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Cerbos raises $7.5M (UK)

London, UK-based access and authorization platform provider Cerbos has closed a $7.5 million extended seed round. The investment was led by OMERS Ventures, with participation from angel investors Ryan King, Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir, Zach Holman, Zach Lloyd, and Lewis Tuff.

Cerbos has raised $11 million to date.

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