Guardz, a startup positioning itself as an all-in-one cybersecurity platform for small- and medium-sized businesses, has secured $56 million in a new round of financing led by ClearSky.
The Israeli company said the Series B raise included equity stakes for new backer Phoenix Financial and returning investors Glilot Capital Partners, SentinelOne, Hanaco Ventures, iAngels, GKFF Ventures and Lumir.
Guardz has raised about $85 million in a little over two years.
Founded in May 2022, Guardz sells an AI-native detection-and-response platform built expressly for managed service providers that look after small and mid-sized businesses.
The company said its cloud-delivered service folds identity, email, endpoint, SaaS and data protection into a single console, layering 24/7 managed threat hunting and SentinelOne’s endpoint telemetry to cut alert noise and automate incident response across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace estates.
The Guardz platform covers devices, email, identity, web browsing, and cloud applications, and the company also helps organizations train employees to identify phishing and other types of malicious messages.
The platform continuously monitors an organization’s internal and external digital footprint to provide real-time protection, and allows administrators to immediately take action when necessary, from a single dashboard.
Guardz said the fresh capital will accelerate U.S. go-to-market hiring, expand R&D and add natively built controls aimed at reducing manual workloads for over-stretched MSPs.
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