Guardio raises $80 million as consumer cybersecurity demand surges

Israeli cybersecurity company Guardio, which operates in the consumer cyber market, has raised $80 million in its latest funding round. The company said the funding comes after three consecutive years of more than 100% annual growth in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and positions Guardio to cross the $100 million ARR mark as early as 2026. The round was led by ION Crossover Partners, with existing investors Vintage Investment Partners, Union Tech Ventures, and Emerge also participating.

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This is Guardio’s second funding round, following a $47 million raise approximately four years ago. Over the past decade, personal cybersecurity protection has advanced little, while threats have become more individualized, faster, and more sophisticated. The resulting damage to private users has surged; in 2024 alone, U.S. consumers lost more than $12.5 billion to online fraud, a 25% increase compared to the previous year. Additionally, 73% of consumers reported being targeted by an attempted cyberattack or online fraud.

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Guardio’s protection engine has recently attracted attention in the AI sector. Last month, Lovable, a rapidly growing Vibe Coding and generative AI platform, announced that it would integrate Guardio’s engine into its website-building system, ensuring that every newly created website is automatically scanned for malicious activity before going live.

In an interview with Calcalist, Amos Peled, co-founder and CEO of Guardio, explained the company’s unique approach: “Our last fundraising was in 2021. We started as a bootstrap. We have a different mentality than other companies. That round, led by Tiger, raised significant capital for a relatively small team, allowing us to focus for four years on building a real business. Raising at the right time gave us patience and the ability to fund growth according to the quality of our business. This round was with the most relevant investors for companies eyeing a public future, though we are still far from that stage, but they have extensive experience supporting Israeli companies toward public markets.”

Guardio, founded in 2018 by Peled, Daniel Sirota, and Michael Vainshtein, has deliberately focused on private consumers rather than becoming primarily B2B. Peled said: “We focus on private customers. Our first B2B deal with Lovable revealed that our engine is one of the only solutions for the new threat landscape. Hackers used to need to replicate bank websites manually; now anyone can create identical pages using website builders. We know how to determine whether a page is real or fake. Currently, 99% of our revenue comes from private customers, which is where the opportunity lies, but our discovery engine can also serve business consumers.”

He added: “Many users are realizing that large companies do not adequately protect them, and they are seeking personal cyber protection. We are building a product for that audience. We will continue growing our brand in the United States and recruiting talented employees in Israel. We are a cyber company focused on consumers, so we occupy a unique space. The combination of consumer focus and cybersecurity from Israel is driving growing demand. Our goal is to become the largest consumer cyber company in the world.”