Last year security investing rose 5% to $1.02 billion at a time when venture investing overall fell 10%. The increase came after a hefty 94% jump in venture dollars committed in 2011.

Despite the protests from the Kauffman Foundation and others about its demise, venture capital is very much alive. Having just returned from a trip abroad to talk to numerous investors, I am sensing a true tipping point in attitudes toward venture and in the appetite for investing

Boulder-based Symplified, which sells cloud security tools, is welcoming former Netscape executives Taher Elgamal and Todd Rulon-Miller to its advisory board. Five-year-old Symplified is venture backed by Granite Ventures, Allegis Capital,  and Quest Software and closed its newest, $9 million, round of funding last week. The company has raised $18.8 million so far. PRESS RELEASE: Symplified, [...]