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Xorlab gets the message in $1.9m round

Dec 17, 2018 • Callum Cyrus

ETH Zurich-founded cybersecurity business Xorlab focuses on thwarting email attacks through a combination of machine learning and advanced dynamic analysis.

Xorlab, a Switzerland-based email security software developer spun out from ETH Zurich, has received CHF1.9m ($1.9m) in funding, Startup Ticker reported on Thursday.
Swiss state-owned investment firm Zürcher Kantonalbank and non-profit investment office Hasler Stiftung provided the capital together with unnamed “veterans” with expertise in security and financial services.
Founded in 2015, Xorlab has developed a cybersecurity product called ActiveGuard that protects clients from targeted email attacks by using a combination of machine learning and advanced dynamic analysis…

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