Team8
Israeli cybersecurity venture foundry founded by Unit 8200 leaders
| Team8
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Private (venture creation / investment) |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder(s) | Nadav Zafrir, Liran Grinberg, Israel Grimberg |
| Industry | Cybersecurity venture creation and investment |
Team8 is an Israeli cybersecurity company-building and venture group founded in 2014 by Nadav Zafrir, Liran Grinberg and Israel Grimberg. Ctech reported that Zafrir founded Team8 after serving as commander of Unit 8200, and that Grimberg "served as the Head of the Cyber Division in Unit 8200". Team8 incubates and invests in cybersecurity and related enterprise software companies.[1]
Portfolio examples
Team8 launched Claroty (industrial cybersecurity) and Sygnia (incident response and consulting). A 2018 PR Newswire release on Temasek's planned acquisition of Sygnia described Zafrir as "former commander of Israel's Intelligence Unit 8200 and CEO of Team8" and said he would remain Sygnia chairman; it also linked Sygnia's staffing to Unit 8200.[2][3]
In 2024 Zafrir was appointed CEO of Check Point Software Technologies from December 2024 while remaining associated with Team8's orbit in press coverage of the move.[4]
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Notes
- ↑ Nadav Zafrir: Decorated soldier turned cyber entrepreneur, Ctech, 30 November 2020.
- ↑ Team8 / Sygnia, Sygnia, Elite Cyber Consulting and Incident Response Company Launched by Team8, to Be Acquired by Temasek, PR Newswire, 16 October 2018.
- ↑ Claroty, Claroty Exits Stealth with $32 Million in Funding to Protect Industrial Networks, 13 September 2016.
- ↑ Assaf Gilead, Check Point names Nadav Zafrir next CEO, Globes, 24 July 2024.