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Cloud Security Startup Wiz Raises $120M In Salesforce-Led Round: Report The nine-figure haul from Salesforce would bring Wiz’s total funding to more than $350 million just 16 months after the Tel Aviv, Israel-based cloud security startup was launched, according to Bloomberg. By Michael Novinson May 25, 2021, 11:33 AM EDT Cloud security startup Wiz has raised more than $120 million in a funding round led by customer relationship management (CRM) giant Salesforce, according to Bloomberg. The funding would be the Tel Aviv, Israel-based Wiz’s third financing...

8 cyber security start-ups to watch Security start-ups are often innovation leaders that attempt to solve critical and persistent problems. These are some of the most interesting ones to watch as they tackle issues around multicloud security, identity management, zero-trust, and more. Credit: Dreamstime If you want to know what’s new in cyber security, watch what the start-up vendors are doing. They typically begin with an innovative idea and are unfettered by an installed base and its mainstream approach. Start-ups often tackle problems no one else is addressing. The downside...

Who_I_am / Getty Images If you want to know what’s new in cybersecurity, watch what the startup vendors are doing. They typically begin with an innovative idea and are unfettered by an installed base and its mainstream approach. Startups often tackle problems no one else is addressing. The downside, of course, is that startups often lack resources and maturity. It’s a risk for a company to commit to a startup’s product or platform, and it requires a different kind of customer/vendor relationship. The rewards, however, can be huge if it gives that company a competitive adv...

5 Companies That Came To Win This Week For the week ending Dec. 11, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel. By Rick Whiting December 11, 2020, 01:27 PM EST The Week Ending Dec. 11 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is Nutanix, which scored a hiring coup when it hired a top executive from rival VMware to fill its CEO post. Also making the list are Hewlett Packard Enterprise for its new high-performance computing GreenLake service; a cybersecurity startup for exiting stealth armed with $100 million in financing; Jun...

Israeli cloud security startup Wiz emerges from stealth with $100M in funding SHARE Israeli cloud security startup Wiz Inc. has emerged out of stealth with the announcement of $100 million in new funding to allow it to scale up to meet customer demand. The Series A round included Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners and Cyberstarts. Under the deal, Doug Leone, global managing partner at Sequoia Capital, Shardul Shah, partner at Index Ventures, Jeff Horing, managing director at Insight Partners and Gili Raanan of Cyberstarts are joining the Wiz board...