Israeli cybersecurity company Guardio, which focuses on protecting individual internet users, has raised $80 million in its latest funding round. The company has been growing fast, with its revenue from subscriptions more than doubling each year for the past three years.
This new funding, led by ION Crossover Partners and joined by existing investors Vintage Investment Partners, Union Tech Ventures, and Emerge, will help Guardio reach $100 million in annual recurring revenue as soon as 2026.
This is Guardio’s second funding round. The company previously raised $47 million about four years ago.
Over the last ten years, personal cybersecurity tools have not improved much, even though online threats have become faster, smarter, and more targeted at individuals.
As a result, private users are facing more damage. In 2024 alone, U.S. consumers lost over $12.5 billion to online fraud, a 25% increase from the year before. Also, 73% of people said they were targeted by cyberattacks or online scams.
Guardio’s security system has recently gained attention in the AI field.
Last month, Lovable, a fast-growing Vibe Coding and generative AI platform, said it will use Guardio’s system in its website-building tool. This means every new website will be automatically checked for harmful activity before it goes live.
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.”
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