Quantum-Safe Communications Startup Qunnect Raises $8 Million

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Quantum-secure networking devices maker Qunnect this week announced raising $8 million in a Series A funding round that brings the total investment in the company to $12.4 million.

The new investment round was led by Airbus Ventures, with additional participation from Impact Science Ventures, Motus Ventures, NY Ventures, Quantonation, and SandboxAQ.

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LayerX Raises $7.5M Seed Funding to Tackle Secure Web Browsing

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Israeli startup LayerX has joined the list of companies scoring investor interest in the tricky enterprise browser market.

LayerX, based in Tel Aviv, came out of the shadows Monday with $7.5 million in seed funding and ambitious plans to build technology to turn any web browser into a protected and manageable workspace.

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OneLayer Raises $6.5 Million From Koch’s VC Arm

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LTE and 5G network security firm OneLayer has announced a $6.5 million equity investment from Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the VC arm of Koch Industries. At the same time, Koch Industries will be implementing OneLayer solutions at the site of one of its manufacturing subsidiaries.

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Apple Warns of macOS Kernel Zero-Day Exploitation

Apple’s security response engine revved into high gear Monday with patches for security defects in a wide range of products, including fixes for a pair of critical macOS kernel vulnerabilities already being exploited in the wild.

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