Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Daylight Raises $80 Million at $400 Million Valuation
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Israeli cybersecurity firm Daylight has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round, valuing the company at $400 million. The funding, led by Goldman Sachs, brings Daylight's total capital raised to $120 million. The company, which employs 80 people, develops an AI-powered cybersecurity solution. The funds will be used to expand its U.S. operations and enter new international markets.
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- Cybersecurity firm Daylight raised $80 million at a $400 million valuation.
- Goldman Sachs led the Series B funding round, with Okta Ventures also investing.
- Daylight's total funding now stands at $120 million since its founding.
- The company's revenues reportedly grew over 40 times in the past year.
- Daylight employs 80 people, with 43 based in Israel.
- The funds will support U.S. expansion and entry into new international markets.
Israeli cybersecurity company Daylight announced on Tuesday the completion of a $80 million Series B funding round, led by Goldman Sachs' alternative investments arm. Okta Ventures also participated as a new investor, alongside existing backers including Craft Ventures, Bain Capital, Vintage Capital, and Maple Capital. This latest funding, secured just a year after its Series A round, brings the company's total capital raised since its inception to $120 million. Daylight reported that its revenues have grown by over 40 times in the past year, though the company did not disclose the actual revenue figures. Its client base includes Fortune 500 companies and technology firms like Lovable.
Daylight was founded in early 2025 by CEO Hagai Shapira and CTO Eldad Rodick, who previously served together in an elite IDF intelligence unit and held senior positions at the Israeli cybersecurity firm Torq. Shapira was Torq's first product manager, and Rodick was its first employee and head of R&D. The company currently employs 80 people, with 43 based in Israel. The newly raised funds are earmarked for expanding Daylight's operations in the U.S., entering new markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and for bolstering its engineering and technology teams and product development.
The company's cybersecurity solution integrates AI agents with human security experts. The AI agents automatically identify threats, investigate security incidents, and help contain attacks, while human experts oversee their operations and handle complex cases. This approach aims to reduce the workload on corporate cybersecurity teams facing an increasing volume of threats and alerts, thereby streamlining their work without significant staff increases. Daylight claims its system can detect threats in seconds and contain them within minutes, up to ten times faster than traditional security service providers. Additionally, the company developed a platform called Aura, which allows organizations to investigate security incidents using natural language queries and manage security operations from a single interface. The solution also includes protection for enterprise AI systems, detecting attempts to manipulate models through malicious prompts and unusual AI agent activity.
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