ConfiAbogado wants to put a tech touch on Latin America’s legal system

[ad_1] ConfiAbogado, a Mexico City-based startup, raised $1.65 million in seed funding to provide better accessibility to legal services across Latin America. Co-founder and CEO Emiliano Ruiz launched the company with his brother, Julián Ruiz, in 2020. Emiliano previously worked at a traditional law firm, while Julián’s background is as an analyst and processes coordinator. … Read more

Socket lands $20M investment to help companies secure open source software

[ad_1] Socket, a startup that provides a scanning tool to detect security vulnerabilities in open source code, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The tranche had participation from Abstract Ventures, Wndrco, Unusual Ventures and an impressively high-profile list of angel investors, including the co-founders … Read more

Steg.AI puts deep learning on the job in a clever evolution of watermarking

[ad_1] Watermarking an image to mark is one’s own is something that has value across countless domains, but these days it’s more difficult than just adding a logo in the corner. Steg.AI lets creators embed a nearly invisible watermark using deep learning, defying the usual “resize and resave” countermeasures. Ownership of digital assets has had … Read more

How SaaS architecture impacts pricing and profitability

[ad_1] Ratnesh Singh Parihar Contributor Ratnesh Singh Parihar is principal architect at Talentica Software who has expertise in architecture and design, scaling and handling large systems, solving complex engineering problems, and modernizing legacy applications. Having worked as a solution architect and designed multiple SaaS applications, I believe many companies have struggled to choose the right … Read more

Traction raises $6M seed as Nigeria’s merchant acquiring space continues to heat up

[ad_1] Micro, small, and medium-sized firms (MSMEs) constitute the backbone of the Nigerian economy, accounting for more than 60% of GDP growth and playing a crucial role in job creation. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, there are over 39 million such firms, and 87% operate informally, meaning they primarily receive cash and perform … Read more