Cymmetria
Cyber deception platform using decoy virtual machines to detect lateral movement, hunt attackers, and automate incident response. First Israeli security company selected by Y Combinator.
Funding & Investors
$11M
Outcome
Acquired by Stage Fund (September 2019). Deception technology market later consolidated around Attivo Networks (acquired by SentinelOne) and others.
Founded by Gadi Evron (former CISO of Israeli government internet operations, ex-VP Cybersecurity Strategy at Kaspersky). Products: MazeRunner and ActiveSOC.
Lesson Learned
Deception technology proved effective but struggled as a standalone category — eventually absorbed by EDR/XDR platforms. Attivo Networks (similar space) was acquired by SentinelOne for $616M in 2022.
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