Crosslink Capital, Inc. (“Crosslink”) was recently informed that someone or an organization has been impersonating it and one or more of its employees on the mobile application WhatsApp.
Crosslink does not market its services and Crosslink and its employees do not provide investment advice through WhatsApp or any similar social media messaging application, and anyone who does so purporting to act in Crosslink’s name or the name of any of its employees is not in any way connected to Crosslink or Crosslink Capital Management, LLC. Crosslink employees provide investment advice only through Crosslink. Crosslink provides investment advice only to investment funds or clients, in each case, with whom it has entered into a written contract. Crosslink does not provide investment or other advice to non-clients.
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May 22, 2024
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Bolster, a leader in multi-channel phishing protection, announced a $14 million Series B financing round led by new investor M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. Existing investors Thomvest Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Liberty Global Ventures, Cheyenne Ventures, Cervin Ventures, and Transform Capital also participated. The financing brings Bolster’s total funding to over $40 million.
Over 90% of all cyberattacks begin with phishing, according to the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency, and nearly 43% of all phishing attacks in Q4 2023 were on social media platforms, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
Assisted by AI, attackers deploy sophisticated phishing and impersonation attacks across all digital business channels. To respond to the growing digital threats, businesses need to leverage leading AI security vendors, like Bolster, which supports over 120 customers including some of the world’s most well-known brands. Bolster uniquely detects and eradicates phishing and impersonation attacks as they weave across malicious websites, mobile applications, social media platforms, and messaging tools. Read rest here.