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First Analysis has a four-decade record of serving emerging growth companies, established industry leaders and institutional investors in emerging high-growth tech-driven segments, both through its venture capital investments and through First Analysis Securities Corp. (FASC), which provides investment banking and related services. First Analysis’s integrative research process underpins all its efforts, combining 1) dynamic investment research on thousands of companies with 2) thousands of relationships among executives, investors and other key participants in our focus areas, yielding a deep, comprehensive understanding of each sector’s near-term and long-term potential.

First Analysis Corp. is the parent of First Analysis Private Equity Management V-B, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser that offers venture capital investment advisory services, and First Analysis Securities Corp. (FASC), a registered broker dealer with FINRA and member SIPC that offers investment banking services and securities. 

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Howard Smith and Liam Moran share key takeaways from the 2024 RSA Conference and industry discussions. The strong attendance, with over 41,000 participants, highlights the sector's ongoing vitality. Despite concerns about best-of-breed #cybersecurity solutions, robust demand for both these and single-vendor platform solutions is evident and expected to persist. While M&A and financing remain strong, it's crucial to align strategies with probable exit valuations. This year #ArtificialIntelligence was an even hotter topic, with most companies adding AI to existing solutions and a growing number developing native #AI solutions. 

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The pandemic has accelerated #e-commerce growth, making it an attractive target for a shadow industry that uses #scalper #bots to siphon sales from legitimate sites, resulting in consumer frustration, lost sales and reputational damage. Despite calls for regulatory action, we think technological solutions from innovative companies offer a more immediate defense. David Gearhart and Marta Mikos' latest report profiles several of these solutions in four major categories.

Recent surveys indicate a significant rise in fraudulent activities in apartment #leasing, driven by consumer financial stress from the long-term housing shortage and consequent housing inflation in the United States. According to the National Multifamily Housing Council, over 70% of #multifamily property owners reported increased fraudulent applications and payments, and traditional credit scores, which fail to capture current financial stress and do not verify income, have proven inadequate.

In their latest report, Terry Kiwala, CFA and Walid Elmekki discuss the growth of alternative #credit qualification platforms that use extensive #consumerdata sources to provide a more accurate assessment of tenants' ability to pay and profile 12 companies leading this innovative approach.

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#CES2024 is rapidly becoming a prominent forum for a wide range of #B2B #IoT companies. David Gearhart, CFA and Charles M. met with a diverse range of companies at the conference and identified six key themes discussed in detail in our recent report.

Society is eager to find ways to stop malicious #deepfakes, and identifying deepfakes is a challenging and key part of the solution. Deepfake detection technology essentially reverse engineers the deepfake creation process to identify deepfakes. Important markets include news media, law enforcement, banking and general commerce. Howard Smith and Liam Moran give an overview of the latest #deepfake creation models, discuss the various use cases for detection software, and highlight interesting providers. DuckDuckGoose AI, Reality Defender, Pindrop

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We are pleased to announce that First Analysis has made a new investment in Sware, a pioneering company providing comprehensive software validation solutions for the #lifesciences sector. This funding will support the enhancement of Sware's Res_Q platform, leverage #AI to streamline #CSV processes, and expand the sales team to support companies struggling with #validation debt challenges. We are excited to collaborate with Sware and support its mission to revolutionize validation management, ensuring safer #therapies and faster #innovation in the life sciences industry. 
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