Cyber ​​Guru raises $25 million to expand AI-powered cybersecurity training platform

Cyber ​​security awareness training platform startup Cyber ​​Guru Srl announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding.

It plans to use the money to accelerate its AI-powered training roadmap, increase sales and marketing resources and expand its go-to-market operations across Europe.

Founded in 2017, Cyber ​​Guru offers a modern security awareness training platform that enables organizations to increase their resilience to cyberattacks by changing employee behavior. The platform trains employees to become the first line of defense against cyber threats while minimizing the impact on organizational productivity.

The company’s platform offers three main products. One is Cyber ​​Guru Awareness, which provides ongoing training on digital and network threats. Another is Cyber ​​Guru Phishing, a program that uses simulations to educate users on identifying and avoiding phishing attacks. And there’s the Cyber ​​Guru Channel, which offers training content through narrative and storytelling formats.

Cyber ​​Guru training solutions also incorporate gamification and microlearning techniques to maximize user engagement. The programs aim to foster safe digital habits within organizations by offering continuous and interactive learning.

Under the hood, the company uses an AI-powered adaptive machine learning model and behavioral science methodology to deliver “a comprehensive security awareness training platform that is engaging, effective, and delivers real improvement in security posture of an organization”.

Cyber ​​Guru claims one million active users in over 90 countries among 700 clients using its platform.

Riverside Acceleration Capital led the Series B round, with Educapital SAS and existing investors Adara Ventures SICAR and P101 SGR SpA also participating.

“Our mission is to improve an organization’s resilience to cyberattacks by transforming user behavior,” said founder and CEO Gianni Baroni. “With our proprietary machine learning model and the use of advanced learning methodologies, we have created a comprehensive security awareness training platform that is effective in managing and reducing human risk, and we are now ready to bring this vision to all over the world.”

Including the new funding, Cyber ​​Guru has raised $29.38 million to date, according to data from Tracxn.

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