ID management company Entrust acquires Onfido, a London-based provider of automated identity verification services, sources say for “well above” $400M
Entrust has entered into exclusive discussions to acquire Onfido. Alex Scroxton / ComputerWeekly.com : AI ID specialist Onfido in talks to be bought by Entrust Robert Scammell / UKTN : London ID scale...
Cranium, which provides enterprise AI security and trust software and spun out of KPMG in April 2023, raised a $25M Series A led by Telstra Ventures
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Private equity firm TPG plans to acquire the government cybersecurity business of Francisco Partners-owned Forcepoint for $2.45B, a deal set to close in Q4 2023
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Scope Security, which offers a managed threat detection and response service to health care organizations, raises a $20M Series A led by Thrive Capital
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Cloudflare acquires email protection startup Area 1 Security for $162M in cash and stock; Cloudflare's stock is down 55%+ from its November 2021 all-time high
This post is also available in Français and Español. Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Cloudflare to acquire Area 1 Security, a startup that blocks phishing emails Cloudflare : Cloudflare to Acquire Area 1...
Expel, a security-operations-as-a-service firm using automation to reduce security staff, raises $140.3M Series E led by CapitalG and Paladin at a $1B valuation
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Intercontinental Exchange says its crypto venture Bakkt will go public via a SPAC merger at a $2.1B valuation
A closer look at blank-check offerings for Bakkt and SoFi Helen Partz / Cointelegraph : Bakkt has no plans to support XRP, says CEO Jeffrey Gogo / Bitcoin News : Crypto Futures Exchange Bakkt Going Pu...
Broadcom completes acquisition of Symantec's enterprise business for $10.7B and Symantec rebrands as NortonLifeLock after transferring Symantec name to Broadcom
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Confluera, which makes a cybersecurity platform that it claims offers real-time attack interception and defense, raises $9M Series A led by Lightspeed
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SEC filing shows China's Tencent bought a ~10% stake in Snap; sources say Tencent purchased 145.8M nonvoting shares over the last quarter
and fewer users — than Wall Street expected Zoey Chong / CNET : Chinese tech giant takes 12% stake in ailing Snap Jon Russell / TechCrunch : Tencent could play a role redesigning Snapchat following $2...