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Cisco to acquire cloud-native networking and security startup Isovalent

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Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Isovalent, a cloud-native security and networking startup that should fit well with the company’s core networking and security strategy. The companies did not share the purchase price. All rights reserved.

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LeagueApps raises $15M to be the ‘operating system’ for youth sports organizations

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Today, LeagueApps , which aims to be the operating system for youth sports organizations, announced it has raised $15 million in a Series B round of funding. Existing investor Contour Venture Partners led the financing, which brings the company’s total funding since its 2010 inception to $35 million. It’s a lot.

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Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a secure networking option

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When making decisions about network access, businesses need to be aware of and assess the security implications associated with network technology to help keep their digital assets protected. Cyber hygiene best practices include device security , cyber security education , and secure networking strategies.

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StartupOS launches what it hopes will be the operating system for early-stage startups

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The platform was built in partnership with (and backed by) SVB, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank. The company is headed up by CEO and co-founder Paul Pluschkell, who spent the past quarter century building startups, and has a handful of successful exits under his belt, including MXNet, IXnet, Spigit , Global Center and Kandy.

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Utopia Labs is building an operating system for DAOs

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We’re seeing explosive growth in this sector as people experiment with building companies on top of tokens and smart contracts. Basically, company structure governed by a smart contract instead of legacy legal structures. Decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, are all the rage at the moment.

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ChannelEngine raises $50M for an operating system that helps retailers sell through marketplaces

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The rise of ChannelEngine comes not just at a time when e-commerce has really come into its own — the pandemic drove many companies and people to selling and buying online — but specifically the rise of the marketplace as a key component of that online buying experience.

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DriveNets connects with $262M as demand booms for its cloud-based alternative to network routers

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billion networked devices projected to be in use by 2023 and the growth rate currently at around 10%. Ido Susan, the CEO who co-founded the company with Hillel Kobrinsky, tells me that the company is not disclosing an exact valuation figure this time around except to say that it “has substantially increased over the previous round.”

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