Impel Eyeis a cybersecurity startup focused on stopping AI-powered impersonation and social engineering attacks. $28 million in funding From Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures. Additional participation included Maple VC, Vessy VC, and Cerca Partners.
A company enters the market at a critical moment. Impersonation-related cyberattacks using deepfakes, synthetic voices, and AI-generated identities have skyrocketed tenfold in the past year, making them one of the fastest-growing threats in enterprise security.
imper.ai provided by the platform Detect identity theft risk in real time Available across commonly used communication systems including Zoom, Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, and Google Workspace. The system analyzes multiple security signals from network devices and digital personas to detect malicious behavior that traditional tools often miss.
The new funding will accelerate expansion and support the company's mission to prevent identity theft and social engineering attacks at the source. Financial, healthcare, and technology companies are already deploying platforms to secure digital communications.
The urgency is clear. Recent social engineering ransomware incident at Marks & Spencer disrupts operations and is expected to result in near loss for the retailer $380 million With profit. Meanwhile, the FBI reports that a business email compromise scam has been triggered. $2.8 billion Last year we were in the red.
According to Deloitte, AI-powered spoofing attacks 40 billion dollars These trends demonstrate how identity has become the modern attack surface, surpassing traditional content filtering and identity verification tools.
imper.ai was founded by cyber intelligence veterans Noam Awadish, Anatoly Blighovsky, and Rom Dudkiewicz. They all bring deep experience in elite defense and intelligence forces.
Unlike tools that only scan content, imper.ai analyzes “digital breadcrumbs” (device telemetry, network diagnostics, and behavioral patterns) that attackers cannot forge. Agentless platforms operate silently without disrupting your workflow.
Investors believe imper.ai will build a foundational layer of enterprise security. As social engineering attacks become more sophisticated, real-time verification becomes essential to protect trust, privacy, and business continuity.
