UK’s Magical Mushroom Company uses Mycelium to replace plastic packaging
Global plastic waste has more than doubled, and 40 percent of that waste comes from packaging. Luckily there are no shortage of sustainable packaging...
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Security-as-code startup Jit comes out of stealth with $38.5M in seed funding
Jit, a startup that helps developers automate product security by codifying their security plans and workflows as code that can then be managed in a...
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CloudQuery raises $15M to demystify your cloud infrastructure setup
CloudQuery CEO and co-founder Yevgeny Pats helped launch the startup because he needed a tool to give him visibility into his cloud infrastructure...
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Google Cloud opens a new region in Texas
Google Cloud today announced the launch of its new cloud region in Dallas, Texas, as it continues to expand its data center footprint around the...
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Microsoft disrupts Iran-linked hackers targeting organizations in Israel
Microsoft said on Thursday that it has successfully “identified and disabled” a previously unreported Lebanon-based hacking group that it...
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Komodor wants to make every engineer a Kubernetes troubleshooting expert
For a time, Kubernetes, the open source container management platform, was as hot as it comes, but lately it has settled into a more mainstream...
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A venture firm gets rewarded for selling at the market top
It used to be that venture capitalists couldn’t sell their stake in a portfolio company before it sold or went public without raising questions...
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Hetz Ventures closes third fund of $123M to focus on DevOps tools, Open Source, Fintech and Cyber
Hetz Ventures, a seed-stage VC out of Israel launched in 2018, has closed its third fund of $123 million. The new (described as...
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DoControl raises $30M for no-code security tools for cloud app log-ins
Cloud security is one of the big drivers among enterprises making IT investments this year, according to a recent report from Gartner, which...
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Silverfort nabs $65M with a ‘holistic’ approach to protecting ID management across IT silos and legacy systems
Identity management is at the heart of how a lot of organizations aim to keep their systems secure, but that leaves a big question unanswered: how...
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SeeMetrics scores $6M seed to surface key security metrics for CISOs
Every CISO (chief information security officer) is tasked with keeping the company safe and secure, but it isn’t always easy to see...
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Coro secures $60M at ~$500M valuation for an all-in, SaaS-based cyber protection platform aimed at SMBs
Enterprises typically dedicate significant money and talent towards protecting themselves from security breaches. That leaves a wide opportunity for...
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Daily Crunch: Intel will reportedly buy cloud-optimization startup Granulate for $650M
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Wing Security launches its end-to-end SaaS security platform, raises $26M
As businesses increasingly rely on an ever-growing number of SaaS products, it has become imperative for security teams to get a better understanding...
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Pinecone announces $28M Series A for purpose-built database aimed at data scientists
When Pinecone launched last year, the company’s message was around building a serverless vector database designed specifically for the needs of...
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Brain.space remakes the EEG for our modern world (and soon, off-world)
Figuring out what’s going on in the brain is generally considered to be somewhere between extremely difficult and impossible. One major...
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Datagen raises $50 million Series B to empower computer vision teams
With its self-serve platform, Datagen now has a much more scalable way to help clients themselves generate the visual data that they need to train...
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New Era Capital Partners closes $140M to turn Israeli startups into ‘global citizens’
The firm’s main objective is to take Israeli companies to the next level and then the one beyond that.
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Plantish fishes for restaurant partners to try plant-based salmon filets
Plantish aims to get its salmon product into five restaurants by December 2023.
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Luno launches investment arm to back over 200 fintech and crypto/web3 startups yearly
Luno, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), today announced that it is launching Luno Expeditions, an early-stage investment arm to back...
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Autobrains nabs $19M, bringing its Series C to $120M, to take on Mobileye in autonomous driving tech
AI has been the backbone of many a technological breakthrough over the years, but one challenge it has yet to solve is that of self-driving: try as...
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When some of the world’s biggest food companies develop new products, they go to Tastewise first
The AI-driven data analytics help food brands make smarter decisions around product development, marketing and retail sales for their next healthy,...
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Connecteam raises $120M at an $800M+ valuation for comms app for deskless workers
After years of being overlooked, frontline employees and others who do not sit at desks all day are taking center stage in a new wave of workplace...
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LinkedIn acquires Israeli web analytics startup Oribi for $80M-90M to expand its marketing technology
LinkedIn — the social network for people looking to connect with others in their professional fields and find work with upwards of 810 million...
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Astrix Security emerges from stealth to help organizations spot rogue third-party apps
Astrix Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that provides access management for third-party app integrations, has emerged from stealth with $15...
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Spyware dealer who sold WhatsApp-hacking tech pleads guilty
Prosecutors say the dealer sold hacking tools to the Mexican government and private customers.
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Pendo acquires Mind the Product to boost global product manager community
Last year product analytics and digital adoption platform Pendo pulled in $110 million investment from private equity firm Thoma Bravo, and that was...
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Inside Iyin Aboyeji’s plan to build charter cities for African tech
African cities, particularly sub-Saharan ones, have the fastest global urban growth rate. But with challenges around overcrowding, congestion,...
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