Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Raises $80M at Nearly $1B Valuation

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Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Raises M at Nearly B Valuation
Blockchain cybersecurity company CertiK has raised $80 million in a Series B2 funding round led by Sequoia Capital China that pushed its valuation to nearly $1 billion, the company announced in a blog post. The round marks CertiK’s third round of funding within four months, with total investments coming in at just above $140 million.Other participating investors included Tiger Global, Coatue Management and GL Ventures, a venture capital arm of Hillhouse Capital.The company’s active monitoring platform Skynet detects and protects blockchains from cyberattacks. CertiK also offers the Security Leaderboard, a security ranking platform for blockchain protocols and decentralized finance (DeFi)…