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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Israeli email and collaboration security company founded in 2015 by Unit 8200 veterans and backed by former Unit 8200 commander Pinhas Buchris; bought by Fortinet in 2024'''}}<br />
{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Perception Point<br />
| logo = Perception_Point_logo.png<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| caption = Perception Point logo<br />
| type = Acquired by [[Fortinet]] (December 2024)<br />
| founded = {{Start date|2015}}<br />
| founder = [[Yevgeny Pats]], [[Shlomi Levin]], [[Michael Aminov]]<br />
| hq_location = Israel<br />
| industry = Cyber security<br />
| services = Protection of email, browsers, cloud storage and collaboration apps against content-based attacks (now FortiMail Workspace Security)<br />
| parent = [[Fortinet]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Perception Point''' was an Israeli cyber-security company that protected email, cloud-storage, browser and collaboration tools against malicious content. It was founded in 2015 by [[Yevgeny Pats]], [[Shlomi Levin]] and [[Michael Aminov]], who, according to ''[[Globes]]'', "worked together in the IDF's elite intelligence section, Unit 8200" ([[Unit 8200]]).<ref name="GlobesPerception2015">Roy Goldenberg, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-cyber-security-co-perception-point-raises-2m-1001078714 Cyber security co Perception Point raises $2m] ''Globes'', 4 November 2015, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> Its first investor was [[State of Mind Ventures]], the fund of [[Pinchas Barel-Buchris|Pinhas Buchris]], a former commander of Unit 8200 and former director-general of the [[Ministry of Defence (Israel)|Ministry of Defense]].<ref name="GlobesPerception2015"/> The US security company [[Fortinet]] bought it in December 2024, for about $100 million according to ''[[Calcalist]]''.<ref name="CtechPerception2024">Meir Orbach, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/uepydmg9w Fortinet buys Perception Point for $100M: A lukewarm exit for Israeli cyber startup] ''Ctech'', 12 December 2024, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
In November 2015 Perception Point raised $2 million from [[State of Mind Ventures]] (SOMV), the fund of [[Pinchas Barel-Buchris|Pinhas Buchris]], and [[Yuval Baharav]], formerly of [[Sequoia Capital|Sequoia Capital Israel]]. ''Globes'' wrote that Buchris's investment "represents a fitting closure, as the three trained in a select course created by the SOMV founder". It reported that the founders had all worked at companies sold in recent exits: Pats at [[Hyperwise]] (sold to [[Check Point Software Technologies|Check Point]]), Levin at [[Cyvera]] (sold to [[Palo Alto Networks]]) and Aminov at [[CyActive]] (sold to [[PayPal]]).<ref name="GlobesPerception2015"/><br />
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In April 2021 the company raised $28 million in a Series B round led by [[Red Dot Capital Partners]], with [[NGP Capital]], [[Pitango Venture Capital]] and State of Mind Ventures, bringing its total funding to $48 million. Its chief executive was then [[Yoram Salinger]], formerly chief executive of [[Redband]], and it had 40 employees, most of them in Israel. [[Yoram Oron]] and [[Atad Peled]] of Red Dot and [[Bo Ilsoe]] of NGP joined its board.<ref name="CtechPerception2021">Meir Orbach, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3905612,00.html Perception Point raises $28 million to grow Prevention-as-a-Service solution] ''Ctech'', 21 April 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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On 11 December 2024 [[Fortinet]] said that it had completed the purchase of Perception Point.<ref name="FortinetPerception">Fortinet, [https://www.fortinet.com/blog/business-and-technology/fortinet-acquires-perception-point Fortinet Acquires Perception Point] ''Fortinet'', 11 December 2024, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> ''[[Calcalist|Ctech]]'' reported that the company had raised about $75 million and that the price was estimated at "just $100 million", calling it "a lukewarm exit".<ref name="CtechPerception2024"/> The former company website now redirects to Fortinet's "FortiMail Workspace Security" product.<ref name="FortinetWorkspace">Fortinet, [https://perception-point.io/ FortiMail Workspace Security] ''Fortinet'', accessed 10 November 2026.</ref><br />
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== Founders and military service ==<br />
* ''Globes'' reported in 2015 that "Pats, Levin, and Aminov worked together in the IDF's elite intelligence section, Unit 8200" ([[Unit 8200]]; [[Aman|Intelligence Corps]]).<ref name="GlobesPerception2015"/> ''Ctech'' later described Aminov and Levin as having "served in the technological unit of the Israeli military's Intelligence Corps" and as "alumni of the Israeli Defense Forces' Intelligence Corps technology unit".<ref name="CtechPerception2021"/><ref name="CtechPerception2024"/><br />
* [[Pinchas Barel-Buchris|Pinhas Buchris]], investor: described by ''Globes'' as "a former commander of the distinguished unit" and former director-general of the Ministry of Defense.<ref name="GlobesPerception2015"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Unit 8200]]<br />
* [[Pinchas Barel-Buchris|Pinhas Buchris]]<br />
* [[Fortinet]]<br />
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]<br />
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