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Signifyd
Signifyd provides an enterprise-grade fraud technology solution for e-commerce stores. Founded by Michael Liberty and Rajesh Ramanand in 2011, Signifyd is backed by investors that include Bain Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Neuberger Berman Group, and DCVC and is headquartered in San Jose.
FOUNDED:2011
FOUNDERS:Michael Liberty, Rajesh Ramanand
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 4/19/21 featuring funding details for Degreed, EcoCart, and twenty-two other rounds that you must know about.
Former Maine developer Michael Liberty accepts pardon from Trump
The criminal wire and securities fraud case against Liberty is now dead, but other legal challenges remain.
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Michael Liberty, center, leaves the federal district courthouse in Portland with attorneys Alfred Frawley IV, left, and Thima Mina, right, on March 14, 2019. Liberty has been accused of securities and wire fraud, but his acceptance of a pardon by former President Trump means his criminal case is now concluded. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Michael Liberty’s lawyers told a federal judge Tuesday that their client is accepting President Trump’s pardon, but a host of legal woes still loom for the former Portland developer.
Florida businessman convicted of $1BILLION Medicare fraud spent NYE dancing at his daughter s wedding days after Trump commuted his 20-year prison sentence citing his declining health
Philip Esformes was among the slew of convicts pardoned by President Trump in the final days of his presidency
Esformes, 51, was convicted on 20 criminal counts in a $1billion Medicare fraud scheme in 2019
The healthcare executive was sentenced to 20 years in prison but only served 4
White House claimed the move had been supported by a number of former attorneys general and said Esformes is in declining health
Just days after his release, Esformes spent New Year s Eve dancing at his daughter Serena s wedding held in his backyard
There’s no cheering in the press box, but an exception can be made when contemplating Gorman’s optimistic view of the republic.
Here’s hoping she’s as prescient as she is gifted with prose.
In the meantime, the Maine politics news continues apace following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, who signed a flurry of executive orders this week.
Several were related to the federal government’s response to the pandemic, including a vaccination rollout hampered by unreliable deliveries of vaccines from the federal government and a hands-off approach that’s led to a patchwork inoculation strategy across the states.