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Huskeys funding, valuation and investors
Network Edge Security Management for AI-driven and fragmented enterprise web traffic.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series A
$27M · September 2026
Latest known valuation
$100M+
Series A · September 2026
Total disclosed equity funding
$35M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series a · Israel
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Blackstone Innovations Investments
Other: Okta Ventures , Zscaler Ventures , Skinos Ventures , Merlin Ventures , Bright Pixel Capital , SV Angel
Overview
Huskeys is an Israeli cybersecurity startup building Network Edge Security Management (NESM) to manage and secure internet-facing traffic without forcing rip-and-replace of existing stacks. Founded in 2025 by Unit 8200 alumni Itai Gafni and Roy Weisfeld, it raised a $27 million Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments in September 2026 (total funding $35 million after an $8 million seed). Company materials cite customers including TikTok, LEGOLAND, Ro, Blackstone, and Hugging Face.
Why Huskeys is interesting
September 2026 $27M Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments — Blackstone’s first early-stage cyber lead — five months after stealth, with Okta and Zscaler strategics and logos including TikTok and Hugging Face.
Product & use cases
Edge/web traffic security management layer designed for AI-agent traffic and fragmented network edges.
- Enterprise internet-facing application traffic management
- AI-driven bot/agent traffic security
- Integration alongside existing WAF/identity stacks
Key facts
- $27M Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments (Sep 2026)
- $100M+ valuation per WSJ reporting; $35M total funding
- Strategic participation from Okta Ventures and Zscaler Ventures
Funding history (newest first)
Series A
2026-09 $27M Valuation: $100M+- Blackstone Innovations Investments (lead)
- Okta Ventures (participant)
- Zscaler Ventures (participant)
- Skinos Ventures (participant)
- Merlin Ventures (participant)
- Bright Pixel Capital (participant)
- SV Angel (participant)
Source: https://thenextweb.com/news/huskeys-raises-27m-series-a-led-by-blackstone
Seed
2025 $8MSource: https://thenextweb.com/news/huskeys-raises-27m-series-a-led-by-blackstone
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