Cyota
Company

Last deal

$11M

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

11.06.2019

Date

3

all rounds

$27.25M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Cyota is a provider of online security and anti-fraud solutions for financial institutions.

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Sector :

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founded date

01.01.1999

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

The company specializes in offering anti-fraud solutions for phishing, e-commerce, and online banking. Their solutions include eSphinx for online banking, eVision for online fraud management, FraudAction for anti-phishing, and SecureSuite for payment security. Cyota was acquired by RSA Security for $145M in 2005 and is based in New York. They provide services such as Cyota FraudAction for detecting email fraud and Cyota PayMatch for secure payment solutions using procurement cards.
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Transaction name

Acquired by

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announced date

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Acquiree Name 
Date 
Price 
Acquisition Name 

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acquirer

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Cyota

date

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type

Acquisition

Auripay

Auripay provides secure e-payment technology.

Sector

Industrial Support Services

Subsector

Transaction Processing Services

Location

Boston, MA, USA

People

Founders
3
Naftali Bennett
Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett

current job

Soluto
Soluto

count Of Investments

1

count Of Exists

1

Naftali Bennett

Michal Tsur
Michal Tsur

Michal Tsur

Dr.Michal Tsur currently Michal leads Kaltura’s Product, Platform and Growth, after having led Kaltura’s product, marketing and community globally since its inception. Prior to Kaltura, Michal co-founded Cyota, a world leading provider of security and anti-fraud solutions to financial institutions. Michal had been part of Cyota's management team from its inception up until its acquisition by RSA Security, Inc (NASDAQ: RSAS) in 2005 (RSA was subsequently acquired by EMC Inc (NYSE: EMC)). Michal holds a doctoral degree in the application of game theoretic models to law from New York University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project, where her research focused on Open Source. Michal clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel and had also been a competitive swimmer and tri-athlete. Michal regularly blogs and writes for the Huffington post and other publications.

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Kaltura

count Of Investments

1

count Of Exists

1

Michal Tsur

Amir Orad
Amir Orad

Amir Orad

Amir Orad is the CEO of Sisense. He has held various executive roles for different companies including NICE Actimize, RSA Security, Cyota, and IDF. Amir holds a bachelor's degree in computer science/management from Tel Aviv University and an MBA degree from Columbia University - Columbia Business School.

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Employee Profiles
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Ron Levy

Ron Levy

Market Development and Product Management

Yaron Hertz

Executive and Leadership Roles

Yaron Shohat

VP of Professional Services

Roth Idan

Founder

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