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Why Is IoT Security Important?
Fotios Chantzis Ioannis Stais Fotios Chantzis Ioannis Stais
Published on March 20, 2025

Why Is IoT Security Important?

An excerpt from the forthcoming book Practical IoT Hacking: The Definitive Guide to Attacking the Internet of Things.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 20, 2025

Routable Raises $30M to Simplify Business Payments, Aims to Scale Team

This new funding will help Routable go after more enterprise customers.

Routable Raises $30M to Simplify Business Payments, Aims to Scale Team
Jeff Link Jeff Link
Updated on March 20, 2025

Intuit Automated Our Personal Finances. Now It’s UX Team Is Bringing Human Helpers Back.

Chat bots are great at fielding tax questions. But what many users want is emotional support.

Charli Renken Charli Renken
Updated on March 20, 2025

Founded by Tesla Engineers, Somewear Labs Raises $13.7M

Somewear Labs plans to expand its critical mission communications platform thanks to the new capital.

Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

Pacaso Raises $75M, Solidifies Unicorn Status Less Than a Year After Its Launch

Pacaso was founded by former Zillow executives Austin Allison and Spencer Rascoff. The company enables prospective homeowners to purchase a fraction of a second home to share with others via its online marketplace.

Ashley Brownridge Ashley Brownridge
Updated on March 20, 2025

Discord’s Acquisition, Zipline Raised $250M, and More SF Tech News

Having secured venture investments of all sizes last week, check out what these Bay Area startups are doing with their new capital and which industries are up next for tech innovation. This is the Built In SF weekly refresh.

Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

Cybersecurity Unicorn Coalition Raises $205M, Reaches $3.5B Valuation

Following its Series D back in March, Coalition cemented its status as a unicorn with a valuation of $1.75 billion.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 20, 2025

Facebook Plans for Half of Workforce to Be Remote in Next 5 to 10 Years

CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the company will go on a remote hiring spree starting July 1.

Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 20, 2025

Aurora Solar Raises $250M to Expand Residential Access to Solar Power

The latest raise closely follows the company’s $50 million Series B, which it announced last November. Aurora’s software provides solar companies with a way to automate their workflows so that they can accurately design solar installations.

Updated on March 20, 2025

PayZen Expands Leadership Team With New CPO

Praveen Chandran will be in charge of building and scaling PayZen’s product organization.

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