One of the things we pride ourselves on at Merlin Ventures is preparing our portfolio companies for the federal market. What that means varies by company, but one area we like to focus on up front is helping you to understand the various federal certifications that exist (there are a bunch!) and which ones you […]
Live In-Person Event with some of Israel’s Biggest Technology Unicorns* *Open to Psagot alumni only — click here to learn more about the event and register. Psagot is the alumni association for the brightest technology minds coming out of the Israeli intelligence forces. Tuesday, October 19, 2021Tel Aviv, Israel6:00 – 9:30 pm IST Have you […]
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 […]
