Israel Cybersecurity Startups

Microsoft s r d centre in israel has about 1 500 employees about half of whom are in the cyber industry according to a report.
Israel cybersecurity startups. Tel aviv headquartered cybersecurity company cato networks ltd. Two israeli startups attain unicorn status in combined fundraisers of 360m. The cybersecurity industry was founded in israel in the late 80s with the establishment of several local companies that developed anti virus software and information security. Was founded in 2015 by gur shatz and shlomo kramer who is also a co founder of firewall pioneer check point software technologies ltd cybersecurity company imperva inc and trusteer inc.
To understand the impact of israeli companies on the global market we can mention a few of the well known israeli cyber companies. It often feels like half of the new security startups that receive funding are from israel. When it comes to israeli cybersecurity startups acquired by microsoft there are quite a few. Israel is a cybersecurity hub and microsoft has shown interest.
In 2017 we witnessed 60 newly founded cybersecurity startups emerge in israel a 28 decrease from the 83 companies founded in 2016. Check point radware cyberark imperva. Organizations in this hub have their headquarters located in israel asia. Cybersecurity maker snyk at 1b.
In 2018 israeli startups received 1 19 billion or almost 20 of global vc investments in cybersecurity up 47 from the previous year according to a new report from start up nation central. Over the years israel has produced state of the art innovation in cybersecurity and defence technologies. Start up nation central to help latin american firms tap into israeli tech nonprofit partners with connectamericas to match local business firms with israeli startups in health cybersecurity and more. Conversely the average 2017 seed round increased 16 yoy.
Ad tech firm appsflyer valued at 1 4b. Around 450 cybersecurity companies are operating in israel constituting 5 of the global cybersecurity market.