Israeli Cyber Firm Daylight Raises $80 Million in Series B Funding
Translated & summarized from Calcalist by baba
Israeli cybersecurity firm Daylight has raised $80 million in Series B funding, led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, bringing its total funding to $120 million. The company, which combines AI agents with human experts to combat cyber threats, saw its revenues grow over 40-fold in the past year. CEO Hagai Shapira stated the funds will be used for sales team expansion and international growth. Daylight was founded in early 2025 and currently employs 80 people.
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- Israeli cyber firm Daylight secured $80 million in Series B funding led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
- The funding round brings Daylight's total capital raised to $120 million.
- Daylight's revenues have grown more than 40-fold in the past year.
- The company utilizes AI agents and human experts to identify and respond to cyber threats.
- Funds will be used for sales team expansion and international market growth.
- Daylight was founded in early 2025 and currently employs 80 people.
Israeli cybersecurity company Daylight has secured $80 million in Series B funding, led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The company utilizes AI agents combined with human security experts to identify, investigate, and respond to cyber threats. The funding round also saw participation from existing investors Vintage Partners, Craft Ventures, Bain Capital, and Maple Capital, as well as new investor Okta Ventures, the investment arm of Okta.
While the company has not disclosed its valuation, it is estimated to be around $400 million. This latest funding brings Daylight's total capital raised to $120 million. According to company data, its revenues have grown more than 40-fold in the past year, with projections of tens of millions of dollars in revenue by the end of the upcoming year.
CEO Hagai Shapira stated that the funding is a result of the company's significant success in a short period. "We are succeeding in recording very significant revenue growth early on and want to maintain this pace. Most of the money will be used to expand our sales team," Shapira told Calcalist.
Daylight was founded in early 2025 by Hagai Shapira, who serves as CEO, and Eldad Rodick, the CTO. The two met during their service in an elite intelligence unit. Shapira was the first product manager at Torq, and Rodick was the company's first employee and its R&D VP.
The new capital will fuel expansion into the U.S. market, entry into new territories in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, and the growth of its cyber engineering and technology teams, alongside continued development of its AI platform. The company currently employs 80 people, 43 of whom are based in Israel.
Daylight's platform integrates AI agents, customized for each client's systems and risks, to handle the bulk of threat detection and response. This allows human engineers to focus on decisions requiring human judgment. The company offers flexible service models, from full security operations management to collaborative work with client teams. Its platform can identify threats in seconds and neutralize them within minutes, reportedly up to 10 times faster than traditional managed security service providers. The AI agents enable organizations to reduce the need for expanding their cyber teams without compromising expertise.