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Seven Seven Six, the new venture firm from Alexis Ohanian, closes $150 million Fund 1

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Ohanian’s idea with the name stems from the fact that the cook was likely a fantastic athlete, but not necessarily the best athlete out there; many people were excluded from the first Olympic games, from athletes outside of Greece to those who didn’t have the means to show up to women, who weren’t even allowed to watch the games.

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Hack The Box, a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 1.7M users, raises $55M

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From individual security professionals to companies, this means adopting a ‘hacker mindset’, learning to think and act like an attacker. startup is not disclosing valuation at the moment. A new proactive offensive & defensive approach is needed to take the fight to cybercriminals rather than waiting to be hit.