GuardKnox Through the Years

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2016

THE IDEA IS BORN

Moshe Shlisel, Dionis Teshler, and Idan Nadav team-up bringing expertise and experience from Special Ops units, F35 Fighter Jet and Missile Defense programs in the Israeli Air Force

GUARDKNOX IS LEGALLY FOUNDED

GuardKnox Cyber Technologies Ltd. legally founded in February

GUARDKNOX RAISES CAPITAL

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

GUARDKNOX HAS A HOME

Moved into own office space in Ramla, Israel 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-vehicle 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 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Hardware

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 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

Expanded our global presence by opening a US 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 including an interactive driving simulator

3RD SOA PATENT GRANTED

Patent 6 US 10,776,169- centralized services ECU based on Service-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