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January 2024

Reblaze Technologies Becomes Part of the Link11 Group

Reblaze Technologies, a leading international provider of cloud-native web application and API protection (WAAP), becomes part of the Link11 Group.

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By RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES

CB4 Raises $16 million series B to further deliver AI software to brick & mortar retail

April 2019 RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES CB4 Raises $16 million series B to further deliver AI software to brick & mortar retail Retail operations and IT teams improve floor execution and customer experience through CB4’s pattern-recognition AI software CB4, an AI software company for brick and mortar retail teams, announced their completed series B for $16M. The round was led by Octopus Ventures with the participation of Sonae IM and existing investors Sequoia Capital and Pereg Ventures. Octopus Ventures is one of Europe’s largest Venture Capital teams, with successful exits from Microsoft, Twitter, Amazon, and Google. “You read a lot about ecommerce giants, but online sales account for just 14% of the total retail market share,” said Eyal Rabinovich, a partner at Octopus. “This leaves a huge opportunity for brands that can provide a better and more efficient shopping experience to their customers. The demand for easy-to-integrated and easy-to-use technologies with proven...
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By RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES

ViSenze raises $20 Million Series C in a co-led funding round by Sonae IM and Gobi Partners

March 2019 RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES ViSenze raises $20 Million Series C in a co-led funding round by Sonae IM and Gobi Partners This latest funding round enables the artificial intelligence company to further invest in its penetration among smartphone manufacturers, as well as with consumer and social communication applications ViSenze, the artificial intelligence company powering visual commerce, today announced it has raised $20 million in Series C funding. Sonae IM, European-based corporate venture investor specializing in retail and telco tech as well as cybersecurity and Gobi Partners, a venture capital firm focusing on innovative technologies in China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia co-led the round with participation from a number of new investors as well as existing investor Rakuten. Founded in 2012, ViSenze is experiencing significant global expansion with over 80 employees, offices in Singapore, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Korea, and Japan, as well as global customers...
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By CYBERSECURITY

Leading European Cybersecurity Group results from joining S21sec and Excellium, through a new Sonae IM investment in Benelux

January 2019 CYBERSECURITY Leading European Cybersecurity Group results from joining S21sec and Excellium, through a new Sonae IM investment in Benelux This operation creates one of the most relevant cybersecurity services pure players in Europe, counting with more than 500 professionals and direct presence in 13 cities across 6 countries Sonae Investment Management (Sonae IM), the technology investment arm of Sonae, announced it has acquired a majority stake on Excellium, a market-leading managed security services provider from Luxembourg, with presence in Belgium and more than 100 experts. Excellium provides professional and managed cybersecurity services, namely, through its proprietary SOC Eyeguard Solution (security operations center), being one of the market leaders in the Luxembourgish and Belgian markets. The company holds a strong blue chip customer base which includes the most renowned financial institutions, governmental entities and other economic groups with operations in the Benelux region. As a result of this transaction,...
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