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Did Datadog really offer $4 billion for Israeli cyber startup Upwind?

22.10.26|CTech

The Israeli cloud security startup announced a $300 million funding round at a $3.8 billion valuation last month.

Israel takes nearly half of global cyber funding in strongest quarter since 2022

11.10.26|Allon Sinai

Global cybersecurity investment reached $5.26 billion in the third quarter of 2026, its strongest quarterly showing in four years. Israeli startups raised at least $2.425 billion across 26 disclosed rounds according to CTech Data, driven largely by investor demand for companies securing AI agents and infrastructure.

מימין עמירם שחר עמרי לימור ו סער אנקונינה מייסדי חברת הסייבר אפווינד Upwind

Cyber unicorn Upwind acquires nine-month-old Aegis for tens of millions

23.09.26|Sophie Shulman

The Israeli cloud security company is folding the startup into a new AI security lab focused on protecting AI agents and AI-driven workflows.

Israeli startups raise $1.16 billion in first two days of September

03.09.26|CTech

A handful of unusually large rounds in AI, cloud security, HR technology and defense have already pushed September's funding total to twice the amount raised during the entire month last year.

The 48 hours that rewrote Israel's startup rankings

03.09.26|Allon Sinai

Wonderful, Upwind and HiBob all revealed sharply higher price tags this week, while one rising star may already be on its way out the door.

Upwind raises $300 million, more than doubles valuation to $3.8 billion in five months

02.09.26|Meir Orbach

The Israeli cloud security company was valued at $1.5 billion when it raised $250 million in January, and has since attracted fresh backing from Bessemer Venture Partners, TCV, Salesforce Ventures and other prominent investors.

Upwind: “By thinking like an adversary the research team stays ahead of the curve”

16.08.26|Amy Shapiro

Uriel Yochpaz, Vulnerability Research Lead at Upwind, discusses why defense requires an attacker's mindset and how healthy rivalry drives the industry forward, as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

Black Hat 2026: Israeli cyber companies unveil AI defenses for the age of autonomous attacks

04.08.26|CTech

From protecting AI agents to predicting threats and automating responses, Israeli security firms are building new tools for a world where attackers and defenders increasingly rely on artificial intelligence.

CyberArk veteran and former IDF cyber chief joins unicorn Upwind

26.07.26|Meir Orbach

Omer Grossman joins the cloud security startup as Chief Business Officer after leading CyberArk’s trust division and commanding the IDF Cyber Defense Center.

כנס מיקרוסופט 30.06.2026 – עמירם שחר וידאו

"The agent world is changing all the rules of the cyber game"

01.07.26|Rani Ben Shaul

Amiram Shachar, founder and CEO of Upwind, said at the Microsoft AI Tour Tel Aviv 2026 conference that AI agents are changing the balance of power between attackers and defenders: "The physics of cybersecurity are changing." On Wiz’s exit: "An amazing deal, which creates an opportunity for all the other players to stand out."

פועלים טק פרויקט GROWTH - מימין לביא פרדמן סמנכ”ל צמיחה Upwind ו דיויד אלוש מנכ״ל ומייסד שותף SENAI

“We quickly realized that to reach our potential we needed to build a broad platform that could compete with the largest players”

10.04.26|Maayan Manela

As part of the Growth+ project by Calcalist and Poalim Tech, Lavi Ferdman, SVP of Growth at Upwind, met with David Allouche, CEO and co-founder at Senai: “We had to leave Israel to meet clients while airports here were closed for weeks. Managing a small team spread across the world, while also taking care of families in Israel during wartime, has been the biggest challenge this year.”

Former Facebook, Uber CSO joins cyber unicorn Upwind

05.04.26|CTech

Joe Sullivan becomes a strategic advisor to Amiram Shachar’s startup as demand for cloud and AI security accelerates.

Salesforce Ventures invests an estimated tens of millions in Upwind at $1.6 billion valuation

24.03.26|CTech

New investment comes just two months after $250 million round, signaling continued investor confidence in AI-driven cloud security.

Cyber startup Upwind joins unicorn club with $250 million Series B at $1.5 billion valuation

26.01.26|Meir Orbach

The AI-driven cloud security platform reports 900% revenue growth and adoption by global enterprises including Siemens, Peloton, Roku, and NuBank.

Cyber startup Upwind in talks to raise $250 million-plus at over $1.2 billion valuation

21.01.26|Meir Orbach

EXCLUSIVE: The Israeli company, founded by Amiram Shachar and former Spot executives, is seeking a sharply higher valuation one year after its last round.

Datadog in talks to acquire Upwind for $1 billion

22.07.25|Meir Orbach

The deal would see the Israeli cybersecurity startup exit just three years after its founding.

Rinki Sethi, former Twitter CISO, joins cloud security startup Upwind

12.06.25|CTech

Sethi, who previously held senior security roles at Twitter, Walmart, Rubrik, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and PayPal, will lead Upwind’s global information security and technology efforts.

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06.05.25|CTech

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Upwind acquires Nyx Security to strengthen real-time cloud application protection

28.04.25|Meir Orbach

The acquisition will enable Upwind’s customers to gain real-time insights into application code anomalies and identify threats as they occur, providing an integration between the application, its underlying infrastructure, and the cloud.

8 Israeli cyber companies travel to the UK for collaboration opportunities

25.12.24|James Spiro

The group went as part of the Global Tech Connect Cybersecurity Bootcamp facilitated by the UK-Israel Tech Hub at the British Embassy in Israel in partnership with Global Tech Connect.