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Investments
INCOPRO gets $21m
Anti-fraud firm INCOPRO landed $21m from Highland Europe to develop its technology.
The technology is intended to protect brands from piracy and counterfeits. Through machine learning, the tech (dubbed ‘TALISMAN’) will be used to ‘automatically’ identify and remove IP violations.
Tackling each identified infringement typically takes between eight and 24 hours, with a 99% success rate, the company claims.
Based in London, INCOPRO was founded in 2012 by Simon Baggs, CEO and IP protection lawyer, and Bret Boivin, CTO and system architect. ...