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Dream Security co-founders Shalev Hulio, former CEO of cyber espionage firm NSO Group (left); and former chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz. (Courtesy of Dream/Eclipse Media)
June 18, 2026, 5:32 pm
Valued at $3 billion, Israeli cyber unicorn aims to help governments own and control their AI
Founded by Shalev Hulio, former CEO of spyware firm NSO, and ex-Austrian chancellor Kurz, Dream looks to secure and protect government data in the AI cyber warfare race
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: This satellite image provided by NASA on September 26, 2022, shows Hurricane Ian pictured from the International Space Station just south of Cuba gaining strength and heading toward Florida. (NASA via AP)
February 5, 2026, 11:59 am
Israeli-founded ‘SpaceX of weather’ raises $175m to send next-gen satellites into orbit
Tomorrow.io is the developer of an AI weather satellite network to help forecast fast-evolving extreme weather events, as well as improve emergency preparedness and disaster response
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at Israeli-founded cybersecurity startup Upwind Security. (Courtesy)
January 26, 2026, 5:14 pm
Israeli-founded cyber startup raises $250m, attains unicorn status at $1.5b valuation
Upwind is the developer of a cloud security platform to protect software systems in real time from cyber attacks, as companies shift workloads to the cloud and adopt AI apps
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of a hacker (gorodenkoff; iStock by Getty Images)
January 22, 2026, 10:05 pm
Israeli cyber startup raises $150m to secure critical assets of plants and hospitals
Funds will be used to expand Claroty’s software platform, which protects factories, industrial plants, and hospitals from cyber threats on water utilities, pipelines, and supply chains
By Sharon Wrobel
Cyera cybersecurity startup founders Yotam Segev (left) and Tamar Bar-Ilan. (Courtest of Cyera)
January 8, 2026, 7:08 pm
AI security boom triples valuation of Israeli cyber startup to $9 billion within a year
Israeli-founded Cyera snags $400 million from investors, led by US asset manager Blackstone, to bolster its data security platform as businesses increasingly adopt AI models
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: People walk by a poster displaying a spiral tower being built in Tel Aviv on November 17, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 22, 2025, 6:51 pm
Tech investments soar 45% as war recedes from view, reports find
Preliminary data shows capital injections for last quarter of 2025 at highest level in years, led by cyber and AI, with fewer deals but higher dollar amounts
By Sharon Wrobel
Cyera cybersecurity startup founders Yotam Segev (left) and Tamar Bar-Ilan. (Menash Cohen)
December 17, 2025, 6:47 pm
Israeli-founded cyber unicorn Cyera said to raise $400m, soaring to $9 billion valuation
Investment led by US alternative asset manager Blackstone comes six months after previous round, when the Israeli data security startup was valued at $6 billion
By Sharon Wrobel
Daylight Security co-founders Hagai Shapira (right) and Eldad Rodich. (Courtesy of Ron Shoshan)
November 4, 2025, 4:20 pm
Trump AI czar’s investment firm leads $33 million funding in Israeli cyber startup
Security operations platform developed by Tel Aviv-based Daylight relies on AI agents guided by human experts to protect businesses and organizations from complex cyberthreats
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Prisma Photonics develops a smart monitoring system to track threats like wildfires, ice, wind, and physical damage to critical infrastructure. (Courtesy)
October 15, 2025, 4:04 pm
Backed by Israeli defense tech fund, Tel Aviv smart monitoring startup secures $30m
Prisma Photonics is the developer of AI monitoring technology to help detect and track threats such as extreme weather as well as damage to grid and security infrastructure
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image: Money laundering (iStock)
August 19, 2025, 11:25 pm
Israeli-founded AI startup raises $60m to help governments fight financial fraud
IVIX’s software leverages artificial intelligence to help regulators spot money-related crimes, such as money laundering, sanctions evasion and tax non-compliance
By Sharon Wrobel
Niv Braun (right) and Alon Tron, co-founders of Israeli cybersecurity startup Noma Security. (Omer Hacohen)
July 31, 2025, 9:58 pm
Tel Aviv startup raises $100 million to secure AI applications and autonomous agents
Investment in Noma Security comes as enterprises become more vulnerable to cyber threats, amid race to integrate AI agents and apps into their workflows
By Sharon Wrobel
Hesham Taha (right) and Avi Israel, co-founders of Jerusalem-based startup Teramount. (Courtesy of Perry Mendelboim)
July 29, 2025, 3:40 pm
Two physicists are the brains of an Arab-Jewish startup connecting optics to chips
Jerusalem’s Teramount secures $50 million from investors for device that connects optical fibers to silicon chips, enabling data transfer at the speed of light for AI apps
By Sharon Wrobel
For illustration: Workers in a startup.(Vadim_Key; iStock by Getty Images)
July 10, 2025, 10:41 pm
Israel’s Cyberstarts launches $300 million fund to help startups retain top talent
Founded by tech veteran Gili Raanan, the VC firm says it will allow employees to cash out some of their vested shares without leaving the company; the fund was an early investor in Wiz
By Sharon Wrobel
The team at Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity unicorn Cato Networks. (Courtesy)
June 30, 2025, 3:22 pm
Cybersecurity unicorn Cato Networks snags $359m, soaring to $4.8 billion valuation
Investment in entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer’s company, a maker of cloud-based secure networks, comes almost two years after previous round, when the firm was valued at $3 billion
By Sharon Wrobel
Jeff Horing, co-founder and managing director of New York-based venture capital firm Insight Partners, (left), during a visit at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, on May 6, 2025. (Courtesy of Insight Partners)
May 6, 2025, 11:20 pm
On Israel visit, Wiz investor commits to back local entrepreneurs and startups
New York-based venture firm Insight Partners, which opened its Tel Aviv office in 2019, has invested close to $6 billion in the Israeli tech ecosystem over the past two decades
By Sharon Wrobel
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