Israeli cybersecurity company Zeroport said it has raised $10 million in seed funding to expand internationally and develop its non-IP-based remote access technology, as organisations reassess the security of traditional virtual private networks.
The funding round was led by lool ventures, with participation from Clarim Ventures, CyberFuture, which is backed by Elron Ventures, and Fusion Fund.
Zeroport said the capital would be used to expand into North American and Asia-Pacific markets, grow its workforce from 25 to about 40 employees over the next year and further develop its Fantom platform.
The company develops a hardware-based remote access system that does not rely on internet protocol, or IP, connectivity. Instead, its technology uses a physical gateway that limits inbound activity to human interaction signals while allowing only visual output from protected networks, preventing data packets from entering or leaving.
Zeroport said this approach was designed to address weaknesses in IP-based remote access systems that have been exploited in recent years, including attacks on VPN infrastructure used by government agencies and critical infrastructure operators.
Zeroport CEO Joseph Gertz said organisations had long been forced to balance security concerns against the need for remote connectivity.
“For decades, companies have had to choose between staying offline or relying on remote access systems that remain vulnerable,” Gertz said, adding that the company’s technology was intended to allow secure remote operations without exposing internal networks.
According to Zeroport, its platform is already used by large organisations in sectors including critical infrastructure, energy, finance and government. The company said one systems integrator using its technology had eliminated about $5 million in annual travel costs by enabling remote monitoring and maintenance that was previously not possible.
Investors said the company’s differentiation lay in its hardware-based design rather than incremental improvements to existing VPN models.
Yaniv Golan, managing partner at lool ventures, said most remote access tools shared a common weakness because they relied on IP-based architectures, making networks vulnerable to intrusion.
Zeroport has also participated in cybersecurity acceleration programmes in Singapore and has received backing from industry-focused investors whose advisory boards include chief information security officers from large industrial firms, the company said.
Founded in Herzliya, Zeroport is led by a team with backgrounds in cybersecurity and hardware development, including experience in Israel’s military intelligence technology units. The company operates offices in Israel, New York and Singapore and holds several patents related to its remote access technology.
