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Overall, investors put $38.5 billion into reported seed- through growth-stage financings for Asian startups in Q3, per Crunchbase data. Of that, a majority went to AI-focused companies, echoing the trends we’ve seen globally.
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Matters, a Stockholm startup building an AI-powered consumer bank, has raised $5m in pre-seed funding as it comes out of stealth. Swedish angel investor Jakob Johansson led the round. Per Österström founded the company in April.
The Thoma Bravo-owned Proofpoint will acquire Varonis in an all-cash transaction and Varonis will become a private company.
The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitness for an undisclosed amount of money in March.
As AI enables smaller, faster teams, companies should hire curious, adaptable people who challenge established practices and can be trusted to make independent decisions, according to guest author Eric Francia, who writes that giving employees real responsibility, encouraging questions and…
For the third quarter of 2026, global cybersecurity- and privacy-focused startups pulled in a total of $6.8 billion, per Crunchbase data. That’s up about 50% from the prior quarter and tied for the highest quarterly tally in years.
New York-based Chariot Claims has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Silverton Partners to help consumers pursue claims over alleged privacy violations, hidden fees and subscriptions that are difficult to cancel.
In this Crunchbase News exclusive, we spoke to Marklo AI founder Jessica Herrin about her solution to the marketing problems she encountered when building earlier startups, and how a group of investors, led by Forerunner, are backing that early experience with a $5 million seed funding round.
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