Cyber Guru, a cybersecurity training and awareness platform based in Rome, has secured $25m in a Series B funding round.
The round was led by Riverside Acceleration Capital, a U.S.-based growth equity firm, with additional support from Educapital, Europe’s largest investment fund focused on EdTech and the Future of Work, alongside existing investor P101.
Founded to address human vulnerabilities in cybersecurity, Cyber Guru offers an innovative security awareness training platform that combines machine learning with behavioural science.
The platform aims to transform employees from potential risks into the first line of defence against cyber threats, providing adaptive training designed to improve organisational resilience to cyberattacks. Since its inception, the platform has gained traction across Southern Europe, currently serving more than 700 organisations and training over 1m active users in 90 countries.
With the new funding, Cyber Guru plans to scale its AI-driven contextual training strategy, investing in sales and marketing to support its expansion across Europe. The company aims to enhance its Go-To-Market operations, further strengthening its position in the cybersecurity training space.
Cyber Guru’s platform has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing human error-related data breaches, which research suggests account for 88% of all breaches. As organisations continue to face increasing cybersecurity threats, Cyber Guru’s training platform empowers users with the skills needed to minimise risks.
Gianni Baroni, CEO and founder of Cyber Guru, said, “Securing this investment from Riverside and Educapital, along with the continued support from Adara and P101, is a monumental step in our journey to scale internationally. Our mission is to improve an organisation’s resistance to cyberattacks, by transforming user behaviour.
“With our proprietary Machine Learning model and the use of advanced learning methodologies, we’ve built a comprehensive security awareness training platform that is effective in managing and reducing human risk, and now we are poised to take this vision worldwide.”
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