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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Israeli-founded digital-asset custody and payments company whose chief executive was a Unit 8200 programmer; valued at $8 billion in 2022'''}}<br />
{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Fireblocks<br />
| type = Private<br />
| founded = {{Start date|2018}}<br />
| founder = [[Michael Shaulov]], [[Pavel Berengoltz]], [[Idan Ofrat]]<br />
| industry = Digital-asset (cryptocurrency) security and infrastructure<br />
}}<br />
'''Fireblocks''' is a digital-asset infrastructure company founded in 2018 by chief executive [[Michael Shaulov]], [[Pavel Berengoltz]] and [[Idan Ofrat]].<ref name="GlobesFireblocks">Uri Berkovitz, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-blockchain-security-platform-ireblocks-raises-16m-1001289140 Blockchain security co Fireblocks raises $16m] ''Globes'', 11 June 2019, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> In January 2022 it raised $550 million at a valuation of more than $8 billion.<ref name="FBSeriesE">Fireblocks, [https://www.fireblocks.com/press/fireblocks-raises-550-million-in-series-e-funding-to-become-the-highest-valued-digital-asset-infrastructure-provider Fireblocks Raises $550 Million In Series E Funding to Become the Highest Valued Digital Asset Infrastructure Provider] ''Fireblocks'', 27 January 2022, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== Founders and Unit 8200 ==<br />
[[Michael Shaulov]] told ''Globes'': "בצבא הייתי מתכנת ב־8200" ("in the army I was a programmer in 8200"; [[Unit 8200]]). He said he served for four years and led a group of programmers on one of the army's important projects.<ref name="GlobesShaulov">[https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001484564 הוא למד לתכנת בגיל 7. היום הוא עומד בראש יוניקורן סייבר] (He learned to code at 7; today he heads a cyber unicorn) ''Globes'' (Hebrew), accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><br />
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''Globes'' reported that Shaulov and [[Pavel Berengoltz|Berengoltz]] were among the founders of [[Lacoon Mobile Security]], which [[Check Point Software Technologies|Check Point]] bought. It said [[Idan Ofrat|Ofrat]], "whom Shaulov and Berengoltz knew from the army", had been vice-president of research and development at [[C4 Security]], which [[Elbit Systems]] bought. Early investors included Check Point co-founders [[Shlomo Kramer]] and [[Marius Nacht]].<ref name="GlobesFireblocks" /><br />
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== Funding ==<br />
Fireblocks said its January 2022 Series E round was co-led by [[D1 Capital Partners]] and [[Spark Capital]], with [[General Atlantic]], [[Index Ventures]], [[CapitalG]] ([[Alphabet (company)|Alphabet]]'s growth fund), [[Altimeter]] and others also taking part.<ref name="FBSeriesE" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Lacoon Mobile Security]]<br />
* [[Unit 8200]]<br />
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]<br />
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