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Nadav Zafrir, co-founder and managing partner at venture capital group Team8. (Courtesy).
July 24, 2024, 3:53 pm
Israel’s Check Point names Nadav Zafrir as new CEO
Zafrir, co-founder and managing partner of venture capital group Team8, will replace cybersecurity firm co-founder Gil Shwed, who stepped down in February
By Sharon Wrobel
Employees at Tel Aviv-based venture group Team8. (Courtesy)
March 5, 2024, 7:06 pm
Backed by Microsoft and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $500m to help build startups
Venture group plans to use fresh funds for building and investing in 30 startups in the areas of cyber, data infrastructure, fintech, digital health and AI
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli tech company employees stage protest in Tel Aviv against judicial overhaul, January 21, 2023 (Courtesy)
January 31, 2023, 5:12 pm
Hundreds of tech workers rally against judicial shakeup plans for 2nd week in a row
Protests held at 16 sites across country, including in Tel Aviv, where some demonstrators try to block traffic, clash with police; former Supreme Court head warns against plan
By Sharon Wrobel
The Illusive team (Illusive Networks)
December 13, 2022, 5:34 pm
Israel’s Illusive gets snapped up by US cybersecurity firm Proofpoint
Proofpoint acquires Israeli cybersecurity firm that develops solutions to protect enterprises from cyberthreats such as identity-based data breaches
By Sharon Wrobel
The Monogoto team; June 2021 (Courtesy)
From the WebJune 9, 2021, 4:18 pm
Monogoto raises $11 million for cellular IoT connectivity platform
Calcalist: The startup has developed an API-based infrastructure-as-a-service platform to enable cellular connectivity with already in place enterprise IT infrastructure
This August 2010 file photo shows a sign for Moody's Corp. in New York (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
May 12, 2021, 4:42 pm
Moody’s, Team8 invest $25 million in joint cyber-risk venture
The ratings agency and the Israeli cybersecurity investor set up initiative in 2019 to create standards to objectively assess businesses’ cybersecurity vulnerability
By Shoshanna Solomon
Team8's Fintech team: Yuval Tal, left to right, Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, Galia Beer-Gabel and Ronen Assia (Ron Kedmi)
September 15, 2020, 1:42 pm
Team8 nabs former Bank Leumi CEO Rakefet Russak-Aminoach for Fintech team
Team8 Fintech will focus on founding, investing and growing fintech companies, the company says; Team8 sets up cyber and data companies, and has a VC arm
By Shoshanna Solomon
Sarit Firon joins Team8 to lead its Team8 Capital Fund (Jonathan Bloom)
June 4, 2020, 11:04 am
Team8 sets up new fund to invest in enterprise technology startups
Team8 Capital will invest in seed and Series A and B funding rounds and will be led by tech investor Sarit Firon
By Shoshanna Solomon
Budweiser beer bottles. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for New York/via JTA)
February 11, 2020, 3:43 pm
Belgian beer maker of Corona, Budweiser scouts for cybersecurity edge in Israel
AB InBev teams up with Israeli cybersecurity VC fund Team8 to identify and set up collaborations with local cybersecurity firms
By Shoshanna Solomon
(L to R) Team8 Founders Nadav Zafrir, Liran Grinberg, and Israel Grimberg, (Courtesy)
November 5, 2019, 4:13 pm
Team8 joins bid to help NYC become global cybersecurity leader
Israeli cybersecurity venture capital firm will join the city’s $100 million initiative; Team8 will train workers; help identify breakthrough ideas
By Shoshanna Solomon
This August 2010 file photo shows a sign for Moody's Corp. in New York (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
June 27, 2019, 4:14 pm
Moody’s, Israel’s Team8 set up venture to assess cybersecurity risk at firms
Joint venture to develop a ‘first-of-its-kind’ global standard using Moody’s expertise in credit risk tools and Team8’s cybersecurity intelligence
By Shoshanna Solomon
(L to R) Team8 Founders Nadav Zafrir, Liran Grinberg, and Israel Grimberg, (Courtesy)
October 23, 2018, 2:00 pm
Israeli cybersecurity firm Team8 gets Walmart, Airbus backing for $85m fund
Venture capital fund says the investors are forming a coalition to combat ‘formidable threat’ of cyber-attacks
By Shoshanna Solomon
Tech giant Intel's campus in Santa Clara, California. (AFP PHOTO / KIMIHIRO HOSHINO)
June 21, 2017, 3:01 pm
Intel seeks Israeli tech to foil hackers with deceptive chips
US giant teams up with Israeli cybersecurity firms to brainstorm new technologies, sets up cybersecurity center as cyber attacks look set to become fiercer
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Illusive team (Illusive Networks)
January 24, 2017, 5:59 pm
Israel’s Illusive nabs Microsoft Ventures backing
Strategic investment will help spur the cybersecurity company’s sales, technology
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustration of Team8's investors, Jan 2017 (Courtesy)
January 9, 2017, 2:35 pm
Microsoft, Qualcomm invest in Israel’s Team8 cyber-effort
Israeli cybersecurity think tank and VC fund welcomes Citigroup as non-investing partner in its ‘global cyber syndicate’
By Shoshanna Solomon
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