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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Israeli cloud data-security start-up in Tel Aviv, founded in 2021 by former Unit 8200 officer Jonathan Roizin and Rom Ashkenazi; bought by CrowdStrike in 2024'''}}<br />
{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Flow Security<br />
| logo = Flow_Security_logo.png<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| caption = Flow Security logo<br />
| type = Acquired by [[CrowdStrike]] (2024)<br />
| founded = {{Start date|2021}}<br />
| founder = [[Jonathan Roizin]], [[Rom Ashkenazi]]<br />
| hq_location = Tel Aviv, Israel<br />
| industry = Cyber security<br />
| services = Cloud data runtime security; data security posture management (DSPM)<br />
| parent = [[CrowdStrike]]<br />
| num_employees = About 30 (2024)<br />
}}<br />
'''Flow Security''' was an Israeli cyber-security start-up based in Tel Aviv that developed software to find, map and protect companies' data in cloud systems "at rest, in use, and in motion".<ref name="SV101Roizin">ICON, [https://www.iconsv.org/sv101/alumni/jonathan-roizin Jonathan Roizin] ''SV101 founder directory'', accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> It was founded in 2021 by [[Jonathan Roizin]] and [[Rom Ashkenazi]].<ref name="CtechFlow2022">Meir Orbach, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1zhqad6c Flow Security raises $10 million for data security platform] ''Ctech'', 3 August 2022, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> Roizin's "cybersecurity foundation was built as an officer in the IDF's elite 8200 intelligence unit" ([[Unit 8200]]), according to the founder directory of the Silicon Valley–Israel programme SV101.<ref name="SV101Roizin"/> The US security company [[CrowdStrike]] agreed to buy it in March 2024, for about $200 million according to press estimates.<ref name="GlobesFlow2024">Assaf Gilead, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-crowdstrike-acquires-israeli-co-flow-security-1001472989 CrowdStrike to acquire Israeli co Flow Security for $200m] ''Globes'', 6 March 2024, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
In August 2022 Flow Security raised $10 million in seed funding led by [[Amiti Ventures|Amiti]]. It then employed 23 people, most of them at its research centre in Tel Aviv.<ref name="CtechFlow2022"/> On 6 March 2024 CrowdStrike announced that it would buy the company. No price was disclosed, but ''[[Globes]]'' reported estimates of $200 million and said that the company's 30 or so employees would join CrowdStrike.<ref name="GlobesFlow2024"/> ''[[Calcalist|Ctech]]'' also put the deal at $200 million and said that Flow had raised $13 million in total.<ref name="CtechFlow2024">Meir Orbach, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryawyqb6p CrowdStrike acquiring cyber startup Flow Security in $200 million deal] ''Ctech'', 6 March 2024, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> ''Globes'' gave the total as $15 million in two seed rounds, and listed among those who would profit from the sale the founders, [[Ben Rabinowitz]] and [[Yafit Schwartz]]'s [[Amiti Ventures]], [[Amdocs Ventures]], [[Singtel]], and the angel investors [[Udi Mokady]], former chief executive of [[CyberArk]], and [[Slavik Markovich]], former chief executive of [[Demisto]].<ref name="GlobesFlow2024"/> Its technology was integrated into CrowdStrike's Falcon Cloud Security platform, where Roizin became a senior director of product management.<ref name="SV101Roizin"/><br />
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== Founders and military service ==<br />
* [[Jonathan Roizin]], co-founder and chief executive: according to the SV101 directory, "His cybersecurity foundation was built as an officer in the IDF's elite 8200 intelligence unit" ([[Unit 8200]]), after which he led incident-response investigations at [[Sygnia]].<ref name="SV101Roizin"/> ''Ctech'' wrote that he served "as an officer in the Intelligence Corps" ([[Aman|Intelligence Corps]]) before becoming a team leader at Sygnia, specialising in digital forensics and malware analysis.<ref name="CtechFlow2022"/><br />
* [[Rom Ashkenazi]], co-founder and chief technology officer: previously worked at [[K Health]], [[Armis (company)|Armis Security]] and [[Vim]], according to ''Ctech''.<ref name="CtechFlow2022"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Unit 8200]]<br />
* [[CrowdStrike]]<br />
* [[Sygnia]]<br />
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]<br />
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