Cloud Cybersecurity Startup Protego Raises $2 Million in Seed
Jerusalem-based Protego develops a cloud information security technology that can detect threats and attacks in real time
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Jerusalem-based cybersecurity startup Protego has raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by two investment firms focused on cybersecurity—Ellicott City, Maryland-based Gula Tech Adventures and Israel-based Glilot Capital Partners, the company announced Wednesday.
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Tim Belcher, former chief technology officer at Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity company RSA Security LLC, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies Inc., also participated in the round.
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Founded in 2017, by a group of former Cisco Systems engineers and cybersecurity veterans, Protego develops a cloud information security technology that can detect threats and attacks in real time.
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