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VictorOps Raises $1.56 Million Seed Funding

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Enterprise technology startup VictorOps has raised $1.56 million in seed funding from the Foundry Group, Tango, and the company’s co-founders Bryce Ambraziunas and Dan Jones.

VictorOps is based in Boulder, Colo. The company is currently in stealth mode, so not all its secrets are revealed yet. According to its corporate website, VictorOps was “founded to empower the people that keep the systems running in today’s 24×7, technology centric businesses.”  Its the third startup for the company’s founding CEO Todd Vernon.

 

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