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Hyas raises $6.2M

Victoria, British Columbia-based Hyas, a provider of attribution intelligence tools for InfoSec and cybersecurity professionals, has raised $6.2 million in a Series A funding.

The investment was led by M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, with participation from Startup Capital Ventures, 205 Capital, Wesley Clover and cybersecurity professionals Tim Eades and Tom Noonan.

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