JetBlue Technology Ventures and Singtel Innov8 have become cybersecurity software provider Shape's latest corporate backers, joining GV and HPE Pathfinder.

US-based cybersecurity software provider Shape Security has completed a $26m funding round that included JetBlue Technology Ventures and Singtel Innov8, subsidiaries of airline operator JetBlue and telecoms firm Singapore Telecommunications.

The round was led by venture capital firm Norwest Venture Partners and included Kleiner Perkins, Venrock, Baseline Ventures, Allegis Capital, Focus Ventures, Epic Ventures, Raging Capital and Tomorrow Ventures. It valued Shape at $495m, according to Pitchbook Data.

Shape has created an anti-automation and bot mitigation software platform that prevents…

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