With many Israeli startup founders coming out of Unit 8200 and other cybersecurity-related groups within the Israeli military, the solutions they develop are often a natural fit for the types of threats government agencies face. As a result, it’s not surprising that Israeli CEOs are deeply interested in knowing whether they can sell their products […]
There’s no doubt that 2021 has seen record-setting attacks, including last week’s announcement about an Atlassian Confluence vulnerability being exploited in the wild. Driven in part by the geopolitical climate, cyberattacks against U.S. federal, state, and local governments are growing in frequency, sophistication, and boldness. Between high-profile attacks such as the SolarWinds and Kaseya breaches […]
There are 607 venture capital firms operating in Israel. (Trust us. We had our poor analyst count them.) Of those, 146 do cyber investments. So clearly what Israel, and the world at large, needs now is pretty much anything other than one more cyber-focused VC.
Watch this video interview of Seth Spergel, Managing Partner of Merlin Ventures, by Nancy Shapira-Aronovic, Business Development Director of Gartner Israel, during Cyber Week 2021 to learn more about Merlin Ventures:
Amazon Web Services announced today that they have acquired Wickr, the IT industry’s most secure, end-to-end encrypted, communication platform. The 10-year-old company has grown rapidly and has been a Merlin Ventures portfolio partner since 2019. Merlin congratulates Wickr on this exciting next step in its evolution!
Partnership Produces Early Success with $1 Million Customer Wins ROCKVILLE, Md. (PRNewswire) — Sepio Systems, the leader in zero trust Hardware Access Control (HAC), announced today that the company will be expanding its partnership with Merlin Ventures, a strategic investor in visionary emerging technologies, to deploy the company’s Hardware Access Control (HAC-1) solution to US federal […]
Partnership and strategic investment continues strong history of helping emerging cybersecurity companies enter the U.S. corporate and federal markets TYSONS, Va. & TEL AVIV, Israel — June 15, 2021 — Merlin Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Merlin Cyber, a premier cybersecurity solutions provider with deep expertise in the U.S. market, today announced a strategic […]
About this Webcast The U.S. Government allocated more than $18 billion for cybersecurity spending in FY 2021. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is one of the most effective vehicles for small technology and services companies to sell to the federal government. FedRAMP was established in 2011 to provide a cost-effective, risk-based approach […]
Turnkey program enables visionary cybersecurity startups to leverage Merlin’s capital, FedRAMP certification accelerator, and go-to-market infrastructure to rapidly expand into the U.S. Public Sector TYSONS CORNER, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE) – Merlin Ventures, the investment arm of Merlin Cyber, today announced the formation of a Public Sector growth program for cybersecurity software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups. The program […]
