Gryphon Online Safety

Invest in the future of intelligent home network protection.

Summary

• Over $9M in total sales and over 55,000 Gryphons shipped
• 6 patents issued and other patents pending for home network protection
• Raised over $11M from noted angel groups, including ATI & Frontier Angels
• Founders behind disruptive tech such as MiFi mobile hotspot & Apple iPod
• Industry accolades from Tom's Guide, PC Mag, TechAeris, and Fatherly
• Recognized as one of the fastest-growing startups in Southern California

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

WiFi options

Gryphon AX

• Powered by the latest mesh WiFi 6 technology
• 40% boost in speed
• 40% increase in total WiFi capacity

Gryphon Tower

• Up to 3,000 sqft of high-speed WiFi coverage

Gryphon Guardian

• Up to 1,800 sqft of WiFi coverage
• Can be used to expand the coverage of the Gryphon Tower

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

Awards and industry recognition

Best Security-Focussed Mesh Router

"The Best Parental Control Hardware Around"

Best of CES 2019 · Best Router for Family Safety and Privacy

What press is saying

Customers

What customers are saying:

Business model

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

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

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

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.