Alarum Technologies Ltd. (ALAR)
Alarum Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli company built on one straightforward problem: how do you gather web data at scale without getting blocked? The company provides proxy services and data collection infrastructure, tools that let businesses—everything from ad tech and financial firms to AI training operations—pull information from the internet reliably. It went public in North America and operates across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, serving the practical needs of companies that need raw web intelligence.
The backbone of the business is residential proxy networks. These are proxies routed through actual residential internet connections rather than data center infrastructure, which makes them harder to detect and block. The company also runs rotating proxies that change the connection point for each request, datacenter proxies for simpler operations, and mobile proxies that mimic smartphone traffic. Beyond proxies, Alarum offers specialized data collection services—harvesting search engine results, social media data, and general web scraping—plus tools like a website unblocker and an AI data collector that helps customers feed large language models with training material. Different tools for different customers. Some need rotating residential IPs. Others need social data feeds. Still others need help training AI models.
The customer base spans advertising networks and media companies looking to track competitor pricing or campaign performance, financial firms conducting market research, cybersecurity vendors collecting threat intelligence, and ecommerce businesses monitoring rivals. Educational institutions, recruitment platforms, and industrial firms round out the roster. The model is essentially consumption-based: data pulled, proxies used, services metered and billed.
Alarum changed its name from Safe-T Group in early 2023, a signal that management wanted to pivot the company’s identity around its growing data collection business rather than legacy cybersecurity products. It’s a Tel Aviv-based operation with a structure required to navigate multiple regulatory jurisdictions—it files foreign issuer reports with the SEC, which means U.S. investors can follow its filings but the company isn’t subject to all domestic regulations.
Main offerings:
- Residential proxy networks (static and rotating)
- Datacenter proxy services
- Mobile proxies
- Search engine results data collection
- Social media data harvesting
- Website unblocking tools
- AI data collection services
The company lives in the tension between utility (every enterprise needs data) and friction (governments and platforms increasingly restrict how much data can be grabbed). Whether as a pure infrastructure play or as a target for activist pressure over scraping ethics, Alarum’s trajectory depends on how that balance evolves.