'Secure Coding as a Service' Firm Sqreen Raises $2.3 Million

Good to see this investment in Paris-based firm Sqreen. Many investors have piled in to the narrative that companies need security solutions to counter the high cost of insecurity but very few have invested in products that help reduce that insecurity by making sure software has fewer vulnerabilities from day one.

Startups from Europe, Israel and South Africa selected for Cyber London accelerator programme

Cyber security startup accelerator and incubator Cyber London (CyLon) has announced the participants in its second programme to support cyber security startups. The 14-week programme gives entrepreneurial teams access to professional training and guidance from a network of mentors and investors. The companies also receive a £15,000 investment in return for 3% equity. CyLon partners and sponsors are Amadeus Capital Partners, Epsilon Advisory Partners, Winton Capital, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Fried Frank.

The startups taking part in the second programme are:

•Aves Netsec, Finland

•BitNinja, Hungary.

•Fabric, UK..

•Mazor, Israel.

•Simudyne, UK. - with a focus on decision support systems

•Torsion InfoSec, UK.

•UkkoBox, UK and Brazil.

•Verity, South Africa.

UK startup Panaseer raises $2.25 million to bring cyber security intelligence to the board

UK cyber security software company Panaseer has raised $2.25 million through a syndicated seed investment round. Panaseer was founded in 2014 by a team of cyber security experts from BAE Systems. Interestingly, its aim is to bring cyber security intelligence to the board, not just the security teams. It addresses the question: “How secure are we?”, the question that should be on every board member’s lips but is very difficult for anyone to answer. If they can really do that, using their big data and visualisation platform, and make the insight relevant to senior level decision makers, then they will certainly succeed. Panaseer was selected to accompany the Prime Minister to Washington DC earlier this year as part of a cyber-security delegation and has since gone on to sign its first New York based Financial Services client.

 

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