Guardare tops $10M with $5.6M follow-on round, targets EMEA

What's the deal? Clearwater-based cybersecurity startup GuardareDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has raised a $5.6 million follow-on round backed by Florida investors, including regional players. The financing pushes its total raised past $10 million.

What's the endgame? Guardare plans to use the capital to expand into the EMEA region. The move extends the startup's reach beyond its Florida base into Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Why now? The follow-on round builds on earlier financing, giving Guardare fresh runway as it steps up its growth ambitions abroad.

The signal: A regionally funded cybersecurity startup looking overseas points to the appetite among Florida backers to support local companies as they chase international markets.

Read more: bizjournals.com

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