Xage (pronounced Zage), a blockchain security startup based in Silicon Valley, announced a $12 million Series A investment today led by March Capital Partners. GE Ventures, City Light Capital and NexStar Partners also participated.

The company emerged from stealth in December with a novel idea to secure the myriad of devices in the industrial

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Cogito announced a $37 million Series C investment today led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity. Previous investors Salesforce Ventures and OpenView also chipped in.Mark Midle of Goldman Sachs& Merchant Banking Division, has joined CogitoBoard of Directors

The company has raised over $64 million since it emerged from the MIT Human

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SessionM announced a $23.8 million Series E investment led by Salesforce Ventures. A bushel of existing investors including Causeway Media Partners, CRV, General Atlantic, Highland Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield - Byers also contributed to the round. The company has now raised over $97 million.

At its core, SessionM aggregates loyalty

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Festicket, the U.K.-based online booking platform for festivals, has integrated with Spotify to help you discover music festivals based on the music you listen to.

Dubbed &Festival Finder,& the new feature requires you to connect your Spotify account to Festicket using Spotify login. After doing so, the platform pulls in data on your

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For the nearly 20 percent of Americans who experience severe online harassment, therea new company launching in the latest batch of Y Combinator called Tall Poppy thatgiving them the tools to fight back.

Co-founded by Leigh Honeywell and Logan Dean, Tall Poppy grew out of the work that Honeywell, a security specialist, had been

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Trill Project, founded by three high school girls, recently launched out of private beta to help people safely express themselves online. For those unfamiliar with the word &trill,& ita combination of &true& and &real.& An investor described it to me as a positive Yik Yak .

Trill Project began as a

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