Contrast Security expands its cybersecurity tech to new markets with $150M

Contrast Security, a Los Altos, California-based company developing app security and embedded code analysis technologies, today announced that it raised $150 million in a series E round led by Liberty Strategic Capital, former treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin’s venture firm. The funding — which values the company at “greater than one billion dollars,” according to a […]

Fidel API Expands Leadership Team With Three Executive Hires From Visa, Google & Talkdesk

LONDON & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 14, 2021– Fidel API, a leading financial infrastructure API provider, today announced three executive appointments to support its significant growth in response to a record year. Kevin Akerman joins as Vice President of Global Strategic Initiatives, Mounir Mouawad joins as Vice President of Payments and Emerging Products and Carlos Vilhena […]

Immortals GC expands leadership team, commits to player health – Esports Insider

North American esports organisation Immortals Gaming Club (IGC) has announced multiple internal promotions to its leadership team and the return of Robert Yip as Head of Player Performance. Yip previously worked as a Performance Coach for IGC until 2017 before joining FlyQuest Sports, Misfits, and then branching out as a freelance performance coach and sports […]

BIG expands partnership with OMEN – Esports Insider

German esports organisation Berlin International Gaming (BIG) has expanded its existing partnership with HP‘s gaming brand OMEN. As a result of the expansion, OMEN has been named as the main supporter of the organisation’s VALORANT team. RELATED: CORSAIR and BIG announce two-year partnership extension Alongside supporting BIG’s VALORANT roster, the entities’ joint commitment to supporting amateur esports will […]

The Razer Invitational expands to include the Middle East – Esports Insider

Gaming peripherals brand Razer has announced that its esports tournament series, the Razer Invitational, will make its debut in the Middle East.  The event, which kicks off on August 8th, will see players from the region compete in four separate week-long tournaments. The four titles selected for the Razer Invitational – Middle East are Call […]

BLAST renews, expands Douyu deal – The Esports Observer

Tournament operator BLAST has expanded its media rights deal with Chinese livestreaming service Douyu. The platform will retain its exclusive broadcast rights for the remainder of the 2021 BLAST Premier season and also gain the ability to broadcast the first-ever qualifier event to be held in China. The new event will incorporate Chinese Counter-Strike: Global […]

Razer Expands Sustainability Efforts With Plastic-Eating Robots

Razer continues to invest in eco-friendly companies, today announcing a partnership with ClearBot – a marine waste cleaning start-up. Together, the two are working to develop robots that can be deployed in the ocean to gobble up a variety of marine plastic waste. To be fair – they don’t technically eat plastic, but they can […]

Deloitte expands cloud cybersecurity footprint with CloudQuest acquisition

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Deloitte today announced plans to acquire CloudQuest, a cloud security posture management provider based in Cupertino, California. The deal, the terms of which weren’t disclosed, will bolster Deloitte’s existing cloud cybersecurity offerings to manage security workflows and improve data security, according to Deloitte cyber cloud […]