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Cisco to acquire Indy startup Socio to bring hybrid events to Webex

TechCrunch

Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Indianapolis-based startup Socio , which helps plan hybrid in-person and virtual events. Socio was founded in 2016 and raised around $7 million in investment capital, according to Crunchbase data. When it does close, Socio’s 135 employees will be joining Cisco.

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Cisco to acquire startup Valtix to beef up its multicloud network security

TechCrunch

Cisco announced over the weekend that it intends to acquire Valtix , a startup that helps companies secure their environments across multiple clouds. Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that Cisco was an investor in the company, so has seen the company personnel and the product up close. Valtix launched in 2020.

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Cisco beefing up app monitoring portfolio with acquisition of Epsagon for $500M

TechCrunch

Cisco announced on Friday that it’s acquiring Israeli applications-monitoring startup Epsagon at a price pegged at $500 million. The purchase gives Cisco a more modern microservices-focused component for its growing applications-monitoring portfolio. Cisco to acquire internet monitoring solution ThousandEyes.

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Cisco strikes again grabbing threat assessment tool Kenna Security as third acquisition this week

TechCrunch

Cisco has been busy on the acquisition front this week, and today the company announced it was buying threat assessment platform Kenna Security , the third company it has purchased this week. Cisco plans to take that technology and integrate into its SecureX platform. Cisco has had a busy week on the acquisition front.

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NPO Cybersecurity Getting New Defense Level

The NonProfit Times

Okta and Cisco are leading this effort joined by BeyondID, the NGO-ISAC, SANS, and Slack, which will each play a role in delivering the necessary support for the Global Humanitarian ISAC impact.

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Hunters raises $68M Series C for its security operations platform

TechCrunch

Cybersecurity startup Hunters today announced that it has raised a $68 million Series C round led by Stripes. New investors DTCP, Cisco Investments and Databricks also invested in this round, together with existing investors YL Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Microsoft’s venture fund M12, U.S.

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AllRight, an English language learning app for children, raises $5M from Genesis Investments

TechCrunch

It’s now raised a $5 million Series A round led by Genesis Investments, with participation from TMT Investments, TerraVC and existing investors Flashpoint and Misha Lyalin. AllRight’s competitors include Open English, LingoKids (which has raised $22 million), MyBuddy, Preply ($15 million) and NovaKid ($2.3 There are approximately 1.5

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