LEIDEN, Netherlands — Gambit Cyber, an emerging leader in AI-native preemptive cybersecurity, has announced the successful close of its US$3.4 million seed funding round, led by Expeditions, a leading early-stage European security investor, with participation from Bitdefender Voyager Ventures, the early-stage investment arm of global cybersecurity company Bitdefender.
The investment will support platform enhancements, international expansion, and strategic partnerships. Gambit Cyber’s AI-powered platform, KnightGuard, enables organizations to continuously identify, validate, and reduce cyber risks before attackers can exploit them.
KnightGuard leverages a coordinated mesh of specialized AI agents and integrated security capabilities, allowing enterprises to understand, prioritize, validate, and mobilize cyber risk continuously. The platform is already gaining traction with early enterprise customers and managed security service providers (MSSPs) across financial services, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure sectors in India, the UAE, and Europe.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Gambit Cyber operates with teams and channel partners across the UK, UAE, Australia, and India, reflecting growing global demand for Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) as organizations adapt to AI-driven defensive strategies.
The funding comes amid increasing enterprise adoption of CTEM to address expanding attack surfaces, the rise of AI-enabled threat actors, and the global shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals.
“This investment validates our mission to reinvent how organizations understand and respond to cyber risks and become future-ready,” said Anuj and Manuj Kumar, Co-founders of Gambit Cyber. “KnightGuard was built from the ground up to be AI-native, risk-centric, and preemptive. With Expeditions and Bitdefender behind us, we are accelerating toward a world where security teams gain real-time clarity and stay continuously ahead of threats.”
Mikolaj Firlej, Founding Partner at Expeditions, said the firm is pleased to partner with the Gambit Cyber founders, noting that KnightGuard is positioned to become foundational for organizations adopting CTEM through scalable, automated, and threat-informed decision-making.
Representatives from Bitdefender Voyager Ventures added that Gambit Cyber aligns strongly with their long-term vision for cybersecurity innovation, combining security, data, automation, and AI in a way that reflects the future of the industry.
The new capital will be used to scale product engineering, expand KnightGuard’s AI agents, and grow Gambit Cyber’s footprint across Europe, the UAE, and Asia-Pacific, alongside deeper partnerships with MSSPs, telecom operators, and cloud platforms.
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