IsraelTech

31/07/2025

🌐🇮🇱 This Week in IsraelTech:

1. Tonic Security Launches with AI-Powered Unified Exposure Management Platform
Tonic Security steps out of stealth mode, officially launching its AI-driven platform designed to empower security teams with critical visibility and context for faster threat remediation.

🎉 Impressive work by co-founders Sharon Isaaci, David Warshavski, Gregory Ainbinder, and the Tonic team for their game-changing innovation in cybersecurity.
💼 Backed by Hetz Ventures and Vesey Ventures.

2. BlinkOps Raises $50M in Series B to Revolutionize Security Automation
BlinkOps raises $50M to expand its Security Micro-Agent Builder, enabling enterprises to automate security workflows with AI-driven micro-agents for faster, more reliable threat detection.

🎉 Well done to co-founders Gil Barak and Zion Zatlavi for transforming security operations.
💼 Funding led by O.G. Venture Partners, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hetz Ventures, and Vertex Growth.

3. Legion Cybersecurity Raises $38M to Tackle Emerging Threats with AI
Legion secures $38M in seed and Series A funding to develop its AI-powered SOC, designed to detect threats within users' browsers, setting them apart from existing security technologies.

🎉 Congrats to co-founders Ely Abramovitch, Michael Gladishev, and Eyal Fisher for tackling sophisticated cyber threats head-on.
💼 Funding co-led by Accel and Picture Capital, with participation from Coatue and angel investors.

4. Teramount Secures $50M to Power Fiber-to-Chip Innovation
Teramount raises $50M to scale its fiber-to-chip interconnect solutions for AI, data centers, and advanced computing, advancing optical interconnects for high-performance systems.

🎉 Brilliant work to co-founders Hesham Taha and Avi Israel for pushing the boundaries of data transmission and heat dissipation.
💼 Funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, with participation from Grove Ventures, AMD Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and Wistron.

5. Seal Security Raises $13M to Strengthen Application Security
Seal Security secures $13M in Series A funding to enhance its platform, providing automatic curation of vulnerability-free open-source components for secure deployments across every software layer.

🎉 Can’t wait to see what’s next for CEO Itamar Sher and the Seal Security team for advancing the future of application security.
💼 Funding led by Vertex Israel, with participation from More Investments, SBI Group, and CCL.

6. C8 Health Secures $12M to Accelerate Clinical Intelligence Platform
C8 Health raises $12M in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered platform, which integrates clinical information in real time for doctors and nurses to access verified protocols on demand.

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Ido Zamberg, Tzach Klo, and CEO Galia Rosen Schwartz for enhancing healthcare decision-making.
💼 Funding led by Team8, with participation from 10D and Vertex Ventures Israel.

Sources: Tonic Security, Business Wire, FinSMEs, Fortune, Ctech

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31/07/2025

🌐🇮🇱 Palo Alto Networks to Acquire CyberArk, Creating AI-Era Security Giant
CyberArk, Israel’s identity security champion, is set to join forces with Palo Alto Networks in a blockbuster acquisition deal that aims to build the first true end-to-end security platform for the AI age.

🛡️🔐 Huge congrats to Udi Mokady, Matt Cohen, and the entire CyberArk team in Petah Tikva. A true Israeli cybersecurity success story is entering its next chapter.
💼 Transaction pending shareholder and regulatory approval. Details to follow on valuation and closing.

Source: Palo Alto Networks press release

30/07/2025

🌐🇮🇱 Today in IsraelTech:
Lumana Raises $40M to Power AI-Driven Video Surveillance

The Israeli-founded company is turning passive cameras into proactive AI agents that monitor, understand, and act - from detecting threats to optimizing laundromat staffing.

🎥🧠 Big win for founder Sagi Ben Moshe and the Lumana team making cameras think not just watch.
💼 Funding led by Wing Venture Capital (Peter Wagner), with continued support from Norwest Venture Partners and S Capital VC.

Source: SiliconANGLE

29/07/2025

Israel’s First Defense Tech VC Was Born on October 7

When rockets fell and chaos erupted on October 7, Lital Leshem of Protego Ventures didn’t just report for reserve duty. She came back with a mission.

Read her story:

In this IsraelTech interview with Yoel Israel, see how Lital Leshem co-founded Israel’s first defense tech VC, investing in AI drones and battlefield tech.

28/07/2025

XTEND AI Drone Swarms in Gaza & Future of Warfare

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27/07/2025

No pilots? No GPS? No problem!

XTEND CEO Aviv Shapira is building the most advanced AI drone systems in the world - and they're already being used in Gaza, Lebanon, and Ukraine.

We sat down with Aviv at Xtend HQ to break down:
🧠 How AI pilots can fly swarms of drones autonomously
🏙️ Why GPS-denied environments are no longer a limitation
🛰️ What really happened during the drone strike deep inside Russia
🇨🇳 How China’s drone dominance is reshaping global security
⚔️ And why tanks and fighter jets are becoming... obsolete?

Aviv isn’t just another founder in defense tech.
Before Xtend, he co-founded Replay Technologies, the Emmy-winning startup behind the FreeD volumetric video system used in the NFL, NBA, and by Intel - which acquired it for $200M.
Today, he’s applying that same deep-tech mindset to transform how humans and machines interact on the battlefield and beyond.

From AI swarms to drone summoning to replacing boots on the ground, this episode is a front-row seat to the future of autonomous warfare, made in 🇮🇱 Israel.

👇 What’s more dangerous: the swarm, or the country falling behind on building one?

🎙️Hosted by Yoel Israel

24/07/2025

🌐🇮🇱 This Week in IsraelTech:

1. Aidoc Raises $150M to Expand Clinical AI Platform
Aidoc just locked in $150M (including $40M in debt) to grow its real-time clinical decision support into oncology and surgical care. Already active in 2,000+ hospitals, it’s building the AI operating layer for modern medicine.
🧠🏥 Kol hakavod to Elad Walach, Michael Braginsky, Guy Reiner, and the team driving medical AI that actually works at scale.
💼 Funding led by General Catalyst and Square Peg, with NVentures (NVIDIA), AWS, and major U.S. health systems joining.

2. April Secures $38M to Fix US Taxes with AI
April just became the first startup since 2008 to win regulatory approval to operate its tax platform in all 50 U.S. states.
🧾💡 Big win for Daniel Marcus and Ben Borodach, helping people and businesses plan, pay, and file smarter with AI.
💼 Round led by QED Investors with iAngels, Euclidean, NYCA, Team8, Transpose, Treasury, and Industry Ventures.

3. New Era Capital Closes $120M to Back Post-War AI Startups
New Era’s third fund will support early-stage Israeli companies in cyber, fintech, mobility, and enterprise AI — betting on resilience, smart teams, and post-crisis momentum.
📊🇮🇱 Great job to Gidi Argov, Ran Simha, Ziv Conen, and Ayelet Frish for putting real capital behind Israel’s recovery.

4. Octup Raises $12M to Bring AI to 3PL Operations
Octup’s AI platform is helping logistics teams move faster with forecasting, exception management, and SLA tracking, all in real time.
📦🧠 Congrats to founder Alon Partuk and the growing team in Tel Aviv, Austin, and Toronto.
💼 Seed round led by Shine Capital and JAL Ventures, with Tal Ventures, HCS Capital, and Stone Capital joining.

5. Daylight Security Emerges from Stealth with $7M for Hybrid MDR
Daylight blends automated AI agents with human analysts to help enterprises cut response times and reduce alert fatigue.
🛡️🧠 Congratulations to Hagai Shapira and Eldad Rudich - 8200 vets and ex-Torq leaders - for tackling MDR burnout head-on.
💼 Seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with Maple VC and cyber angels from Torq, Cyera, and EON.

Sources: CTech, Globes, Calcalist, FinSMEs, Axios

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17/07/2025

AI Can Write Code. But It Can’t Optimize It.

That blindspot? Meni Shmueli built DataFlint to fix it.

After years in Unit 81 and deep in the trenches of AI and big data, Meni saw the problem firsthand: GitHub Copilot and friends can generate code, but when it hits real-world scale - production clusters, terabytes of data, performance bottlenecks - they break.

DataFlint gives AI the context it’s missing. It integrates with code editors, retrieves actual performance data, and enables AI to write code that runs at scale.

In this episode:
- Why AI coding tools fail when real data enters the chat
- How DataFlint turns production pain into optimized code
- What Meni learned about scale, speed, and system design from Unit 81
- Why big data is still a community game - and how DataFlint’s leading it
- The future of engineers who know how to code with AI, not just use it

If you're into AI infrastructure, data engineering, or wondering where the next big bottleneck in coding will be - this one's for you.

Hosted by Yoel Israel

17/07/2025

🌐🇮🇱 This Week in IsraelTech:

1. AT&T Buys $650M Stake in DriveNets
DriveNets, a longtime Wadi client, just closed a major secondary deal with AT&T, giving founders, employees, and early investors a well-earned payout. The networking company continues to expand its global telecom footprint.
🌐📡 Kol hakavod to Ido Susan, Hillel Kobrinsky, and our friends on the DriveNets team for years of relentless ex*****on.
💼 Investors cashing out include Pitango, Bessemer, D2, D1 Capital, Atreides, and Harel.

2. Exodigo Raises $96M for Underground Mapping Expansion
Exodigo, the underground intelligence startup founded by veterans of Unit 8200 and 81, raised $96M to scale its AI-powered mapping platform across the U.S. and global infrastructure markets.
🛠️🧠 Congrats to Jeremy Suard and the Exodigo team for setting a new standard in subsoil scanning and delivering 99% accuracy without digging.
💼 Round led by Zeev Ventures (Oren Zeev, Peter Thiel) and Greenfield Partners, with participation from Jibe Ventures, 10D, Square Peg, Vintage, and LeBlon Capital.

3. XTEND Adds $30M to Series B for Tactical Drone Expansion
XTEND topped up its Series B to $100M as autonomous drone demand surges. With a new HQ and manufacturing site in Tampa, the company is scaling fast in the U.S.
🛩️ Mazal tov to Aviv and Matteo Shapira, Rubi Liani, and Adir Tubi for delivering real defense innovation.
💼 Round co-led by Aliya Capital Partners (Ross Kestin) and Protego Ventures, joined by Claltech, Union-Tech, Chartered Group, and TAU Ventures.

4. Heka Raises $14M to Fuel Web Intelligence in Finance
Heka helps financial institutions fill critical risk and fraud gaps using AI that analyzes open web data. Now it’s expanding deeper into the U.S. and Europe.
🧠💳 Congratulations to Rafael Berber, Ishay Horowitz, and Idan Bar-Dov for building a sharper lens into customer behavior.
💼 Funding led by Windare Ventures, with Barclays and Cornèr Banca joining the round.

5. Island Adds J.P. Morgan to $5B Series E Round
J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners joined Island’s already high-profile Series E, backing its Enterprise Browser solution now used by six of the 10 largest U.S. banks.
🔐🧠 Credit to Mike Fey, Dan Amiga, and the Island team redefining how enterprises secure and scale the work experience.
💼 Series led by Coatue, with participation from Sequoia, Insight, Cyberstarts, Capital One Ventures, and more.

6. Hourly Merges with WeSure US at $53M Valuation, Raises $10M
Israeli-founded Hourly is merging with WeSure to expand its payroll and insurance services across the U.S. SMB market.
🧾💼 Congrats to Tom Sagi, the late Shay Litvak, and Amir Faintuch for creating a platform that hourly workers actually rely on.
💼 Merger includes a new $10M raise from Glilot, S-Capital, Vintage, MS&AD Ventures, J-Ventures, and WeSure shareholders.

Sources: CTech, Globes, FinSMEs, Business Wire

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15/07/2025

Cyberstarts Launches $300M Fund for Startup Employee Liquidity

The Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity VC just unveiled a $300 million Employee Liquidity Fund, giving talent at its portfolio companies a structured way to sell vested shares without jumping ship.

💰 Big move for retention and morale at top Israeli-founded companies like Wiz, Island, and Cyera.
🎉 Congrats to founder Gili Raanan, Hila Zigman, and the team for rethinking VC with a talent-first approach.

Funding brings Cyberstarts’ total capital commitments past $1B.
Source: Business Wire

15/07/2025

The Most Active VC in Israel. Ignite DeepTech Spring Cohort Graduation. A $320M Fund.

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This Week in IsraelTech - Tomorrow’s Tech? Already Funding It! ft. Yuval Illuz from OurCrowd

14/07/2025

We spent the day with two inspiring women making a real impact on Israel’s startup scene.

We started with Nina Raab of LionRun Consulting, who broke down what makes a pitch deck clear, compelling, and investor-ready - from structure to storytelling.

Next up was Adi Levanon, solo partner at Selah Ventures, who shared her perspective on the FinTech landscape - where it’s headed, what’s missing, and how early-stage founders can stand out.

Two different perspectives, one shared purpose: helping startups tell their story and build better companies.

🎥 Full interviews coming 🔜