Kaprica Security Receives $100K in Funding
Summary
The investment was made by the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) GAP Funds.Co-founded by Doug Britton, CEO, Andrew Wesie, CTO, and Hudson Thrift, COO, Kaprica commercializes a smartphone charger that enables nation-state quality security for Android users.As an external piece of hardware attached through the USB port, Skorpion can examine the entire device to locate malware and rootkits.When malicious behavior has been identified, the charger illuminates a red LED alert to indicate compromise, communicates the result to the user and, if applicable, IT managers, and offers different remediation options.The charger is in the late stages of development via a partnership with Belkin, which is leveraging its global distribution channels to sell the product into government, enterprise and foreign markets.