Komodor
Israeli Kubernetes-operations software company; its CTO served in the Israeli Navy
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Founder(s) | Ben Ofiri, Itiel Shwartz |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv |
| Industry | Software |
| Services | Reliability and troubleshooting platform for Kubernetes |
| Number of employees | 40 (May 2022) |
| Homepage | komodor.com |
Komodor is an Israeli software company that makes a reliability and troubleshooting platform for Kubernetes, the system used to run containerised software. It was founded in 2020 by Ben Ofiri (CEO) and Itiel Shwartz (CTO) and is based in Tel Aviv.[1] According to Ctech, Shwartz did his military service in the Israeli Navy.[2] The company took part in the accelerator run by the 8200 Alumni Association.[3]
Founders and military service
A 2023 Ctech profile said that "Itiel served during his military service on a rocket ship in the Navy" (Israeli Navy), and that after a computer science degree at Tel Aviv University he worked as a backend developer at eBay and then at the fraud-prevention company Forter, before joining Rookout.[2] No published source found describes military service for Ben Ofiri.
Komodor is listed among the alumni of 8200 EISP, the entrepreneurship programme of the 8200 Alumni Association, the association of former members of Unit 8200.[3]
Funding
In May 2022 Komodor announced a $42 million Series B round led by Tiger Global, with Felicis Ventures, Accel, NFX and Pitango First, bringing its total funding to $67 million. Ctech reported that it then had 40 employees and planned to recruit 60 more in Israel; its clients included monday.com, Aqua, Yotpo, Intel and Logz.io.[1]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Meir Orbach, Komodor raises $42 million Series B for Kubernetes reliability platform Ctech, 12 May 2022, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ctech, Mapping Israeli high-tech's leading R&D engineers Ctech, 26 February 2023, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 8200 EISP, Our Alumni 8200EISP, accessed 29 October 2026.