Malwarebytes raises $30M in Series A Funding, secures 60m users

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    Wow cool looks like Microsoft won't be buying them anytime soon :)

    who are these global people?
    Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Shanghai.
    Is this an Asian market ?
     
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    This story from yesterday's Wall Street Journal relates the history of Malwarebytes from it's start to today where it has just raised $30 MIL USD to expand it's staff:

    "Malwarebytes, Started by Teenager, Raises $30 Million to Battle Malware

    Ten years ago, when Marcin Kleczynski was 14, he accidentally infected his parents’ computer while looking for a key generator for a videogame. The computer had antivirus software from a major vendor already installed.........."

    Full story, interesting and fast read:

    http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital...teenager-raises-30-million-to-battle-malware/
     
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