Tim Draper Leads CrowdCurity's $1 Million Seed Funding
Crowdsourced IT security startup CrowdCurity has raised $1m in seed funding as part of a new investment round led by high-profile bitcoin investor Tim Draper and Kima Ventures. Notably, part of the investment provided by Cryptonaut Ventures was made directly with bitcoin and settled into USD using bitcoin exchange services provided by Vaurum - a CrowdCurity client and graduate of Boost VC's incubator program. Sophos Chief Technology Officer Gerhard Eschelbeck, Cyphort cofounder Dr Fengmin Gong and Mountain View-based incubator 500 Startups were also among the round's strategic investors.....
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