CyberNut has received a strategic minority investment as it looks to strengthen its position in the fast-growing education cybersecurity market.
The company has secured growth backing from Growth Street Partners. While the exact amount was not disclosed, the firm said the funding will accelerate development while supporting its nationwide expansion plans.
CyberNut operates in the RegTech and cybersecurity space, offering a platform designed to help school districts counter human-driven cyber risks. Its technology uses automation, phishing simulations, and gamified micro-training to teach faculty, staff, and students how to identify and respond to threats such as phishing attacks, deepfake scams, and compliance-related risks.
The new investment will be used to speed up product development, enhance go-to-market efforts, and support CyberNut’s mission to help schools protect their communities from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. The firm said the funding marks an important step in scaling tools that address one of the largest vulnerabilities within education: human behaviour.
CyberNut has seen rapid adoption as districts move away from enterprise security tools that are not designed for K-12 environments. The company now supports more than 400,000 faculty members and 1.4m students across public and private districts nationwide. Its customer roster includes Dallas Independent School District, Fulton County School District, Fayette County Public Schools, East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools, and Niles Township High School District 219.
Niles Township High School District 219 director of technology Phil Hintz said, “Cybersecurity threats targeting school districts continue to grow in both volume and sophistication, and the human element remains one of the biggest risk factors.
After renewing our CyberNut platform for a second year and expanding our deployment to include student training, we’re excited to roll out phishing simulations and security awareness education to our student population, alongside our faculty population. CyberNut was clearly designed with K-12 realities in mind and has become a critical component of how we strengthen our overall security posture across the district.”
CyberNut CEO and co-founder Oliver Page said, “Phishing and social engineering attacks remain one of the most persistent and costly cybersecurity risks facing K-12 districts, yet most solutions were designed for corporate environments. With Growth Street’s support, we will accelerate innovation, expand our reach to more districts, and continue equipping district IT teams with tools purpose-built to create safer digital environments for faculty, staff, and students.”
Growth Street Partners co-founders Nate Grossman and Steve Wolfe said, “CyberNut addresses a critical gap in the K-12 cybersecurity market with a platform that is engaging, automated, and purpose-built for schools. The team’s deep understanding of the K-12 environment, combined with strong customer adoption, positions CyberNut to become a category-defining leader in human risk management for education.”
Growth Street Partners vice president Ben Seinfeld added, “We’re excited to partner with CyberNut as they scale their impact across school districts nationwide.”
No previous investment information was stated in the original text.
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