Israeli-founded cybersecurity company ForeScout was reported here in Nov 2018 when it paid $113 million for a US-Dutch company. Now Forescout itself has been bought by US-based Advent International for $1.9 billion, eclipsing the $1.1 billion (see here) that Insight … Continue reading →

Israeli cybersecurity giant Check Point Software has bought Israel’s Spectral for $60 million. Check Point will use Spectral’s security tools to extend its cloud solution, Check Point CloudGuard. Meanwhile Israeli-founded Forescout is acquiring Israel’s CyberMDX for $80 million. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3928399,00.html https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3928397,00.html

In contrast to recent big takeovers of Israeli companies, Israeli cybersecurity company ForeScout has just bought US-Netherlands security company SecurityMatters for $113 million.  SecurityMatters provides extended enterprise operational technology (OT) network protection. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-us-co-forescout-technologies-makes-113m-acquisition-1001260284

Accounting software giant Sage has ranked Tel Aviv University eighth in the world for training the founders of so-called unicorns – startup firms worth more than $1 billion. Tel Aviv alumni have founded seven such companies, including ForeScout, ironSource and … Continue reading →

In Jan 2016, Israeli startups raised an astonishing $556.4 million. They included ForeScout Technologies ($76m), JFrog ($50m), Zerto ($50m), SiSense ($50m), BlueVine ($40m), Elastifile ($35m), V-Wave ($28m) and Insightec ($22m). http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-startups-raise-over-550m-this-month-1001098849