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Defending Your Home as Cyberattacks Increase - EE Times E...
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Nov 17, 2021
As cyberattacks become another invisible enemy to contend with, staying home to avoid the Covid-19 no longer seems so saf...
Problem
Networks are getting more complicated, leading to security and privacy concerns
- Average of 25 connected devices per US household
- 74 billion connected devices projected by 2025
- Most people don’t know what devices are actually connected on their networks
Digital parenting is more challenging than ever
- Kids spend more than 7 hours per day in front of screens
- 90% of kids age 8–16 have seen inappropriate content online
- Screentime management is one of the toughest challenges faced by parents
More vulnerable devices lead to increased hacking
- 70% of connected devices in the home are vulnerable to hacking
- 330% increase in hacking during COVID19
- Default network security in devices is inadequate
A solution is urgently needed
- Fragmented market makes finding solutions difficult
- Existing solutions are ineffective and difficult to use
- COVID-19 driving surge in-home Internet usage and online threats
Solution
Intelligent firewall
made simple
Gryphon makes it easy to help protect you, your family, and every device in your home from digital threats online. No more worries about hackers, malware, or intrusions into your privacy. No more worries about your kids being exposed to inappropriate content or screen addiction.
Gryphon is a cloud-managed network protection service platform that's powerful yet simple. The platform combines an elegant high-performance mesh WiFi system, a simple to use App, and cloud-based machine learning that will continuously improve the protection over time and usage.
With the patent-pending Homebound™ app, Gryphon also provides on-the-go smartphone protection when your family is away from your home network.
Product
Gryphon combines ultra-fast WiFi with a complete digital protection platform
Product Innovations
Gryphon proudly introduces MetaSafe, the world’s first mesh WiFi that runs a Web 3.0 blockchain
- Secured by the same technology used to secure trillions of dollars of cryptocurrencies
- Decentralized password management system that's virtually impossible to hack
- Total privacy of credit cards, medical records, personal identifications and anything needed to safely navigate the internet
- MetaSafe blockchain powered by tens of thousands of Gryphons
- Earn MetaSafe tokens as a miner with a Gryphon
Enterprise-grade home network security
- Every connected device in your network is automatically protected—no additional software installations are needed
- Gryphon scans for vulnerabilities and infected devices that can be compromised by intruders to hack your network
- 24/7 filtering protects every device from being infected by dangerous malware and ransomware
- VPN support and end-to-end data encryption provides personal data protection for every user in your home
Powerful parental controls
- Set daily screen time limits to promote healthy screen time
- Create daily internet schedules for homework and bedtime
- Limit access to websites and distracting apps
- Monitor website browsing history
- View usage insights based on web categories
Protection everywhere with HomeBound™
Extend Gryphon’s security and control to any network
- HomeBound™ is a patent-pending extension app of the Gryphon home WiFi system to route all mobile traffic back to Gryphon before going out
- Provides data encryption, privacy, and malware filtering for your family's smartphones when away from your network
- Parental controls work for your child’s smartphone as if they never left the home
Traction
Company traction and growth
Over 55k Gryphons sold
$9M total revenue
with $1.7M+ from software services
- Expansion to Canada with BestBuy Canada and Amazon Canada in Oct 2021
- Gryphon AX with WiFi 6 technology launched in Aug 2021
- Recognized by Connect w/ San Diego Venture Group as one of Southern California's fastest-growing start-ups three consecutive years
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Awards and industry recognition
 Best Security-Focussed |  2019 Best WiFi Mesh Network |
 "The Best Parental Control |  Best of CES 2019 · Best Router |
What press is saying
Customers
What customers are saying
Business model
Multiple revenue channels
Direct to consumer sales channels
- Gryphon website
- Recurring software service revenue
- Online marketplaces
 Amazon (US, Canada, and United Kingdom) |  BestBuy.ca |  Walmart.com |
 NewEgg.com |  Wellbots.com |  StackCommerce.com |
Growing service revenue
License and service
- Software license and term sheets
- 87% gross margin on service
Data intelligence
- 12+ managed devices per home (average)
- 330k+ internet-connected devices being protected
- 11M+ malware and intrusions blocked
Market
Key trends driving growth
Complex home networks + WFH + distance learning = robust market opportunity
- Growing number of connected “smart” devices in the home
- Increasing awareness of privacy issues and screentime addiction
- Work from home and remote learning
Smart Home Market growing at 23.6% CAGR
"Increasing trend of remote working practices to boost
demand for solutions."
-Fortune Business Insights
Competition
A leader in total
home network protection
- End-to-end solution built from the ground up to help protect your home network and your privacy
- 6 patents issued
- 3 trademarks issued
- Industry veterans with over 100 years of combined experience in wireless technology and product design
Vision and strategy
Gryphon was started due to an incident with John's daughter where she accidentally stumbled on some nasty content while searching for princesses on her iPad. This is a worry that all parents are facing today.
We founded Gryphon with the vision to make the internet a safer place for families and small businesses—by creating an affordable and easy-to-use platform that combines the latest in network protection, machine learning, and wireless connectivity.
Just like the personal computer revolution, we believe this is the beginning of a revolution in personal home network protection.
With the increase in home internet usage driven by the pandemic, our mission to protect our online activities is more important than ever!
Web without worry—that's our promise and our mission.
Funding
 Hyberabad Angels |  Frontier Angels |  ATI Investments |
 MayOne Ventures LLC |  The Batchery |  Mark Bowles |
Founders
John Wu
Co-Founder and CEO
MiFi Inventor, ex-Motorola
Executive with over 23 years of experience in wireless and IoT at global companies like Novatel Wireless and Motorola. Led high impact teams with over 120 professionals and successfully shipped multiple products with over 4 million units annually. One of the key inventors of MiFi mobile hotspot - selected by Time Magazine as one of the top gadgets of the century. John holds 25 patents with others pending.
Arup Bhattacharya
Co-Founder and CTO
Built the chip and SW that powered the Apple iPods
Seasoned software and multimedia executive with over 30 years of experience in technology innovation. Led MiFi software development at Novatel Wireless. An executive at PortalPlayer where he developed multiple generations of the media chip that powered the Apple iPods and helped lead the company to IPO and eventual acquisition by NVDIA.
