Pentera
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| Industry | Cybersecurity |
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| Founded | 2015 (as Pcysys) |
| Founder | Dr. Arik Liberzon, Arik Faingold |
| Headquarters | Boston, USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Products | Pentera Core, Pentera Surface, Pentera Cloud, Pentera Resolve |
| Services | Adversarial testing services; Security validation advisory |
Number of employees | 420[1] (January 2025) |
| Website | pentera |
Pentera, formerly known as Pcysys, is a cybersecurity software company based in Boston. It has operations in United States, Germany, UK, Israel, Dubai, and Singapore.[2][3]
History
[edit source]Pentera was founded in 2015 under the name Pcysys. The company initially focused on automated penetration testing technologies and later expanded its platform to support broader security validation use cases. In 2021, Pcysys rebranded as Pentera.
Funding
[edit source]Pentera has raised venture capital funding through multiple funding rounds. To date, the company has raised $190 million in primary funding:
- Seed funding (2015-2018): Raised $5 million.[4][5]
- Series A (November 2019): Raised $10 million from AWZ Ventures and Blackstone Group.[4]
- Series B (September 2020): Raised $25 million[6] from Insight Partners, AWZ Ventures, and Blackstone Group.[5][7][8]
- Series C (January 2022): Pentera became a unicorn raising $150 million, out of which $75 million in primary, from K1 Investment Management, Evolution Equity Partners, and Insight Partners. This funding round brought Pentera's valuation to $1 billion.[9][10]
- Series D (March 2025): Raised $60 million, led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Farallon Capital Management.[11][12]
On October 9, 2025, Pentera acquired DevOcean, an AI-remediation management platform.[13]
On November 5, 2025, Pentera acquired EVA Information Security, an offensive security firm specializing in AI red teaming and pentesting.[14]
References
[edit source]- ↑ Manoj, Prashanth (2025-05-15). "Pentera expands in APAC, taps AI to outsmart attackers". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
- ↑ Martin, Noga. "Pcysys rebrands as Pentera, unveils automated attack module". Israel Hayom. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ↑ "Netpoleon partners with Pentera for APAC". www.arnnet.com.au. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- 1 2 Ravet, Hagar (2019-11-13). "Cybersecurity Startup Pcysys Raises $10 Million". CTECH by Calcalist. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- 1 2 "Pcysys raises $25 million for automated cybersecurity testing". VentureBeat. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ "Pentera: מגינים על העולם, נשארים בישראל". TheMarker. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ "Israeli cybersecurity co Pcysys raises $25m". Globes. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ "Penetration testing startup Pcysys raises $25M to develop its technology". SiliconANGLE. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ Hu, Krystal (2022-01-11). "Israeli security startup Pentera raises $150 mln in funding round, eyes IPO". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ Orbach, Meir (2022-01-11). "Pentera becomes Israel's latest cybersecurity unicorn with $150 million Series C". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ dwillis (2025-03-13). "Pentera bags $60m in Series D to transform automated security validation". FinTech Global. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". Tech In Asia. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ↑ "Pentera buys AI remediation co Dev Ocean". Globes Israel. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ↑ "Pentera Expands Into AI Red Teaming with EVA Acquisition". channelE2E. Retrieved 5 November 2025.