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Unusual Ventures appoints ex-Wealthfront president as partnerUnusual Ventures has named Andy Johns as a partner. Johns is the former president at Wealthfront.
- VC-backed Arctic Wolf acquires RootSecure Corp
Arctic Wolf Networks has acquired Sunnyvale, California and Waterloo, Ontario-based RootSecure Corp, a provider of advanced cybersecurity risk assessment solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Arctic Wolf is backed by Future Fund, Adams Street, Unusual Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sonae Investment Management and Knollwood Investment Advisory LLC.
- Defy leads $9 mln Series A in tax advisory Visor
San Francisco-based Visor, provider of an online tech-enabled tax advisory service, announced it raised $9 million in Series A funding. Defy led the round, which included Unusual Ventures, SVB Capital and existing investors. The company, founded in 2016, has now raised $15.5 million to date. As part of the latest round, Neil Sequeira, managing partner and co-founder of Defy, has joined the board.
- Arctic Wolf Networks reels in $45 mln Series C
Arctic Wolf Networks, a security operations center-as-a-service company, has raised $45 million in Series C funding, Future Fund led the round with participation from Adams Street, Unusual Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sonae Investment Management and Knollwood Investment Advisory LLC.
- Seattle cloud security company Shujinko raises $2.8 mln
Seattle-based Shujinko, which provides automation technology for the construction and auditing of cloud environments, announced it has raised $2.8 million in seed funding from Unusual Ventures, Defy, Vulcan Capital, PSL Ventures and Vas Ventures. Sujal Patel, the founder of Isilon Systems, and Andrew Peterson and Zane Lackey, co-founders of web application security leader Signal Sciences, also participated in the round. The company was incubated at startup studio Pioneer Square Labs. Shujinko co-founders Scott Schwan, CEO, and Matt Wells, CTO, previously worked at Starbucks and at mobile payments provider Cardfree.
- CloudBees nets $62 mln
CloudBees, a builder of an automated software delivery system, has secured $62 million in funding. The investors included Delta-v Capital, Matrix Partners, Lightspeed Ventures, Verizon Ventures and Unusual Ventures. UPDATE: Golub Capital also participated in the round.
