Also in 2001, Finjan encountered financial difficulties and Touboul returned to the company at the request of investor, David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners.
[6] This new company designed hardware to solve security issues for individuals using laptops or mobile devices on a public and private networks.
[1][9][19] Within the first year of its operation, Yoggie received $1.8 million in investment funding from investors in Silicon Valley, Israel, and New York City (including Earlybird Venture Capital).
[2][9] In total, Touboul helped raise around $18 million in funding for Yoggie, and the company was eventually sold to Norway-based Cupp Computing in 2011.
[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] Finjan patents survived the highest challenges, including at the supreme court, and are used as case studies in US law universities.
Illusive Networks received $5 million in Series A funding from Team8 which had a capital investment of $18 million from investors like Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavor, Marker LLC, Cisco, Alcatel, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others.
[36] Starting as a consumer-focused IndiGoGo project the company evolved into a corporate cybersecurity provider, protecting against over-the-air attacks.
After rebranding as AirEye and the addition of Ohad Plotnik and Amichai Shulman, the company raised $8M from investors like USVP and The Stanford Fund.
[37] AirEye, known for developing Network Airspace Control and Protect (NACP) technology, holds several patents in this area.