Team8

Team8 is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York City. The firm specializes in building and investing in startups focused on enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data science, artificial intelligence, and fintech. Team8 employs a unique company-building model that combines in-house expertise with a network of industry leaders to identify significant challenges, develop innovative solutions, and accelerate startup growth. This approach enables Team8 to invest in various funding stages, including incubation, seed, A, and B rounds. The firm is supported by prominent global companies, including Microsoft, Walmart, Cisco, Barclays, and Moody's, which contributes to its strategic insights and resources in fostering transformative companies in the technology sector.

Ray Rothrock

Member of Board of Directors

Yuval Tal

Managing Partner

Past deals in Cyber Security

Gem

Seed Round in 2023
Gem Security's mission is to help security operations evolve into the cloud era, and stop cloud threats before they become incidents.

Ox Security

Seed Round in 2022
Ox Security is the first end-to-end security solution to prevent attacks across your software. supply chain.

Dig Security

Seed Round in 2022
Dig Security is a cloud data security startup established in 2021 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company specializes in developing software that offers real-time visibility, control, and protection for data assets across multiple cloud environments. Its platform is designed to monitor and secure cloud data without hindering business operations, enabling organizations to effectively manage their data security needs while receiving threat protection services for data stored in the public cloud.

FundGuard

Series B in 2022
FundGuard Inc. develops and operates artificial intelligence powered and cloud based investment funds operating system platform. It operates FundGuard, a platform that helps asset and fund managers to administer investments across mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, insurance, and pension. The company’s FundGuard is a SAAS platform to automatically resolve exceptions, detect unstructured financial anomalies, identify potential frauds, and recommend ways to improve operational KPIs. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

IONIX

Series A in 2022
IONIX is an Israeli cybersecurity company founded in 2016, based in Tel Aviv. The company develops an ecosystem security platform designed to help organizations identify and mitigate threats associated with their online assets, which include websites and cloud services. Its primary product, HackerPOV, provides advanced security monitoring and mapping of assets, enabling users to analyze and audit their web, cloud, and DNS infrastructures. IONIX's solutions focus on discovering vulnerabilities, assessing risks, and offering protection against malicious activities originating from users and third parties. The platform also monitors changes that may impact security and provides detailed alerts and active protection to secure organizational assets effectively.

Talon Cyber Security

Seed Round in 2022
Talon Cyber Security is a provider of cybersecurity solutions for the distributed workforce. A next-generation solution designed to protect against a new category of threats posed by distributed work, Talon enables workforce productivity and flexibility alongside rock-solid cybersecurity. Talon’s founders include proven entrepreneurs and former leaders of Unit 8200, Israel’s elite military technology and intelligence unit.

Sayata

Series A in 2022
Sayata Labs offers best-in-class cyber analytics to empower the insurance industry in assessing cyber risk. Sayata Labs’ proprietary information provides meaningful, data-driven insights that allow for better risk differentiation and superior aggregation management. Furthermore, Sayata Labs’ solutions help businesses mitigate their risks, while enabling Sayata's partners from the insurance industry to grow their cyber book profitably.

Claroty

Series E in 2021
Claroty Ltd. is a cybersecurity company focused on protecting operational technology (OT) networks, which are critical for industrial operations. Established in 2014 and based in New York, Claroty provides a platform that enables engineers, operators, and cybersecurity professionals to secure and optimize these networks. The company specializes in identifying granular elements within OT environments, extracting essential data, and generating actionable insights to enhance security and operational efficiency. Its solutions effectively bridge the gap between information technology (IT) and OT, allowing organizations to leverage existing IT security measures to improve the safety and reliability of their industrial assets. Claroty's services are particularly beneficial for automated production sites and critical infrastructure, helping to mitigate significant security and financial risks. The company has gained recognition in the industry and has been adopted by leading industrial automation vendors, with deployments across all seven continents. Since its inception, Claroty has secured significant funding to advance its mission in the cybersecurity landscape.

Duality Technologies

Series B in 2021
Duality Technologies Inc. specializes in secure digital collaboration solutions that facilitate safe data sharing among organizations. Founded in 2016 and based in Maplewood, New Jersey, the company offers its SecurePlus Data platform, allowing data owners and analysis parties to collaborate securely at scale. Additionally, SecurePlus Insights integrates with analytical tools to provide insights in a hosted environment without exposing sensitive information. Duality's technology enables enterprises across various sectors, including healthcare, finance, automotive, insurance, telecommunications, and education, to leverage advanced analytics and artificial intelligence while ensuring data privacy and compliance with regulations. The company's solutions address critical barriers to digital transformation, such as privacy concerns and intellectual property protection, empowering organizations to generate insights without compromising security.

Sayata

Series A in 2021
Sayata Labs offers best-in-class cyber analytics to empower the insurance industry in assessing cyber risk. Sayata Labs’ proprietary information provides meaningful, data-driven insights that allow for better risk differentiation and superior aggregation management. Furthermore, Sayata Labs’ solutions help businesses mitigate their risks, while enabling Sayata's partners from the insurance industry to grow their cyber book profitably.

Claroty

Series D in 2021
Claroty Ltd. is a cybersecurity company focused on protecting operational technology (OT) networks, which are critical for industrial operations. Established in 2014 and based in New York, Claroty provides a platform that enables engineers, operators, and cybersecurity professionals to secure and optimize these networks. The company specializes in identifying granular elements within OT environments, extracting essential data, and generating actionable insights to enhance security and operational efficiency. Its solutions effectively bridge the gap between information technology (IT) and OT, allowing organizations to leverage existing IT security measures to improve the safety and reliability of their industrial assets. Claroty's services are particularly beneficial for automated production sites and critical infrastructure, helping to mitigate significant security and financial risks. The company has gained recognition in the industry and has been adopted by leading industrial automation vendors, with deployments across all seven continents. Since its inception, Claroty has secured significant funding to advance its mission in the cybersecurity landscape.

VisibleRisk

Series A in 2021
VisibleRisk Inc., an information security analytics company, provides solutions to support enterprise visibility and advanced security analytics efforts. Its service offerings focused on advanced security analysis, including flexible, advanced "hunting-based” analytics, custom threat intelligence, and incident response support; and customized content to power network forensics.

Talon Cyber Security

Seed Round in 2021
Talon Cyber Security is a provider of cybersecurity solutions for the distributed workforce. A next-generation solution designed to protect against a new category of threats posed by distributed work, Talon enables workforce productivity and flexibility alongside rock-solid cybersecurity. Talon’s founders include proven entrepreneurs and former leaders of Unit 8200, Israel’s elite military technology and intelligence unit.

Akeyless Security

Series A in 2021
Akeyless Security Ltd. is a software as a service (SaaS) company headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, that specializes in providing a comprehensive Secrets and Keys Management solution. Founded in 2018, the company offers a platform that protects and manages various types of sensitive information, including encryption keys, tokens, certificates, and passwords. Akeyless's solution is designed to function in hybrid, multi-cloud, and legacy environments, allowing organizations to automate the management of their secrets and facilitate migration to cloud services. The platform is environment-agnostic, supporting on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud deployments. Akeyless employs a patent-pending zero-knowledge technology that ensures a secure and trustless approach to encryption key management, making it suitable for a diverse range of industries and customers worldwide.

FundGuard

Series A in 2021
FundGuard Inc. develops and operates artificial intelligence powered and cloud based investment funds operating system platform. It operates FundGuard, a platform that helps asset and fund managers to administer investments across mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, insurance, and pension. The company’s FundGuard is a SAAS platform to automatically resolve exceptions, detect unstructured financial anomalies, identify potential frauds, and recommend ways to improve operational KPIs. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

IONIX

Seed Round in 2020
IONIX is an Israeli cybersecurity company founded in 2016, based in Tel Aviv. The company develops an ecosystem security platform designed to help organizations identify and mitigate threats associated with their online assets, which include websites and cloud services. Its primary product, HackerPOV, provides advanced security monitoring and mapping of assets, enabling users to analyze and audit their web, cloud, and DNS infrastructures. IONIX's solutions focus on discovering vulnerabilities, assessing risks, and offering protection against malicious activities originating from users and third parties. The platform also monitors changes that may impact security and provides detailed alerts and active protection to secure organizational assets effectively.

Hysolate

Venture Round in 2020
Hysolate Ltd. develops innovative endpoint solutions aimed at enhancing desktop management and increasing business productivity. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, with an additional office in New York, the company offers a hybrid platform that allows enterprises to run multiple operating systems on a single workstation while ensuring robust security. Hysolate's key products include the vGap Endpoint Hypervisor, which enables user-facing software to operate in a fully virtualized environment without direct hardware access; the vGap Management Server, which centrally controls security policies and monitors endpoint activity; and vGap Network Security, which facilitates a segmented network to enhance security and prevent split tunneling. Founded by veterans from Israel's elite technology units and the cybersecurity sector, Hysolate is committed to bridging the gap between security and productivity for modern enterprises.

Curv

Series A in 2020
Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets. The company's security technology is enabling users to build crypto finance products that safely transfer, store, and manage any digital asset on any blockchain or digital system for recording transactions. Its research and development office is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Curv's decentralized security model utilizes multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, enabling transactions to be securely signed in a mathematically-proven, distributed way. Its enterprise-grade policy engine allows clients to define risk profiles and enforce granular policies to ensure only authorized transactions are allowed. Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger established the company in New York, New York in 2018.

Duality Technologies

Series A in 2019
Duality Technologies Inc. specializes in secure digital collaboration solutions that facilitate safe data sharing among organizations. Founded in 2016 and based in Maplewood, New Jersey, the company offers its SecurePlus Data platform, allowing data owners and analysis parties to collaborate securely at scale. Additionally, SecurePlus Insights integrates with analytical tools to provide insights in a hosted environment without exposing sensitive information. Duality's technology enables enterprises across various sectors, including healthcare, finance, automotive, insurance, telecommunications, and education, to leverage advanced analytics and artificial intelligence while ensuring data privacy and compliance with regulations. The company's solutions address critical barriers to digital transformation, such as privacy concerns and intellectual property protection, empowering organizations to generate insights without compromising security.

Curv

Seed Round in 2019
Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets. The company's security technology is enabling users to build crypto finance products that safely transfer, store, and manage any digital asset on any blockchain or digital system for recording transactions. Its research and development office is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Curv's decentralized security model utilizes multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, enabling transactions to be securely signed in a mathematically-proven, distributed way. Its enterprise-grade policy engine allows clients to define risk profiles and enforce granular policies to ensure only authorized transactions are allowed. Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger established the company in New York, New York in 2018.

Duality Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Duality Technologies Inc. specializes in secure digital collaboration solutions that facilitate safe data sharing among organizations. Founded in 2016 and based in Maplewood, New Jersey, the company offers its SecurePlus Data platform, allowing data owners and analysis parties to collaborate securely at scale. Additionally, SecurePlus Insights integrates with analytical tools to provide insights in a hosted environment without exposing sensitive information. Duality's technology enables enterprises across various sectors, including healthcare, finance, automotive, insurance, telecommunications, and education, to leverage advanced analytics and artificial intelligence while ensuring data privacy and compliance with regulations. The company's solutions address critical barriers to digital transformation, such as privacy concerns and intellectual property protection, empowering organizations to generate insights without compromising security.

Claroty

Series B in 2018
Claroty Ltd. is a cybersecurity company focused on protecting operational technology (OT) networks, which are critical for industrial operations. Established in 2014 and based in New York, Claroty provides a platform that enables engineers, operators, and cybersecurity professionals to secure and optimize these networks. The company specializes in identifying granular elements within OT environments, extracting essential data, and generating actionable insights to enhance security and operational efficiency. Its solutions effectively bridge the gap between information technology (IT) and OT, allowing organizations to leverage existing IT security measures to improve the safety and reliability of their industrial assets. Claroty's services are particularly beneficial for automated production sites and critical infrastructure, helping to mitigate significant security and financial risks. The company has gained recognition in the industry and has been adopted by leading industrial automation vendors, with deployments across all seven continents. Since its inception, Claroty has secured significant funding to advance its mission in the cybersecurity landscape.

Hysolate

Series A in 2018
Hysolate Ltd. develops innovative endpoint solutions aimed at enhancing desktop management and increasing business productivity. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, with an additional office in New York, the company offers a hybrid platform that allows enterprises to run multiple operating systems on a single workstation while ensuring robust security. Hysolate's key products include the vGap Endpoint Hypervisor, which enables user-facing software to operate in a fully virtualized environment without direct hardware access; the vGap Management Server, which centrally controls security policies and monitors endpoint activity; and vGap Network Security, which facilitates a segmented network to enhance security and prevent split tunneling. Founded by veterans from Israel's elite technology units and the cybersecurity sector, Hysolate is committed to bridging the gap between security and productivity for modern enterprises.

Claroty

Series A in 2016
Claroty Ltd. is a cybersecurity company focused on protecting operational technology (OT) networks, which are critical for industrial operations. Established in 2014 and based in New York, Claroty provides a platform that enables engineers, operators, and cybersecurity professionals to secure and optimize these networks. The company specializes in identifying granular elements within OT environments, extracting essential data, and generating actionable insights to enhance security and operational efficiency. Its solutions effectively bridge the gap between information technology (IT) and OT, allowing organizations to leverage existing IT security measures to improve the safety and reliability of their industrial assets. Claroty's services are particularly beneficial for automated production sites and critical infrastructure, helping to mitigate significant security and financial risks. The company has gained recognition in the industry and has been adopted by leading industrial automation vendors, with deployments across all seven continents. Since its inception, Claroty has secured significant funding to advance its mission in the cybersecurity landscape.

Illusive

Series B in 2016
Illusive Networks Ltd. specializes in cybersecurity solutions that utilize deception technology to protect organizations from advanced cyber threats. The company offers a range of services, including compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security solutions. Their product suite includes the Illusive Networks Management Platform for centralized cyber security management, the Attack Surface Manager for continuous network vulnerability discovery, and tools for attack detection and intelligence that provide actionable insights into cyber incidents. Illusive Networks serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology. Founded in 2014, the company operates from its headquarters in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and has an additional office in New York, New York.

Illusive

Series A in 2015
Illusive Networks Ltd. specializes in cybersecurity solutions that utilize deception technology to protect organizations from advanced cyber threats. The company offers a range of services, including compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security solutions. Their product suite includes the Illusive Networks Management Platform for centralized cyber security management, the Attack Surface Manager for continuous network vulnerability discovery, and tools for attack detection and intelligence that provide actionable insights into cyber incidents. Illusive Networks serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology. Founded in 2014, the company operates from its headquarters in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and has an additional office in New York, New York.