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Founders of Twistlock Shut Down Startup Minimus, Return Funds to Investors
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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First reported by Globes · 2 hours ago
What happened
The founders of Twistlock have shut down their new startup Minimus and returned remaining funds to investors after failing to achieve commercial success in a competitive market.
- 01Twistlock founders Ben Bernstein, Dima Stopel, and John Morello close startup Minimus.
- 02Minimus raised $51 million from YL Ventures and Mayfield but struggled commercially.
- 03The company rebranded from Gutsy to Minimus and shifted its business focus.
- 04Attempts to merge, sell, or spin off the team were unsuccessful.
- 05Founders chose to return remaining cash to investors instead of exhausting funds.
- 06Twistlock was sold to Palo Alto Networks in 2019 for about $410 million.
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