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GreatHorn raises $6.3 million

Cybersecurity company GreatHorn has raised a $6.3 million Series A funding round from Techstars Venture Capital Fund and .406 Ventures. Existing investors ff Venture Capital, SoftTech Ventures and RRE Ventures also participated in the round.

As part of the financing, .406 Ventures’ Greg Dracon, and Ari Newman from Techstars will join GreatHorn’s board of directors.

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