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Does Orca Security support Israel?
Orca Security does business in Israel — we found records of its operations there, but no record of donations, aid, or a public statement of support. Every claim below links to its source.
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Background
Orca Security is an Israeli-founded cloud-security company: Avi Shua, Gil Geron and six other Check Point veterans started it in Tel Aviv in 2019, its principal engineering base is still there at 3 Tushiya Street alongside offices in London and Portland, Oregon, and it reached a $1.8 billion valuation within two years, having raised close to $630 million. What Israel gets from the company is what a fast-growing technology employer gives any host country — engineering jobs, salaries and tax — and the money has flowed towards Orca from foreign investors rather than from Orca to any Israeli institution. Orca has also spent its own money inside Israel twice, buying Israeli companies: in January 2022 it made the first acquisition of its life, the Tel Aviv web-application security startup RapidSec — the price was not disclosed and Calcalist estimated it at about $5 million — taking on its seven employees as the nucleus of a new development group; and in May 2025 it bought Opus, a Tel Aviv startup using AI agents to fix cloud-security risks, at an undisclosed price that Calcalist's English edition CTech estimated in the tens of millions of dollars, with nearly 50 Opus engineers set to join Orca. Beyond that operational and commercial record there is nothing to report. This research pass found no documented corporate donation, employee-matching programme, in-kind contribution, reservist-support scheme or official company statement by Orca Security relating to Israel after the October 7, 2023 attack, in English or Hebrew sources; JLens's June 2025 survey of companies that stepped up for Israel after October 7 does not mention it, and Israeli coverage of the company since the war has concerned funding, competition, a January 2024 round of layoffs and the Opus acquisition rather than any wartime initiative. Orca does not appear on the BDS movement's consumer-boycott target lists, which concentrate on retail brands rather than enterprise cloud-security software.
Orca Security — About (founders, offices, funding) The Times of Israel — Israel's Orca Security raises additional $340m at $1.8b valuation JLens — When Crisis Strikes: how global companies stepped up to support Israel after October 7 (Orca absent) SiliconANGLE — Orca acquires web application security firm RapidSec (first acquisition, Israeli firm, undisclosed price) Dark Reading — Orca Security acquires Opus (Tel Aviv-based startup, Orca's second acquisition after RapidSec) CTech by Calcalist — Orca Security acquires Opus (undisclosed price, tens of millions estimate)
Timeline of documented records
Documented records
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations in Israel | 2019 | — | Israel (Tel Aviv founding site and principal engineering base, jobs) Orca Security was founded in Tel Aviv in 2019 by Avi Shua and Gil Geron together with six other co-founders, all of whom had previously held senior engineering positions at the Israeli security company Check Point Software Technologies. Shua was chief executive and is now chief innovation officer; Geron took over as chief executive. The company pioneered agentless cloud security through its patented SideScanning technology, covering Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Orca's own site lists three offices — Tel Aviv at 3 Tushiya Street, London, and Portland, Oregon — and states that it has raised nearly $630 million at a $1.8 billion valuation from investors including YL Ventures, Temasek, Splunk and Alphabet's growth fund CapitalG. Attribution note: Orca is an Israeli-founded company whose principal engineering base is in Tel Aviv; this entry records that operational footprint — jobs, offices and R&D — and not any donation to an Israeli body. | |
| Investment / program | 2021-10-05 | $340,000,000 | Orca Security (the Israeli company receiving the capital), not an Israeli charity or state body On October 5, 2021 Orca Security announced a $340 million extension of its Series C round, led by the Singapore state investment company Temasek, which took the total round to $550 million and the company's valuation to $1.8 billion — up from $1.2 billion seven months earlier, and reached barely two years after the company was founded. Other participants included Alphabet's growth fund CapitalG, Redpoint Ventures, GGV, ICONIQ Capital, Lone Pine Capital, Stripes, Adams Street Partners, Willoughby Capital and Harmony Partners. The Times of Israel reported the raise as an Israeli cybersecurity startup reaching unicorn status at record speed, with the company citing roughly 800 percent year-on-year growth. Attribution note: this is capital flowing into an Israeli-founded company from foreign investors, which funds Israeli engineering jobs; it is not a donation by Orca to anyone, and the money was not given to any Israeli institution. | |
| Acquisition | 2022-01-19 | — | RapidSec Ltd. of Tel Aviv and its shareholders — an Israeli company bought by Orca, not a charity or a state body On January 19, 2022 Orca Security announced its first acquisition since the company was founded: RapidSec Ltd., an Israeli web-application security startup based in Tel Aviv, set up in 2020 by Shai Alon, Ori Koral and Ido Yablonka, which protects websites from client-side attacks and had itself raised about $500,000 from Spinach Angels, F2 Venture Capital's pre-seed fund and angel investors. Neither side disclosed the price: SiliconANGLE reported the deal as made for an undisclosed price, and Calcalist estimated it at about $5 million in cash and stock — the newspaper's estimate, never confirmed by either company. RapidSec's seven employees were all expected to move to Orca and form the nucleus of a new development group there. Attribution note: this is the corporation buying an Israeli company, which is commerce — money paid to RapidSec's owners for a business, not a donation, aid, or a statement of support, and nothing here went to an Israeli institution. | |
| Acquisition | 2025-05-13 | — | Opus of Tel Aviv and its shareholders — an Israeli company bought by Orca, not a charity or a state body On May 13, 2025 Orca Security announced its second acquisition: Opus, an Israeli startup based in Tel Aviv that uses AI agents to remediate cloud-security risks automatically. Opus was founded in 2022 by Meny Har and Or Gabay, both of the founding team of Siemplify, a security firm Google Cloud bought, and had raised $10 million in seed funding backed by YL Ventures and Tiger Global. Neither company disclosed the price; Calcalist's English edition, CTech, called it an all-Israeli deal and estimated it in the tens of millions of dollars — the newspaper's estimate, not a confirmed figure. Nearly 50 Opus engineers were set to join Orca. Orca's own announcement was datelined Portland, Oregon. Attribution note: this is the corporation buying an Israeli company, which is commerce — money paid to Opus's owners for a business, not a donation, aid, or a statement of support, and nothing here went to an Israeli institution. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Orca Security donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of donations. What is on record is commercial activity in Israel (Operations in Israel, Investment / program, Acquisition), which is not the same as support — see the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 11 distinct sources are cited for Orca Security. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-26
- Orca Security — About (founders, offices, funding) orca.security
- The Times of Israel — Israel's Orca Security raises additional $340m at $1.8b valuation timesofisrael.com
- Orca Security — press release: Orca Security Extends Series C Round to $550M, Boosting Valuation to $1.8 Billion (Los Angeles, October 5, 2021) orca.security
- Israel Defense — Orca Security extends Series C round to $550M (Israeli outlet republishing the company announcement, not independent reporting) israeldefense.co.il
- SiliconANGLE — Orca acquires web application security firm RapidSec (first acquisition, Israeli firm, undisclosed price) siliconangle.com
- The Jerusalem Post — Orca Security acquires web application security startup RapidSec (Israeli start-up from Tel Aviv, announced January 19) jpost.com
- The Algemeiner, carrying CTech's report by Meir Orbach — Orca Acquiring Israeli Web Application Security Startup RapidSec (Calcalist's about $5 million estimate, cash and stock) algemeiner.com
- Dark Reading — Orca Security acquires Opus (Tel Aviv-based startup, Orca's second acquisition after RapidSec) darkreading.com
- CTech by Calcalist — Orca Security acquires Opus (undisclosed price, tens of millions estimate) calcalistech.com
- Orca Security — press release: Orca Security acquires Opus (Portland, Ore., May 13, 2025; founders Meny Har and Or Gabay of the Siemplify founding team) orca.security
- JLens — When Crisis Strikes: how global companies stepped up to support Israel after October 7 (Orca absent) jlensnetwork.org