CHEQ is a technology company.
As the global leader in Go-to-Market Security, CHEQ protects business-critical digital engagement from human, agent, and machine-driven threats, ensuring privacy compliance and marketing effectiveness.
CHEQ has raised $191.0M across 5 funding rounds.
CHEQ has raised $191.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
CHEQ is a cybersecurity technology company specializing in Go-to-Market Security (GTMSec), protecting digital marketing, sales, and customer engagement from bots, fake users, and malicious actors.[1][2][3] It builds a fully integrated platform with products like CHEQ Acquisition (for paid marketing protection), CHEQ Analytics (for traffic insights), CHEQ Form Guard (against fake form fills), CHEQ Manage (for tag and data control), and CHEQ Enforce (for privacy compliance), serving over 15,000 organizations worldwide—from startups to Fortune 50 companies—by processing 6 trillion signals daily across 1M domains with a false positive rate under 0.009%.[2][3][4] CHEQ solves the problem of the "fake web," where over 40% of internet traffic is non-human or malicious, ensuring genuine user connections without disrupting customer experience, while boosting marketing ROI, reducing cost-per-acquisition (CPA), and increasing qualified leads.[3][5]
Founded in 2016 by veterans of Israel's elite Unit 8200 military intelligence unit, CHEQ emerged from the need to combat sophisticated online threats in digital business channels.[1][2] Co-founders Guy Tytunovich (CEO), Ehud Levy (Chairman), and Asaf Botovsky (CTO) leveraged their defense expertise to create context-specific detection engines for go-to-market security, distinguishing legitimate humans from bots and agents.[2] Early traction came from addressing invalid traffic (IVT) in marketing and sales, evolving into a platform trusted by CISOs and marketers amid rising cyber threats to digital engagement.[3][5]
CHEQ rides the GTMSec trend, addressing the explosion of AI-driven bots, fake traffic (over 40% of internet activity), and threats to digital marketing/sales in a human-AI hybrid era.[1][3][5] Timing is ideal amid rising ad fraud, privacy regulations, and martech vulnerabilities, with market forces like eCommerce growth and sophisticated attacks favoring specialized platforms over legacy solutions.[2][4] It influences the ecosystem by empowering go-to-market teams with cybersecurity tools, fostering trust in digital channels, and setting standards for invalid traffic prevention in fintech, advertising, and enterprise security.[1][5]
CHEQ is positioned to dominate GTMSec as bot sophistication and regulatory pressures intensify, with expansions into AI threat detection, global enterprise sales, and deeper martech integrations on the horizon.[2][3] Trends like multi-platform security, real-time analytics, and blockchain identity will shape its growth, potentially scaling beyond 15,000 customers amid trillion-signal processing demands.[1][4] Its Unit 8200 roots and network effects suggest evolving influence as the definitive shield for genuine digital engagement, turning the "fake web" challenge into a competitive edge for trusted brands.[1][2]
CHEQ has raised $191.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
CHEQ's investors include 75 & Sunny, Shine Capital, WestRiver Group, Court Lorenzini, Elie Seidman, Erik Blachford, Jon Gelsey, Rudy Gadre, Thomas Dohmke, 1776, AirAngels, Ambush Capital.
CHEQ has raised $191.0M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $8.0M Seed in September 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | $8.0M Seed | 75 & Sunny, Shine Capital, WestRiver Group, Court Lorenzini, Elie Seidman, Erik Blachford, Jon Gelsey, Rudy Gadre, Thomas Dohmke | |
| May 1, 2022 | $2.0M Seed | 1776, AirAngels, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Breega, Buckley Ventures, City Light Capital, Connect Ventures, Coughdrop Capital, Gutter Capital, Lampros Capital Partners, Logos Labs, Neu Venture Capital, Sequoia Capital, SRB Ventures, Ameet Patel, Emily Kramer, Greg Isenberg, Loic Le Meur, Manik Gupta, Marc McCabe, Russell Smith, Sam Corcos, Sam Parr, Steve Schlafman, Zachary Sims | |
| Feb 1, 2022 | $150.0M Series C | Battery Ventures, Sahin Boydas | |
| Nov 1, 2019 | $26.0M Series B | Battery Ventures, MizMaa Ventures, PICO Venture Partners, Sahin Boydas | |
| Jun 1, 2018 | $5.0M Series A | Battery Ventures, Sahin Boydas |