Illusive Networks

Tel Aviv, Israel (and New York, NY) Cybersecurity Acquired

Illusive Networks is an Israeli cybersecurity company founded in 2014 by Team8 and Ofer Israeli, pioneering deception technology and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR). Its agentless platform stops cyber attackers from moving laterally inside networks by finding and eliminating errant credentials and connections, planting deceptive information about a network's resources, emulating devices, and deploying high-interactivity decoys. The company expanded its product line to include Attack Surface Manager, Attack Intelligence System, and Identity Risk Management. Illusive was acquired by Proofpoint in December 2022.

Acquired

Illusive Networks has been acquired

Acquired by Proofpoint, Inc. December 28, 2022 Undisclosed (est. $100M-$150M)

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2014

Employees

100–250

Total Funding

$51M

4 rounds

Funding

Total raised $51M across 4 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series B1

Date

October 7, 2020

Amount

$24M

Valuation

Lead Investors

Spring Lake Equity Partners
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
October 7, 2020 Series B1 $24M Spring Lake Equity Partners
January 24, 2017 Strategic Investment Microsoft Ventures
October 20, 2015 Series B $22M New Enterprise Associates

Leadership

  • Ofer Israeli

    Founder & CEO

  • Shlomo Touboul

    First CEO (2015)

  • Nadav Zafrir

    Chairman

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Attivo Networks

    Deception technology and ITDR vendor; acquired by SentinelOne in 2022 and rebranded as Singularity Identity.

  • TrapX Security

    Deception-based cybersecurity provider competing in the deception/honeypot space; acquired by Commvault in 2022.

  • Acalvio Technologies

    Advanced threat defense provider using distributed deception; direct competitor in the deception technology market.

  • CyberArk

    Public identity security and privileged access management vendor; competes in identity threat detection and response.

  • Semperis

    Identity-centric cyber resilience and Active Directory security provider; competes in ITDR.

  • Silverfort

    Unified identity protection platform; competes in identity threat detection and response.

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