SafeBreach

SafeBreach was founded in September 2014 by Guy Bejerano and Itzik Kotler in Tel Aviv.^[2] Prior to founding the company, Bejerano had worked as a chief information security officer and Kotler had spent time in the Israel Defense Force's technology unit as a hacker.^[3][4]

In July 2015, SafeBreach raised $4 million in seed funding from an investor group led by angel investor, Shlomo Kramer, and Sequoia Capital.^[5][6]

In July 2016, SafeBreach raised an additional $15 million in Series A funding from existing investors along with participation from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Deutsche Telekom, and Maverick Ventures.^[4][7] In May 2018, SafeBreach raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Draper Nexus (later known as DNX Ventures), with participation from PayPal and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and HPE Pathfinder.^[8]

In April 2020, SafeBreach raised an additional $19 million in Series C funding from six investors.^[9] It is funded by Sequoia Capital, Hewlett-Packard, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and others.^[10]

In November 2021, SafeBreach received $53.5 million in a Series D funding round led by Sonae IM and Israel Growth Partners (IGP).^[11][12]

SafeBreach has developed a platform that simulates hacker breach methods, running continuous "war games" to identify breach scenarios across network systems.^[13] The platform simulates hacker breach methods such as brute force, exploits, and malware.^[14][15] Using a library of hacker breach methods called the "Hacker's Playbook,"^[16] SafeBreach develops potential breach scenarios specific to a client's environment and runs simulations to identify whether or not the security defenses that are in place can defend itself. There are thousands of different possible breach scenarios depending on a client's unique network setup.^[4][14][13]