Smart home tech firm Plume raises $270 million, now valued at $1.35 billion

Plume, a technology firm that helps improve home WiFi and internet security as everything from coffee machines to door bells go online, said on Tuesday it had raised $270 million from private equity firm Insight Partners, valuing the company at $1.35 billion.
Plume’s technology is in over 22 million households around the world, and the service is offered through communications service providers like Comcast, co-founder and Chief Executive Fahri Diner told Reuters.

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