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Tachyus Closes $15M Series B Round 0
- Raises and Exits, Uncategorized
- May 22, 2019
LOS ALTOS, CA, Tachyus, a provider of data-driven production optimization software to the oil and gas industry, has secured $15 million in Series B funding.
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Agtech startup Agrilyst is now Artemis, raises $8M Series A 0
- Raises and Exits, Uncategorized
- May 22, 2019
Artemis, the ag-tech startup formerly known as Agrilyst, today announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Astanor Ventures and Talis Capital, with participation from iSelect Fund and New York State’s Empire State Development Fund. With this, the company, which won our 2015 Disrupt SF Battlefield…
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Google kept some users’ passwords in plain text for 14 years 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 22, 2019
Administrators of some of Google’s five million business accounts got an unwelcome surprise when the company recently notified them it had stored some user passwords in plain text since 2005. Usually, before storing passwords with usernames, tech companies scramble passwords so they can only be read with an encryption “key.” Even if someone finds a…
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Loot, the UK digital current account for students and millennials, enters administration after a potential sale falls through 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 22, 2019
Loot, the digital current account aimed at students and millennials, has called in administrators after appearing to have run out of cash. According to sources, the U.K. fintech was unable to raise additional funding in time after a potential sale to banking giant RBS fell through. Intriguingly, Royal Bank of Scotland Group indirectly owned a…
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