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Does Orca Security support Israel?
Yes — Orca Security has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
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. Beyond that operational 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 and a January 2024 round of layoffs 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)
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| 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. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Orca Security donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Orca Security has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, Investment / program). 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. 4 distinct sources are cited for Orca Security. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-30
- 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 releases index (Orca Security Extends Series C Round with $550M in Funding) orca.security
- JLens — When Crisis Strikes: how global companies stepped up to support Israel after October 7 (Orca absent) jlensnetwork.org