Anti-phishing startup Inky raises $20M to ramp up enterprise adoption

Inky’s technology works by hooking into existing email systems, like Exchange, Office 365, and G-Suite and alerting users if an incoming email looks safe, unusual, or malicious.

The company uses machine learning and other technologies to detect if an email looks like it’s spam, a phish attempt, or leveraging a security vulnerability like an XSS — or cross-site script — that can be used to steal data.

Inky says it blocks hundred of thousands of suspicious or malicious emails a month for the average customer.