Cyera
Israeli data-security company founded by Talpiot and Unit 8200 veterans who ran the unit's cloud security division; valued at $6 billion in 2025
| Cyera
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Founder(s) | Yotam Segev, Tamar Bar-Ilan |
| Industry | Data security |
Cyera is an Israeli data-security company founded in 2021 by chief executive Yotam Segev and chief technology officer Tamar Bar-Ilan.[1] In June 2025 it raised $540 million at a $6 billion valuation.[2]
Founders, Talpiot and Unit 8200
Cyera's launch announcement says the founders "met over a decade ago in the Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF) elite Talpiot leadership academy and served together in the IDF's Unit 8200 where they founded, built, and ran the cloud security division" (Talpiot; Unit 8200).[1]
Funding
Ctech reported that the June 2025 Series E round was led by Georgian, Greenoaks and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with existing investors Accel, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Redpoint, Sapphire, Sequoia Capital and Spark. It took total funding to more than $1.3 billion.[2]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cyera, Cyera launches from stealth with $60M to identify, secure, and remediate cloud data security risks PR Newswire, 29 March 2022, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Meir Orbach, Cyera doubles valuation to $6 billion with $540M Series E Ctech, 11 June 2025, accessed 21 October 2026.