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New Report: SMS-Based Outreach Helps Merchants Authenticate Consumers, Boost Online Sales

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Technology giant IBM and Dublin-based client lifecycle management solutions company Fenergo recently partnered to use AI and analytics on the IBM Cloud to help FIs more easily onboard customers. More than two-thirds of marketers are still failing to capitalize on this outreach method, however, spotlighting a massive missed opportunity.

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SoftBank Drops $100M Into Cybereason Software

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SoftBank is helping out Boston-based digital security firm Cybereason with a big $100 million investment. Cybereason turns machine learning and behavioral analytics loose to process data and flag security issues in real time. Businesses need to concentrate on what happens once the adversaries are inside.”.

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Cybersecurity Firm Cybereason Snags Another $200M From SoftBank

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This latest round of funding brings Cybereason’s total amount raised to approximately $400 million, with previous investors including CRV, Spark Capital and Lockheed Martin, according to a press release. Cybereason has announced it has received a series of investments and commitments totaling $200 million by SoftBank Group Corp.

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How ButcherBox ‘Meats’ The Challenges Of Subscription Commerce

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This is a market that Boston-based ButcherBox is catering to by delivering grass-fed, grass-finished meat and other humanely raised, sustainably sourced meat and seafood directly to customers’ doors on a monthly basis. There’s not a lot of funding and there’s not a lot of venture capital. will reach 56.8

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

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Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Chertoff Capital made a “significant” equity investment in the round, the company said. Cybersecurity. Back-Office.

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An App A Day Keeps Grocery Shoppers Coming Their Way

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Flashfood bears a close resemblance to Boston, Mass. Hunger and wasted food are two problems that can have one solution,” believes Daily Table founder Doug Rauch, former Trader Joe’s president and co-CEO of Conscious Capitalism, Inc.

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Room To Grow: Why WeWork’s $20B Valuation Isn’t Crazy

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Specifically, we looked at Boston Properties, Vornado, and IWG plc (dba Regus). This research briefing highlights emerging real estate tech categories like property management software, investment/crowdfunding platforms, and data analytics. Boston Properties, which trades at a valuation around $18B, trails second to WeWork.

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