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Automox raises $30M Series B for developing a platform to automate configuration, patching, management, and inventory of enterprise endpoints (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Automox raises $30M Series B for developing a platform to automate configuration, patching, management, and inventory of enterprise endpoints  —  The average cost of a data breach is nearly $4 million, and yet 74% of companies say they can’t patch vulnerabilities quickly enough because they lack the necessary staff. Automox raises

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How Hoop, an app for making Snapchat friends, hit #2 in the App Store with a virality and monetization strategy making users spend in-app currency to reach out (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: How Hoop, an app for making Snapchat friends, hit #2 in the App Store with a virality and monetization strategy making users spend in-app currency to reach out  —  Snapchat’s developer platform is blowing up as a gateway to teen social app users.  Hoop is the latest Snap Kit blockbuster …

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NURVV, which provides real-time coaching for runners via an app and insoles fitted with 32 sensors, raises $9M Series A led by Hiro Capital (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: NURVV, which provides real-time coaching for runners via an app and insoles fitted with 32 sensors, raises $9M Series A led by Hiro Capital  —  Launched at CES 2020, NURVV, a biomechanics startup, has closed a $9m Series A round, led by Hiro Capital, the sports/Esports VC fund … NURVV, which

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Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon get securitized, ushering in various debt financing products that may upend VC growth financing model (Alex Danco)

Alex Danco: Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon get securitized, ushering in various debt financing products that may upend VC growth financing model  —  Ten years from now, what seismic change will we reflect back on and think, “well that was pretty obvious, in retrospect”? Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon

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Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which is working on computer vision-based location tech it says is far more accurate than GPS (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which is working on computer vision-based location tech it says is far more accurate than GPS  —  Scape Technologies, the London-based computer vision startup working on location accuracy beyond the capabilities of GPS … Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which

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