snap in a recent report, for which it collaborated with Deloitte. Avataar.me

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Newly minted unicorn Tackle plans to use $100 million Series C to accelerate the future of software sales

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The investor joined Tackle’s board when his firm led the startup’s Series B round, and sees it as a category leader. “Tackle is the leading player for enabling companies to sell software through the cloud,” he said. At the time, Casado referred to Tackle having more than 200 customers.

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Virtual Incision Extends Series C Round with Additional $30M Funding

American Entrepreneurship

Concurrent with the extension, Virtual Incision has appointed Tom Shehab, MD, managing partner from Arboretum Ventures, as a member of its board of directors, and Amy Kobe, general partner from InVivium Capital, as a board observer.

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Zubale bags new capital to match gig workers with LatAm e-commerce fulfillment jobs

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The e-commerce market in Latin America has been gaining traction over the past two years and is poised to double in size and be valued at more than $100 billion by 2025. Co-founders Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy started the company in 2018 and say Zubale means “jump on board or rise up” in Spanish.

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AI chip startup Sima.ai bags another $30M ahead of growth

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today closed a $30 million additional investment from Fidelity Management & Research Company with participation from Lip-Bu Tan (who’s joining the board) and previous investors, concluding the startup’s Series B. billion by 2025. After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai As over-100-employee Sima.ai “Sima.ai

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Axio lands $23M to help companies quantify cyber risk

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“We saw how CEOs and boards of directors struggled with even approaching discussions around cyber risk. Spurred by these pressures, Gartner predicts that 40% of all public boards will have dedicated cybersecurity committees by 2025. Department of Energy.

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