GuardKnox Through The Years

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2015

GUARDKNOX IS BORN

Moshe Shlisel & Dionis Teshler team-up: Moshe - Special Ops unit in Israeli Air Force, Dionis - fighter Jets system department

3RD FOUNDER JOINS

Moshe and Dionis brought the third Co-Founder, Idan Nadav, on board to focus on R&D initiatives

2016

GUARDKNOX IS LEGALLY FOUNDED

GuardKnox Cyber Technologies Ltd. legally founded in February

GUARDKNOX RECEIVES CAPITAL

GuardKnox raised a $3 million seed round from from local Israeli investors (Cyphertech, Allied, and Kardan)

GUARDKNOX HAS A HOME

Moved into own office space in Ramla to continue expansion

THE TEAM GROWS

The first three employees are onboarded apart from the Co-Founders

2017

FIRST PRODUCTS ARE INTRODUCED

Internal and External Secure Network Orchestrator

STARTUP AUTOBAHN IN GERMANY

GuardKnox selected to join StartUp Autobahn to display technologies with Porsche, Daimler, and DXC

INDUSTRY PROJECTS

GuardKnox started working with Porsche and Daimler.

DXC TECHNOLOGIES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

For Secure Operations Center (SOC) and in-car security

2018

FIRST 3 PATENTS GRANTED

Patent US 10,009,350, Patent US 10,055,260, and Patent US 10,129,259

XILINX TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIP

For FPGA Hardware and Arm for processors and microcontrollers

PALO ALTO NETWORKS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

For an end-to-end solution and secure OTA updates from the cloud to the vehicle

FROST & SULLIVAN AWARD WINNER

Awarded Frost and Sullivan’s Vehicle Cybersecurity for Automotive Technology Innovation Award

2019

ADDITIONAL PATENTS GRANTED

Patent US 9,866,563 & Patent US 10,191,777 to further strengthen IP

CLOSED ROUND A

GuardKnox raised $21 million with Fraser McCombs Capital, Faurecia, SAIC, Glory Ventures, Plug and Play, VectoIQ, NextLeap Ventures, and more!

FAURECIA COLLABORATION

GuardKnox started collaborating with Faurecia cybersecurity and on the Cockpit of the Future

GUARDKNOX GMBH FOUNDED

Expanded our global presence by opening an EU office - GuardKnox EU GMbH was launched in Stuttgart, Germany

THE GUARDKNOX DOMAIN CONTROLLER

Innovative solution was released to further reach market and industry needs

GUARDKNOX USA FOUNDED

By opening a US based office - GuardKnox USA was launched in Livonia, Michigan

‘SOONICORN’

GuardKnox named the next “Soonicorn” from Tracxn, Top Autonomous Vehicle Technology Startup

2020

THE GUARDKNOX DRIVING EXPERIENCE

GuardKnox demonstrates multiple technologies on a driving simulator

3RD SOA PATENT GRANTED

Patent 6 US10,776,169)- centralized services ECU based on services-oriented architecture

NEW LOOK

Successfully rebranded and repositioned the company with a refreshed logo, website, look, and messaging

TWO TIME FROST & SULLIVAN AWARD WINNER

GuardKnox Awarded Frost & Sullivan Automotive Cybersecurity Solutions Global Visionary Leadership Award

THE CYBERTECH TIER IS LAUNCHED

With a full next-gen zonal product offering including a Vehicle Server and a Zonal Gateway

NXP, GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

Joint partnership to develop a high-performance automotive platform for next-generation of vehicle architecture