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We’re thrilled to share that Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM), part of the Sonae Group, has led Trustero’s $10.35M Series A round!   Trustero is reshaping Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) management with their cutting-edge AI-powered solutions. In today’s ever-changing landscape, their tools are a game-changer—helping businesses tackle complex security and compliance challenges faster, smarter, and more cost-effectively.   At Sonae, we believe in the power of #innovation and #entrepreneurship to unlock potential and create meaningful impact. 🔗 Read more about this exciting milestone here 👇

Congratulations to Harmonic Security’s for raising $17,5M Series A , led by Next47, the same VC firm backing cybersecurity leaders like Claroty and Sysdig. Ten Eleven Ventures, who spearheaded the $7M seed round in October 2023, also joined this round. Harmonic Security is revolutionizing data protection with cutting-edge solutions powered by Generative AI. Their proprietary tech aims to replace outdated methods with zero-touch data security solutions, tackling today’s biggest challenges. With fresh funding, Harmonic is poised to scale product development and expand market reach, enhancing both engineering and go-to-market strategies. Harmonic’s achievements: RSA Innovation Sandbox Finalist 2024 Global partnerships with leading CIOs & CISOs CEO Alastair Paterson shared, “Legacy data protection tools can't keep up with the rapid adoption of GenAI and renewed data privacy risks. Harmonic is redefining the entire category.” https://lnkd.in/enEPUG_x #Cybersecurity #GenerativeAI #Innovation #DataProtection

🚀 Big News from Intezer! 🚀 We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised $33M in new funding to continue transforming security operations with our AI-powered Autonomous SOC platform! This new investment, led by Norwest Venture Partners, will enable us to further extend the capacity of SOC teams by automating alert triage and resolution, helping security teams work smarter and faster. In today’s cybersecurity landscape, the shortage of skilled professionals is a real challenge. At Intezer, we're committed to solving that problem by empowering teams with AI that mimics human analysts, so they can stay focused on the threats that matter most. Check out the blog post from Itai Tevet where he dives deeper into why this fundraising matters for our customers and partners, and how we’re shaping the future of security operations. 🔗 Read the blog post here: https://hubs.li/Q02Q5L4c0 #cybersecurity #SOC #AI #securityautomation #startups

Some problems are worth solving in their entirety. Sometime, it's OK to dream big. Excited to announce Simbian is coming out of stealth to build fully autonomous security, with $10m+ seed funding from Aditya Singh (Cota Capital), Preeti Rathi (Icon Ventures), Cherian Mathew (Firebolt), Mahendra R. (Secure Octane), Chenxi Wang, (Rain Capital), and 15+ of the most successful leaders of our times - Gokul Rajaram, Paul Albright, Olivier Pomel, Pankaj Patel, Diogo Mónica, Suresh Batchu, Suku Krishnaraj, Pierre Lamond, and more! All of security operations, all at once, all-in! It's a big milestone for us. My heartiest gratitude to dozens of investors who put their money, dozens of design partners we are working with, and hundred+ of security leaders who have spared their time with me over last year sharing their insights. We'll work very hard in taking cybersecurity to its conclusion. https://lnkd.in/g5E_qVAW

“Seed-pocalypse” and “Zombie-corns”? We are still in a challenging funding cycle for many startups (but not if you are a big bet AI firm or in cybersecurity). Thanks to Gerald Brady for sharing the findings of the latest “State of the VC Markets” report. A link to the report is in the comments section below.

Thank you to Brendan Burke at PitchBook for an insightful analysis of the startup landscape at this year's RSA Conference, which mentioned a few of our portfolio companies and partners among the many highlights and important themes of #RSAC: ➡️ Innovation Sandbox contest runner-up, Aembit, won favor among the judges for an innovative new approach to securing application workloads without using secrets ➡️ Innovation Sandbox finalist Harmonic Security showcased its new platform for data protection in enterprise environments deploying LLMs, enabling scaled review of sensitive data that would be missed by existing DLP systems ➡️ BLACKBIRD.AI highlighted its new Compass product, continuing its layered approach to protecting companies against narrative attacks ➡️ Ten Eleven Ventures partner Mark H. shared his thoughts on infosec specialist funds outperforming other sector-focused VCs in fundraising ➡️ Ten Eleven Ventures partner Dave Palmer indicated that big new waves in infosec tend to mirror shifts in computing architecture, which means big things for security as AI and LLMs impact what is possible in enterprise tech A great overview that showcased the latest advances in cybersecurity, and will be used to inform decision making in the year ahead! #infosec  #venturecapital #startups https://lnkd.in/gAxy-_rf rsa-conference-coaxes-information-security-into-the-llm-age

The future of tech is here, with $5B+ raised by leading innovators in AI, cybersecurity, and more this month. 🔥 Which company do you think will make the biggest impact? Read our latest blog to know more: https://lnkd.in/dta6yeZ3 #TechFunding #VentureCapital #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Cybersecurity #Investing #StartupFunding #Innovation #TechStartups #FundingRounds #TechNews #SiliconValley #Investors #Growth #BusinessFunding #TechTrends #Semiconductors #ITManagement #EnterpriseSoftware #SeriesC #SeriesD #FundingSuccess #InvestInTech #FutureOfTech #TechIndustry #November2024 #Clarigro

2024 tested Israeli tech like never before, but our resilience and innovation prevailed. From navigating war to driving advancements in AI and cybersecurity, F2 Managing Partner Barak Rabinowitz reflects on a transformative year for startups in CTech by Calcalist's 2025 VC Survey. Read Barak’s insights here: https://lnkd.in/dyyZDrAM

A New Update from Elron Ventures’ CyberFuture CISO Investors Alliance CyberFuture, powered by Elron Ventures, is thrilled to congratulate its portfolio company, Astrix Security, on raising $45M in a Series B funding round to address non-human identity blind spots in the AI era. Astrix allows security teams to quickly discover all their non-human identities in one place, and automatically detects and remediates over-privileged, unnecessary, and malicious access that exposes their organizations to attacks. Congratulations to Alon Jackson and Idan Gour, and the entire Astrix team as they continue to reshape the future of cybersecurity. #ElronVentures #CyberFuture #AstrixSecurity #MenloVentures #Cybersecurity #AI #IdentitySecurity #venturecapital

We’re thrilled to announce that our latest venture-creation company, Orchid Security, has raised $36 million in seed funding. The round was led by Team8 and Intel Capital, with support from Capital One and industry leaders, including Jeff Williams (FireEye, Cisco, McAfee), Dror Davidoff (Aqua), and Zohar Alon (Dome9, Check Point). Orchid delivers an identity-first security orchestration platform. It enables organizations to continuously discover both self-hosted and SaaS applications, assess their native identity controls (and gaps), and remediate compliance and cyber exposure from a single point of control— without extensive effort or application recoding. By leveraging AI and LLMS, their innovative solution simplifies compliance, reduces costs, and enhances security with customers like Costco and Repsol already benefiting from their approach. This funding will accelerate Orchid Security’s platform development, expand its sales and support teams, while building its go-to-market engine, enabling enterprises to achieve continuous visibility and control over fragmented identity environments. Congratulations to the founding team Roy K. (Co-Founder and CEO), Robert Wiseman (Co-founder and VP of Operations), Ido Kelson (Co-founder and CTO), and the entire Orchid team on this milestone. Make sure to follow them and their story and read all about it in Axios!  https://lnkd.in/d97XR955