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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Israeli application-security company founded in 2006 in Ramat Gan by Maty Siman, a veteran of the IDF computer units Mamram and Matzov and a former adviser in the Prime Minister's Office; owned since 2020 by Hellman & Friedman'''}}<br />
{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Checkmarx<br />
| logo = Checkmarx_logo.png<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| caption = Checkmarx logo<br />
| type = Private company (controlled by [[Hellman & Friedman]])<br />
| founded = {{Start date|2006}}<br />
| founder = [[Maty Siman]]; [[Emmanuel Benzaquen]] is also listed as a founder by the company<br />
| hq_location = Ramat Gan, Israel<br />
| key_people = [[Sandeep Johri]] (chief executive); [[Maty Siman]] (chief technology officer)<br />
| industry = Cyber security<br />
| services = Source-code analysis and application-security testing<br />
| owner = [[Hellman & Friedman]] (control); [[Insight Partners]] (minority)<br />
| homepage = [https://checkmarx.com/ checkmarx.com]<br />
}}<br />
'''Checkmarx''' is an Israeli application-security company that sells tools to find security flaws in software source code.<ref name="TCCheckmarx2020">Ron Miller and Zack Whittaker, [https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/insight-partners-sells-security-firm-checkmarx-to-hellman-friedman-for-1-15b/ Insight Partners sells security firm Checkmarx to Hellman & Friedman for $1.15B] ''TechCrunch'', 16 March 2020, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> It was founded in 2006 by [[Maty Siman]], who served in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] computer unit [[Mamram]] and its information-security unit [[Matzov]], and then advised the [[Prime Minister's Office (Israel)|Prime Minister's Office]] for two years.<ref name="SecWeekSiman">Noa Bar-Yosef, [https://www.securityweek.com/security-startups-focus-checkmarx-founder-maty-siman/ Security Startups: In Focus With CheckMarx Founder Maty Siman] ''SecurityWeek'', 20 November 2012, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> The US private equity firm [[Hellman & Friedman]] bought control in 2020 at a valuation of $1.15 billion.<ref name="GlobesCheckmarx2020">Yasmin Yablonko, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-hellman-friedman-buys-israels-checkmarx-at-115b-valuation-1001322047 Hellman & Friedman buys Israel's Checkmarx at $1.15b valuation] ''Globes'', 16 March 2020, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
''[[Globes]]'' reported in 2020 that Checkmarx "was founded in 2006 and led since by CEO Emmanuel Benzaquen and Maty Siman, CTO" ([[Emmanuel Benzaquen]]), with more than 700 staff, about half of them in Israel, and its headquarters and development centre in Ramat Gan.<ref name="GlobesCheckmarx2020"/> The company's leadership page lists both Benzaquen and Siman as founders; its current chief executive is [[Sandeep Johri]].<ref name="CheckmarxLeadership">Checkmarx, [https://checkmarx.com/leadership/ Leadership] ''Checkmarx'', accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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=== Ownership ===<br />
In 2015 the private equity firm [[Insight Partners]] bought the company: ''TechCrunch'' put its investment at $84 million, while ''Globes'' said Insight had invested $85 million and bought the company at a valuation of $120 million, ending up with a 70% stake.<ref name="TCCheckmarx2020"/><ref name="GlobesCheckmarx2020"/> On 16 March 2020 [[Hellman & Friedman]] agreed to buy control from Insight in a cash deal at a valuation of $1.15 billion, with Insight keeping "a substantial minority interest".<ref name="GlobesCheckmarx2020"/><ref name="HFCheckmarx">Hellman & Friedman, [https://hf.com/hellman-friedman-to-acquire-cybersecurity-leader-checkmarx-at-a-1-15b-valuation/ Hellman & Friedman to Acquire Cybersecurity Leader Checkmarx at a $1.15B Valuation] ''Hellman & Friedman'', 16 March 2020, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> Partners of Hellman & Friedman and Insight Partners sit on the board, and the company lists [[TPG]] and [[Salesforce]] among its investors.<ref name="CheckmarxLeadership"/><br />
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== Founders and military service ==<br />
* [[Maty Siman]], founder and chief technology officer. He told ''[[SecurityWeek]]'' in 2012: "upon enrollment in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), I was placed in 'Mamram' – the military's computer unit", where he became an instructor, and "Following that position, I was stationed at 'Matzov' – the ITSEC unit of the IDF. I stayed there for five years developing solutions for network and application security" ([[Mamram]]; [[Matzov]]). He added: "Right before completing duty, I received a call from the Prime Minister's (PM) office asking if I could be an advisor there for two years", after which, in February 2006, he left to found Checkmarx ([[Prime Minister's Office (Israel)|Prime Minister's Office]]). He said that "At both the IDF and at the PM office, I was wearing a customer hat".<ref name="SecWeekSiman"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Mamram]]<br />
* [[Israel Defense Forces]]<br />
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://checkmarx.com/ Official website]<br />
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