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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Israeli threat-intelligence company founded in 2015 by veterans of IDF intelligence and cyber-security units; bought by Rapid7 in 2021 for about $335 million'''}}<br />
{{Infobox company<br />
| name = IntSights<br />
| trade_name = IntSights Cyber Intelligence Ltd.<br />
| logo = IntSights_logo.png<br />
| caption = IntSights logo<br />
| type = Private company (acquired)<br />
| founded = {{Start date|2015}}<br />
| founder = [[Guy Nizan]], [[Gal Ben-David]], [[Alon Arvatz]]<br />
| defunct = {{Start date|2021|07|16}} (acquired by [[Rapid7]])<br />
| hq_location = New York (management) and Tel Aviv (development), according to ''Globes'' (2019)<br />
| industry = Cyber security<br />
| services = External threat intelligence; monitoring of the dark, deep and open web<br />
| parent = [[Rapid7]] (from July 2021)<br />
| num_employees = 160 (2019, according to ''Globes'')<br />
}}<br />
'''IntSights''' (IntSights Cyber Intelligence Ltd.) was an Israeli threat-intelligence company that monitored the "dark, deep and open web" for threats to companies. It was founded in 2015 by [[Guy Nizan]], [[Gal Ben-David]] and [[Alon Arvatz]], described in the company's own 2016 funding announcement as "veterans of elite intelligence and cybersecurity units in the Israeli Defense Forces" ([[Israel Defense Forces]]).<ref name="PRNIntSights2016">IntSights, [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/intsights-raises-75m-series-a-to-protect-enterprise-companies-from-cyber-threats-in-the-dark-deep-and-open-web-591716891.html IntSights Raises $7.5M Series A to Protect Enterprise Companies from Cyber Threats in the Dark, Deep and Open Web] ''PR Newswire'', 30 August 2016, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> In July 2021 the American cyber-security company [[Rapid7]] bought IntSights for about $335 million.<ref name="Rapid78K">Rapid7, Inc., [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560327/000119312521218612/d203589d8k.htm Form 8-K current report] ''US Securities and Exchange Commission'', 19 July 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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== Founders and military service ==<br />
IntSights's 2016 announcement said: "Guy Nizan, Alon Arvatz and Gal Ben-David, veterans of elite intelligence and cybersecurity units in the Israeli Defense Forces, founded IntSights."<ref name="PRNIntSights2016"/> ''[[Globes]]'' reported in 2019 that "CEO Guy Nizan, CTO Gal Ben David, and CPO Alon Arvatz, three veterans of IDF technological units, founded IntSights in 2015".<ref name="GlobesIntSights2019">Yasmin Yablonko, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-cyber-intelligence-co-intsights-raises-30m-1001307902 Cyber intelligence co IntSights raises $30m] ''Globes'', 20 November 2019, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> When Rapid7 bought the company, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' said that it "was founded by members of Israel's elite cyber intelligence unit".<ref name="BGIntSights">The Boston Globe, [https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/19/business/rapid7-acquires-israel-founded-cybersecurity-firm-335-million/ Rapid7 acquires Israel-founded cybersecurity firm for $335 million] ''The Boston Globe'', 19 July 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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== Funding ==<br />
In August 2016 IntSights announced a $7.5 million Series A round led by [[Blumberg Capital]], with its seed investor [[Glilot Capital Partners]], [[Blackstone Group|Blackstone]] and [[Wipro Ventures]].<ref name="PRNIntSights2016"/> In November 2019 ''Globes'' reported a $30 million round led by [[Qumra Capital]], bringing the total raised to $70 million; the company then had 160 employees, with its management in New York and its development centre in Tel Aviv.<ref name="GlobesIntSights2019"/><br />
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== Acquisition by Rapid7 ==<br />
Rapid7's filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission says that on 16 July 2021 its subsidiary "acquired ... all of the issued share capital of IntSights for approximately $335 million", mainly in cash, and that each founder agreed to take 30% of their portion of the consideration in Rapid7 shares, deferred over thirty months.<ref name="Rapid78K"/> Rapid7 announced the deal on 19 July 2021 and said that IntSights had offices in Amsterdam, Boston, Dallas, New York, Singapore, Tel Aviv and Tokyo.<ref name="Rapid7PR">Rapid7, [https://www.rapid7.com/about/press-releases/rapid7-acquires-intsights/ Rapid7 Acquires Threat Intelligence Leader IntSights] ''Rapid7'', 19 July 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]<br />
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