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Vicarius co-founders

Cyber startup Vicarius raises $30 million Series B for vulnerability remediation platform

17.01.24|Meir Orbach
Since the company’s last round of funding in 2022, Vicarius has grown its customer base to over 400 customers, adding global organizations like PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Bupa, and Equinix
שי מישל – שותף מנהל בקרן ההשקעות – Merlin Ventures

Israel must double down on cyber in time of crisis

17.01.24|Shay Michel
“More than a cyber industry has emerged in Israel; a true tradition has emerged, which must be capitalized on,” writes Shay Michel, Managing Partner at Merlin Ventures
חדר מצב סייבר במשרדי Dell בבאר שבע

Decoding Israel's cyber success amid 2023 challenges and predictions for 2024

04.01.24|Sophie Shulman
YL Ventures' analysis exposes Israeli cyber's resilience, with total fundraising among Israeli cybersecurity startups last year amounting to $1.9 billion in 71 investment rounds, marking a 41% drop compared to 2022. However, the average Seed round rose to $9.8 million in 2023 and 21 Israeli cyber companies were acquired, compared to 16 in 2022
מימין: דרור דוידוף מנכ"ל ומייסד משותף אמיר ג'רבי CTO ומייסד משותף אקווה סקיוריטי

Aqua Security raises $60 million at over $1 billion valuation

03.01.24|Meir Orbach
The cyber unicorn, which has now raised $325 million since its founding in 2015, said the new funding is an extension of its Series E from March 2021
מימין: שניים מהמייסדים אבי שועה אבי שוע מנכ"ל ו גיל גרון

Cyber unicorn Orca Security laying off 15% of workforce

03.01.24|Meir Orbach
Orca, which has raised $640 million to date and was last valued at $1.8 billion, is parting ways with around 60 employees
תומאס קריין Managing Director ב Insight Partners

Increased cybersecurity M&A activity reinforces Israeli strength and innovation

28.12.23|Thomas Krane
“There are many reasons to believe that Israeli cyber M&A will not only continue but also accelerate. The combination of cyber being in Israeli DNA and the value creation already shown is sure to invite new startups into the ecosystem as well as buyers looking to capitalize on exceptional technology, talent, and businesses,” writes Thomas Krane, Managing Director at Insight Partners
ועידת MIND THE DATA רון רימון מייסד משותף WhiteSource

Mend.io acquires cyber startup Atom Security

24.12.23|Meir Orbach
The previously bootstrapped Atom Security was founded earlier this year and the acquisition is valued at several million dollars. This marks Mend's fifth acquisition in the last three years, totaling tens of millions of dollars
מימין אריאל קדישביץ ו דור פלדל מייסדי ספרה spera

Okta acquiring cybersecurity startup Spera for over $100 million

19.12.23|Meir Orbach
The American identity and access management giant is making its first purchase in Israel. Spera, which raised $10 million in Seed funding earlier this year, has developed a solution to provide end-to-end identity attack surface management, risk reduction and identity threat prevention, detection, and response
Salvador Technologies founders

Salvador Technologies raises $6 million Seed for cyberattack recovery platform

18.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s platform bypasses standard recovery protocols and allows critical infrastructure operators and industrial enterprises to recover from attacks and any malfunction within only 30 seconds
קמפוס מיקרוסופט הרצליה

Microsoft Israel R&D Center engineers lead development of AI platform that stops cyberattacks

18.12.23|CTech
Dozens of engineers, researchers and machine learning experts across security teams at Microsoft Israel R&D led the 2-year long research and development process, analyzing various cyberattacks using information accumulated by Microsoft's security products
מוסף שבועי 27.10.22 מימין ניר צוק ו ניקש ארורה מייסד ו CTO של חברת פאלו אלטו

Palo Alto closing on $100 billion valuation as entire cyber ecosystem flourishes

14.12.23|Sophie Shulman
The company founded by Nir Zuk is trading at a record value for a cybersecurity company, and Check Point and CyberArk are also at all-time highs. Although the cybersecurity sector as a whole is growing due to the increase in the scope of attacks and the change in regulations in the US, many Israeli companies are specifically benefitting due to their work with large organizations that are less affected by interest rates and their focus on comprehensive solutions
צוות Zero Networks

Zero Networks raises $20 million Series B to prevent attackers from spreading in corporate networks

13.12.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup developed a fully automated SaaS platform that learns all network traffic and creates granular security policies that restrict user and machine access to only strictly necessary assets
מימין: אלון לביא ודור אייזנר

Guardz raises $18 million Series A to help secure and insure small businesses from cyberattacks

13.12.23|Meir Orbach
The funding, which comes just 10 months after the company’s launch from stealth, will enable Guardz to expand its holistic platform for MSPs to seamlessly manage small business cybersecurity
סנטינל וואן SentinelOne הנפקה בורסת ניו יורק

Is SentinelOne ready to enter the cybersecurity big leagues?

06.12.23|Reuters 
Shares of the Israeli-founded company surged by 16% on Wednesday after a strong quarterly revenue forecast
Raftt team

Cyber unicorn Wiz makes first acquisition with purchase of Israeli startup Raftt

04.12.23|Meir Orbach
The value of the deal was not disclosed, but it is estimated that Wiz paid tens of millions of dollars for Raftt, which has developed a cloud-based platform for creating and sharing development environments
Lasso founders Elad Schulman Lior Ziv Ophir Dror Yuval Abadi

Lasso Security nets $6 million Seed funding for Gen AI and LLM cybersecurity

20.11.23|CTech
The Israeli startup provides cybersecurity for Large Language Models (LLMs), safeguarding against threats across all LLM touchpoints
מימין טל מורגנשטרן יניב בר דיין רועי חורב וולקן סייבר vulcan cyber

Vulcan Cyber ​​raises $34 million

15.11.23|Meir Orbach
The funding is the second part of the startup’s B round which began in 2021, and raised $21 million, totaling $55 million to date.
Myrror Security Team

Myrror Security raises $6M in Seed to stop attacks on software development processes

07.11.23|James Spiro
Since the SolarWinds attack in 2018, supply chain attacks have seen a 740% increase.
חמ"ל של מערך הסייבר הלאומי סייבר

As war continues, Israeli government wants more cyber control

07.11.23|Omer Kabir, Meir Orbach
The government is formulating emergency regulations that will give the National Cyber Directorate the authority to issue binding instructions to businesses in the event of a cyberattack. The directorate says that these are balanced powers that will apply to very limited business sectors, but experts point to a number of deficiencies in the regulations
cyber

Iranian-backed cyberattackers have struck Israeli tech companies and educational institutions

06.11.23|Omer Kabir
Palo Alto Networks conducted an investigation but did not disclose the identity of the victims of the attackers, the extent or scope, or the type of information stolen and deleted.
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