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Namogoo raises $8 million

By TechTaffy Desk

Namogoo, a company that identifies and blocks unauthorized product ads that are injected into customer web sessions by client-side digital malware, has raised $8 million in a Series A round led by GreatPoint Ventures with Blumberg Capital and Inimiti Capital also participating in the round.

Ashok Krishnamurthi, managing partner at GreatPoint Ventures, and David Blumberg, founder and managing partner at Blumberg Capital, will join Namogoo’s board. Namogoo has also expanded its advisory board, with the additions of Roy Rubin, founder of Magento, and Guy Schory, former executive at eBay and PayPal.

Namogoo has raised $14 million to date.

[Image courtesy: Namogoo]

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