CyberNut Closes $5M Growth Capital for K-12 Security Awareness Training

According to SecurityWeek, Miami-based CyberNut on Wednesday announced a minority strategic growth equity round to scale its cybersecurity awareness training platform for the K-12 sector, with the investment totalling $5 million from Growth Street Partners. CyberNut emerged from stealth in May 2024 with $800,000 in pre-seed funding for its platform, and the new funds will boost product development and go-to-market initiatives, with Growth Street Partners joining CyberNut’s board.

The platform is described as an automated security awareness training and threat mitigation system that uses behaviour-based intelligence and AI to detect human risk indicators and trigger interventions, and it integrates directly with email clients to report suspicious messages and allow district IT teams to delete identified emails district-wide. CyberNut says its platform is used by more than 400,000 teachers, admins, and students across over 350 school districts. The funding round will help accelerate innovation and expand the company’s reach to more districts, according to the CEO and co-founder Oliver Page.