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2008 vs 2020: The lessons to learn…and unlearn
By Ken Pentimonti, Principal, Paladin Capital Group What lessons should we draw from previous crises? That’s a question facing many of us who’ve been through downcycles before. Understandably, LPs can be nervous about capital being deployed during periods of...
RangeForce Raises $16 Million to Help Enterprises Build Highly Skilled Cybersecurity Teams
MANASSAS, Va., July 28, 2020 -- RangeForce, the premier provider of on-demand, realistic cloud-based cybersecurity training, today announced a $16 million Series A round. Existing investor Paladin Capital Group is joined by new investors Energy Impact Partners and...
Deepfakes Threaten the 2020 Election
By: Jeremy Bash and Michael Steed The takeover of several high-profile Twitter accounts last week wasn’t your run-of-the-mill cyberattack designed to steal personal data or penetrate IT networks. It was likely the first “deep fake” on a mass scale — an effort to...
Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Company CalypsoAI Announces $13 Million in Series A Funding
Washington, DC and Dublin, Ireland – CalypsoAI, the leader in validation, security and monitoring for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), announced today the closing of its $13 million Series A fundraising. Paladin Capital Group led the round, with...
Royalty Pharma Raises $2.2 billion in Biggest IPO of the Year so Far
NEW YORK, June 15, 2020 -- Royalty Pharma plc today announced the pricing of the initial public offering of 77,681,670 shares of its Class A ordinary shares pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)...
Safety Tech
Technology that can protect us from harm, be it bullying, coercion or mis/disinformation, is increasingly vital as we move our lives online. Cyberpsychologist Dr Mary Aiken, is an expert adviser to the UK Government’s new report on “Safety Tech”, which looks at the...
Paladin Portfolio Company, Secure Code Warrior®, Answers the Call From Zoom Video Communications
SYDNEY, BOSTON, LONDON - 20 MAY 2020: Global secure coding company Secure Code Warrior® today announced it had been selected by Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM), to implement its online secure coding platform as part of Zoom’s ongoing strategy to enhance...
Paladin Capital Group Names Tim Richardson as its Newest Venture Partner
Paladin Capital Group is pleased to announce that Tim Richardson, will join Paladin Capital Group as a Venture Partner. “We are very excited Tim is a part of Paladin,” said Lt. General (Ret.) Kenneth Minihan, former Director of the NSA and Managing Director at...
Paladin Portfolio Company, Expel, Announces $50 Million in Series D Financing as Customer Base Grows 130 Percent in Last 12 Months
Expel*, the Security Operations Center (SOC)-as-a-service provider that’s committed to making security as accessible as the internet, announced today that it secured $50 Million in Series D funding led by CapitalG, the growth equity investment fund of Google parent...
Paladin Portfolio Company, White Ops, Receives Investment from Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and ClearSky Security to Support Next Phase of Growth
White Ops, the global leader in bot mitigation and fraud protection, today announced the completion of an investment by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and ClearSky Security to support the Company in its next phase of growth. With this investment, a member of...