Cybersecurity startup Maro, which helps organisations manage human risk, has raised $4.3m in seed funding from Downing Capital Group.
Maro’s platform addresses threats linked to human error, insider risk, and misuse of AI tools by providing real-time behavioural interventions.
The funds will support team expansion, product development, and go-to-market efforts as the company brings its platform to market.
Founded in late 2024, Maro was created by cybersecurity veterans Jadon Montero, Gwen Betts, and Jen Andre, who have built and scaled multiple security companies together.
Security leaders from FinTech, healthcare, and retail contributed to the platform’s development, identifying AI governance and social engineering as key risk areas.
Maro CEO Jadon Montero said,”Maro was born from our years spent inside broken security workflows where SOC analysts didn’t have time to speak directly to every employee who urgently needed their help after legacy tools failed to stop the employee from taking a risky action.”
“The acceleration of generative AI, coupled with remote work and shadow software as a service (SaaS), exponentially increases the risk that users run afoul of company policy without even knowing it. With Maro, governance, risk, and compliance happen in the moment so that human risk is managed and mitigated – before issues even reach the SOC.”
Downing Capital Group CEO Jesse Downing said, “When stress levels are high and attackers use that opportunity to manipulate your workforce into taking risky actions, Maro protects how people think, decide, and act. Maro’s founding team has deep cybersecurity experience solving human-focused problems, working together across three companies, including several with successful exits.”
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