Amsterdam-based cyber threat intelligence firm EclecticIQ has raised €5.5 million in Series A funding from INKEF Capital and KPN Ventures. EclecticIQ’s main product is its threat intelligence platform (TIP) for monitoring and defending against cyber-attacks. Its core markets are financial institutions and government agencies in the protection of critical data and responding to incidents. The […]

The second annual Bpifrance Inno Génération event comes to Paris next month
French investment group Bpifrance returns next month with its second annual Bpifrance Inno Génération event bringing together startups, and investors.

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Distil Networks acquires Sentor’s ScrapeSentry to monitor malicious bot activity
Distil Networks acquires Sentor’s ScrapeSentry to monitor malicious bot activity

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