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Three Austin-based startups one focused on cybersecurity and two on remote education offerings have combined to raise $24 million funding deals this week.
Living Security, a startup focused on cybersecurity awareness training and risk management, raised $14 million, while software startup Acadeum and online student engagement platform Upswing each raised $5 million.
Living Security makes a cybersecurity training platform and is developing a human risk management tool that uses data to help companies understand and spot security vulnerabilities and predict cyberattacks. The company, which started in 2017, said it plans to use the funding to continue its expansion beyond training and continue developing its platform.
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Austin, TX (PRUnderground) December 15th, 2020
COVID -19 disrupted the student experience at many colleges. Still, Fayetteville State University (FSU), a distinguished historically black college and university, quickly adapted by relying on Upswing’s student engagement technology to stay connected to their students and provide a successful student experience for the fall semester, the university revealed during a COVID Conversation webinar hosted by Upswing.
“COVID is a circumstance bigger than what we have ever experienced. When COVID hit, our goal as a university was to make sure that we transitioned our students to online learning while creating as little disruption as possible in our support services,” says Dr. Teresa Thompson-Pinckney, Vice-Chancellor of Student Success at Fayetteville State University.