Skycure builds a mobile threat‑defense platform that helps enterprises secure employee mobile devices in BYOD environments using a layered, predictive approach combining crowd‑sourced threat intelligence with device‑ and server‑based analysis. The company partners with vendors such as AirWatch and MobileIron and competes with incumbents like CheckPoint and FireEye. Skycure plans to use new funding to expand its presence in EMEA and APAC, broaden its customer base, and continue investing in its platform; the article also notes the company will likely eye IoT. Skycure was founded in 2012 by Adi Sharabani and Yair Amit and operates from offices split between Israel and the U.S.; it has more than 50 employees with a roughly 60/40 Israel‑to‑U.S. split. The company publishes mobile threat‑intelligence reports showing high exposure rates on enterprise devices, which it uses to inform its product development and sales. Financially, Skycure has raised a total of $27.5 million to date following the disclosed round. Skycure provides a mobile threat defense platform that leverages crowd knowledge to proactively identify threats and secure mobile devices. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel and was co-founded by Adi Sharabani (CEO) and Yair Amit. Skycure recently closed a significant Series A financing and has added Varun Kohli as vice president of marketing and Daniel Kandel as R&D head. The company intends to use the funds to grow sales and marketing and to invest further in R&D. Hiring is planned in both the US and Israel to support those efforts. Skycure builds a "mobile firewall" for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments, pairing a client-side firewall on the device with a server-side service that does most of the heavy lifting. Its technology is designed to detect and block data leakage, malicious malware, wireless network attacks, and exploitation of vulnerable apps while avoiding impact on phone usage, privacy, or battery life. The company was founded in May 2012 by Yair Amit and Adi Sharabani. Skycure gained attention after revealing a significant privacy leak in LinkedIn’s mobile apps, demonstrating its ability to find real-world mobile security issues. The article cites estimates that about 65% of large companies planned to implement BYOD policies, creating substantial opportunity for Skycure's product. Financially, Skycure has just closed its first external financing, positioning it to scale product development and go-to-market efforts.

Total raised

$28M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jul 2016