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April 2025

VanishID Secures $10M in Funding as it Launches Digital CEO Protection Offering

Armed with investment from Dell Technologies Capital, agentic AI-powered digital executive protection leader prepares for its next stage of growth

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By SEED & EARLY STAGE

Automaise raises €1M for international expansion

February 2021 SEED & EARLY STAGE Automaise raises €1M for international expansion Automaise, a low-code and cloud-based platform which allows for the automation of business processes through artificial intelligence (AI), has closed a Seed round of 1 million euro, led by HCapital and with the participation of its current investors, Bright Pixel and Armilar Venture Partners. After validating and deploying the technology in several large customers, the main goal of the company, founded by Ernesto Pedrosa and Carlos Oliveira, is to expand and grow in the European and North American markets. Focused on implementing a growth go-to-market strategy, Automaise is expanding the marketing and sales teams. Currently, several positions are already open. This is the second round raised by the Portuguese startup in less than two years. Ernesto Pedrosa, CEO and co-founder, highlights the relevance of the next phase. “This round is important for us to implement our growth strategy,...
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Maxive Cybersecurity, a new strategic holding company that combines two of the leading cybersecurity pure players in Europe – SonaeIM consolidates MSSP investments in Europe

December 2020 CYBERSECURITY Maxive Cybersecurity, a new strategic holding company that combines two of the leading cybersecurity pure players in Europe - SonaeIM consolidates MSSP investments in Europe The new holding company will aggregate S21sec (Spain, Portugal, Mexico) and Excellium (Luxembourg, Belgium) under one same holding company, Maxive Cybersecurity. Maxive Cybersecurity is positioned as one of the largest MSSPs pure players both in terms of business and specialized personnel and will offer its customers a wider set of services combining best practices and capabilities from both S21sec and Excellium. Sonae Investment Management has decided to consolidate its investments in cybersecurity Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) under one single holding company that will operate as “Maxive Cybersecurity”. This operation, which will integrate the Spanish S21sec and Luxembourg based Excellium, will be completed by the end of 2020 and will result in one of the largest MSSPs pure players in Europe. The...
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By INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE

Weaveworks Raises $36 Million from AWS, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Orange Ventures and Sonae IM to Accelerate Adoption of Kubernetes and Cloud Native Technologies in Enterprises and Telecoms

December 2020 DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE Weaveworks Raises $36 Million from AWS, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Orange Ventures and Sonae IM to Accelerate Adoption of Kubernetes and Cloud Native Technologies in Enterprises and Telecoms GitOps creator Weaveworks, Inc., today announced a $36.65 million Series C funding round led by some of the world’s leading public cloud and telecommunications companies, including first-time investors Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ericsson, Orange Ventures, Sonae IM and Telekom Investment Pool (TIP). The round also includes follow-on investments from Accel, GV, and Redline Capital, bringing total funds raised to date to $60 million. Weaveworks will use the fresh capital to enhance its GitOps-powered Kubernetes platform and accelerate market expansion, as enterprises and telecommunications companies demand massive scalability and speed of innovation for their cloud native applications. According to Alexis Richardson, CEO of Weaveworks, investors have come together to invest in their vision for the future of Kubernetes and cloud...
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