Cyber Security Startup GuardiCore Raises $20M

July 19, 2016 | Israeli cyber security company GuardiCore has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The latest round is led by existing investors Battery Ventures and 83North (formerly Greylock IL) with participation from by Cisco Investments, this brings the company’s total funding raised to date to $33 million. Based in Tel Aviv and founded in 2013 by CEO Pavel Gurvich, CTO Ariel Zeitlin and VP business development Dror Sal’ee, the company has developed internal data center security and breach detection solutions. GuardiCore will use the funds to address growing demand for its GuardiCore Centra Security Platform, invest in additional product research and development, expand its commercial reach through its global ecosystem and channel partners, and to fuel its overall sales and marketing efforts.