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{{short description|'''Israeli cybersecurity executive; co-founder and CEO of Dazz; acquired by Wiz'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Merav Bahat
| nationality = Israeli
| occupation = Cybersecurity executive
| known_for = Co-founder and CEO of [[Dazz]]
}}
'''Merav Bahat''' is an Israeli cybersecurity executive. She co-founded cloud-security remediation company [[Dazz]] in 2021 with [[Tomer Schwartz]] and [[Yuval Ofir]], and served as chief executive. In November 2024 ''Ctech'' reported that [[Wiz]] had acquired Dazz for an estimated about $450 million.<ref name="CtechDazz">Meir Orbach, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1xnec3gjl Wiz acquires Dazz for $450 million to strengthen AI-driven cloud security], ''Ctech'', 21 November 2024.</ref>

== Career ==

''Ctech'' reported that Bahat served as deputy general manager of Microsoft Israel Research and Development and led Microsoft's cloud-security business division before founding Dazz. Company funding announcements described her as previously general manager of Microsoft's global cloud-security business.<ref name="CtechDazz"/><ref name="PRDazz">[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cybersecurity-startup-dazz-raises-60-million-to-solve-cloud-security-remediation-301443511.html Cybersecurity Startup Dazz Raises $60 Million to Solve Cloud Security Remediation], PR Newswire, 14 December 2021.</ref>

Dazz raised about $110 million from investors including Greylock, Insight Partners, Index Ventures and Cyberstarts before the Wiz sale.<ref name="CtechDazz"/>

== See also ==

* [[Dazz]]
* [[Tomer Schwartz]]
* [[Yuval Ofir]]
* [[Wiz]]
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]

==Notes==
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