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Deduce Raises $9M to Tackle AI-Generated Identity Fraud

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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Deduce , the only patented technology platform designed to prevent AI-generated identity fraud, today announced $9M in funding led by Freestyle Capital, with additional investment by Foundry and True Ventures.

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  • Deduce , the only patented technology platform designed to prevent AI-generated identity fraud, today announced $9M in funding led by Freestyle Capital, with additional investment by Foundry and True Ventures.
  • The funding will launch Deduce’s GenAI Identity fraud solution out of stealth and help the company scale to prevent large-scale SuperSynthetic™ identity fraud across multiple verticals, including the financial service industry, fintech, and e-commerce.
  • Legacy fraud prevention methods will no longer be able to protect us from AI-generated fraud,” noted Ari Jacoby, CEO of Deduce.
  • The Deduce AI-generated identity fraud solution is currently available through industry-leading partners, including Experian, ForgeRock, Auth0, and Ping Identity.

Spot Raises $5.5M in Seed Funding Led by Freestyle

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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Today, next-generation communications platform, Spot , announced $5.5M in combined Seed Round funding led by Freestyle and additional investors, including Liquid 2 Ventures , Community Access Fund , and Founders Co-Op .

Key Points: 
  • Today, next-generation communications platform, Spot , announced $5.5M in combined Seed Round funding led by Freestyle and additional investors, including Liquid 2 Ventures , Community Access Fund , and Founders Co-Op .
  • Spot helps high-performing organizations communicate more effectively while enhancing team experience, building company culture, improving retention, and amplifying productivity.
  • Spot is bridging the gap between the in-person work experience and the static text-and-tile communication methods we see with remote workforces, stated Spot CEO and co-founder, Gordon Hempton.
  • There was an influx of metaverse adjacent technology companies in the past year, but we saw something different with Spot, noted David Samuel, Partner at Freestyle.

Giving startup Change raises a $5M seed round to supercharge donations in web3

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Monday, July 11, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Change, a technology giving platform, announced that it has raised $5M in seed funding co-led by Freestyle and NEA.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Change, a technology giving platform, announced that it has raised $5M in seed funding co-led by Freestyle and NEA.
  • After this new round of financing, the company will expand its engineering team to scale the donation platform to all major blockchains.
  • By bringing donations on-chain, every creator's social impact becomes publicly verifiable at scale," Sonia Nigam, CEO, and Co-founder of Change.
  • Creators use Change to integrate giving directly into their web3 projects and create a tight-knit community.

Bravado Raises $26M Led By Tiger Global, Acquires Compgauge To Provide Comprehensive Ecosystem for B2B Sales Hiring

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Thursday, May 19, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bravado, the professional network for B2B sales, today announced it has raised $26 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global. The round included community participation from 250 Chief Revenue Officers and VPs of Sales, along with prominent angels like Zynga founder Mark Pincus, Lenny Rachitsky and the Airbnb alumni syndicate, Packy McCormick, and Sahil Bloom. Existing investors Redpoint Ventures, XYZ Ventures, Freestyle Capital and Precursor all participated again. This brings the company's total raised to $41 million.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bravado , the professional network for B2B sales, today announced it has raised $26 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global.
  • Compgauge helps thousands of sales professionals decide which employers to work for with comprehensive salary data, company reviews and interview insights.
  • Founded in 2017 by sales leader turned CEO Sahil Mansuri, Bravado now has over 200,000 Members across 72 countries.
  • We provide job matching with vetted, quality sales organizations, free educational resources, and the world's largest online community for sales pros.

Bravado Raises $26M Led By Tiger Global, Acquires Compgauge To Provide Comprehensive Ecosystem for B2B Sales Hiring

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Thursday, May 19, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bravado, the professional network for B2B sales, today announced it has raised $26 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global. The round included community participation from 250 Chief Revenue Officers and VPs of Sales, along with prominent angels like Zynga founder Mark Pincus, Lenny Rachitsky and the Airbnb alumni syndicate, Packy McCormick, and Sahil Bloom. Existing investors Redpoint Ventures, XYZ Ventures, Freestyle Capital and Precursor all participated again. This brings the company's total raised to $41 million.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bravado , the professional network for B2B sales, today announced it has raised $26 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global.
  • Compgauge helps thousands of sales professionals decide which employers to work for with comprehensive salary data, company reviews and interview insights.
  • Founded in 2017 by sales leader turned CEO Sahil Mansuri, Bravado now has over 200,000 Members across 72 countries.
  • We provide job matching with vetted, quality sales organizations, free educational resources, and the world's largest online community for sales pros.

Chipper Raises $5.6M to Eliminate Student Loan Debt and Combat the Latinx Funding Gap

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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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With this new round of funding and payments resuming in May, we know 2022 will be a big year for Chipper.

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  • With this new round of funding and payments resuming in May, we know 2022 will be a big year for Chipper.
  • This funding will allow us to grow our user base and help borrowers with their student loan journeys from start to finish.
  • Launched in 2020, Chipper empowers student loan borrowers to improve their financial health by providing transparent, seamless student loan repayment solutions and is the only student loan app to support borrowers in every step of their journey.
  • Chipper is a simple app that helps users optimize and chip away at their student loan debt faster than traditional repayment methods.

BetterUp Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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Today BetterUp , the inventor of virtual professional coaching and global leader in mental fitness for the enterprise, announced that it has been awarded ISO 27001 certification by the British Standards Institution (BSI Group), which sets the international standard outlining industry best practices for information security management systems.

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  • Today BetterUp , the inventor of virtual professional coaching and global leader in mental fitness for the enterprise, announced that it has been awarded ISO 27001 certification by the British Standards Institution (BSI Group), which sets the international standard outlining industry best practices for information security management systems.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220308005396/en/
    BSI ISO 27001 Certification (Graphic: Business Wire)
    To achieve this certification, BetterUp satisfied all requirements, which included undergoing an audit with BSI Group to demonstrate the companys systematic approach to continuously improving and managing the protection of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of BetterUp and customer data.
  • Trust and information security are critical to how we operate and deliver transformational solutions for our customers, said Bryan Payne, Chief Information Security Officer of BetterUp.
  • BetterUp has been recognized in the Inc. 5000, Fortunes Great Places to Work, and People Magazines Companies that Care.

BetterUp® Names Bryan Payne as Chief Information Security Officer

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Thursday, January 20, 2022
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BetterUp , the inventor of virtual professional coaching and global leader in mental fitness for the enterprise, today announced that Bryan Payne, PhD, will join the company as Chief Information Security Officer.

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  • BetterUp , the inventor of virtual professional coaching and global leader in mental fitness for the enterprise, today announced that Bryan Payne, PhD, will join the company as Chief Information Security Officer.
  • The newly created role will also oversee all aspects of information security for BetterUp including product and enterprise security, customer trust, compliance, and overall cyber risk management.
  • From day one, trust and data security have been at the core of everything weve built at BetterUp.
  • To enable this business, its critically important for us to continue being good stewards of customer data and to scale the overall security program, said Bryan Payne, Chief Information Security Officer of BetterUp.

Judo Raises $3M in Seed Funding to Accelerate Growth

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Thursday, November 18, 2021
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Judo , the mobile experiences platform company, today announced seed funding of $3 million, co-led by TenOneTen Ventures and Freestyle Capital.

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  • Judo , the mobile experiences platform company, today announced seed funding of $3 million, co-led by TenOneTen Ventures and Freestyle Capital.
  • Using Judo, app publishers build rich experiences that are indistinguishable from the core mobile app, with no code.
  • John Coombs, Judo CEO and founder said, The Judo team and I are delighted to welcome TenOneTen and Freestyle Capital as investors.
  • In conjunction with announcing funding Judo also announced that longtime advisor Seamus McAteer joined the company as COO.

Stealth Security Startup HiveWatch Secures $20M Series A Funding from Twitter's Former CEO and COO

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
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Overall violence in the United States skyrocketed during the pandemic. Violent crime increased and the homicide rate rose 30% in 2020, the single largest increase in a century*. In a survey conducted by Help Net Security -- an independent site providing news on technical security -- 71% of respondents believe a lack of protective intelligence resulted in missed threats and physical harm to customers and employees. Almost 100% of respondents agreed that physical security requires technology-driven standards to better identify, investigate, monitor and manage pending threats. As 2021 roars on, companies are expected to experience an influx of security threats, making the need for an increase to security budgets even more critical.

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  • Almost 100% of respondents agreed that physical security requires technology-driven standards to better identify, investigate, monitor and manage pending threats.
  • Customers utilize HiveWatch's Security Fusion Platformto unite siloed security systems' data, analyze program design and team performance, and securely monitor disparate security systems.
  • "The future of physical security is fusion," says Ryan Schonfeld, Founder & CEO of HiveWatch.
  • When we saw what Ryan was building with HiveWatch, we instantly saw the value and the future of smart physical security.