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Oct, 2016 : CloudCoreo Raises $2.9 Million in Seed Funding
📅 - CloudCoreo, a cloud infrastructure security and management startup, announced recently that they are focusing on locating and hiring qualified software and DevOps engineers. So far, the startup has raised $2.9 million in seed funding, as they announced on Tuesday in a press release.
With the seed funding, CloudCoreo plans to recruit top DevOps and software engineer talent to bring its full cloud stack management service to life. Madrona Venture Group, Divergent Ventures, Aristos Ventures, and the Data Collective (DCVC) participated in the funding round in Seattle. Soma Somasegar, a Madrona venture partner, will now join CloudCoreo's board of directors.
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