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The investor is Tembusu Partners, an early- and growth-stage fund targeting China, India and Southeast Asia

Sixscape Communications, a Singapore-based startup offering software security tools for desktop and mobile devices, has raised S$2 million (US$1.4 million) in funding from Tembusu ICT Fund, a software-focused VC fund run by Tembusu Partners, an early- and growth-stage fund targeting China, India and Southeast Asia.

Founded in 2016 by a Singaporean IT professional and an American technology entrepreneur, Sixscape specialises in next-generation secure communication solutions for consumers and businesses.

Online communication channels such as email, chat messaging and file transfer apps typically come with some form of security, but can still be vulnerable to hacking and other cyber attacks. Sixscape protects individual users’ identities by automating the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) process across multiple channels: email, chat messaging and file transfer apps.

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PKI is a set of roles, policies and procedures that enable users and computers to securely exchange data over the Internet and verify the identity of the other party. Without PKI, sensitive information can still be encrypted and exchanged, but there would be no assurance of the identity of the other party.

Sixscape apps’ instant messaging and file transfer functions use the same security protocol found in end-to-end secure email. With Sixscape’s technology, PKI can be fully automated for email, chat messaging and file transfer apps. Sixscape apps are available for Windows desktops as well as Android and iOS.

Sixscape Co-founder and CTO Lawrence Hughes said: “Within 60 seconds of installing our IPv6-based app, you can exchange fully encrypted, digitally signed messages with other users. Our next-generation technology positions us to make a similar impact to the IPv6 Internet, as Netscape did to the IPv4 Internet.”

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