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Toka funding, valuation and investors
Government-focused cyber capacity builder — bespoke SIGINT, forensics, and defense software for trusted agencies.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series B
$25M · October 2020
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$38M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series b · Tel Aviv, Israel
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Eclipse Ventures
Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Dell Technologies Capital , Entrée Capital
Overview
Toka (Toka Cyber Builders, tokagroup.com) helps government, law enforcement, and security agencies design and operate tailored cyber capabilities — from strategic signals intelligence to device-level digital forensics. Founded in 2018 in Tel Aviv, the company works exclusively with government clients, advising on integrated cyber defense and building software when commercial off-the-shelf products do not exist. Co-founders include Ehud Barak (former Israeli PM and defense minister), Yaron Rosen (ex-IDF cyber chief), Alon Kantor (ex-Check Point), and Kfir Waldman (CEO). Toka raised $12.5M seed (Jul 2018) and $25M Series B (Oct 2020) led by Eclipse Ventures, with Andreessen Horowitz and Dell Technologies Capital participating in both rounds.
Why Toka is interesting
Co-founded by former Israeli PM Ehud Barak and Check Point veterans, Toka builds custom cyber ecosystems for nation-states — a16z and Dell Technologies Capital backed seed and Series B for a consultative model commercial vendors cannot replicate.
Product & use cases
Toka designs and builds customized cyber capability stacks for government agencies — lawful intelligence-gathering platforms, digital forensics tools, and operational cyber software — plus strategic advisory on integrated national cyber defense.
- Nation-states building integrated cyber defense and resilience programs from scratch
- Law enforcement agencies needing lawful digital forensics and intelligence-gathering tools
- Security agencies requiring bespoke operational cyber capabilities beyond COTS products
Key facts
- Seed (Jul 2018): $12.5M with a16z and Dell Technologies Capital (PitchBook, GlobeNewswire)
- Series B (Oct 2020): $25M led by Eclipse Ventures; a16z and Dell re-upped (GlobeNewswire)
- Co-founders: Ehud Barak, Yaron Rosen (ex-IDF cyber), Alon Kantor (ex-Check Point), Kfir Waldman (CEO)
- $37.5M total publicly disclosed funding across seed and Series B
Funding history (newest first)
Series B
2020-10 $25M- Eclipse Ventures (lead)
- Andreessen Horowitz (participant)
- Dell Technologies Capital (participant)
- Entrée Capital (participant)
Source: Read source · globenewswire.com
Seed
2018-07 $12.5M- Andreessen Horowitz (participant)
- Dell Technologies Capital (participant)
- Entrée Capital (participant)
Source: Read source · pitchbook.com
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Consultative, government-only model with founders spanning Israeli defense leadership and Check Point commercial cyber — enabling full capability-stack design rather than selling point products.
Government cyber is a specialized market where trust, founder pedigree, and consultative delivery matter more than product-led growth. Toka's Barak/Rosen founding team opens doors, but the sector faces intense scrutiny over lawful-use frameworks and geopolitical sensitivity.
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NSO Group adjacent
Israeli gov-focused cyber/intelligence vendor; product-sales model vs. Toka's broader capacity-building advisory.
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Palantir adjacent
Government data-analytics platform; overlaps on defense/intel customers but different cyber-offense tooling scope.
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Check Point incumbent
Commercial cybersecurity leader; co-founder Alon Kantor's prior employer — Toka builds bespoke gov tools Check Point does not offer.
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Cellebrite direct
Digital forensics for law enforcement; narrower product focus than Toka's full-stack cyber ecosystem design.
Notable stories
- Ehud Barak — Israeli PM (1999–2001) and defense minister (2008–2013) — joined as co-founder, bringing political and defense-network access rare in cyber startups (PitchBook, 2018).
- Toka hired Michael Anderson, ex-Check Point VP of Global Strategic Sales, as VP Global Sales alongside the Series B — signaling commercialization push (GlobeNewswire, Oct 2020).
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