Security Startups Might Thank Snowden For Funding

By | April 13, 2015

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The cybersecurity startup ecosystem has an unlikely benefactor: Edward Snowden. When Snowden famously exposed post-9/11 National Security Agency mass-surveillance practices in 2013, the whistleblower changed the face of the cybersecurity threat and ignited record levels of venture capital into security. In 2014, cybersecurity startups raised a record $2.4 billion in venture funding worldwide, says CB Insights, a venture investment database. CB Scalper1 News

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