Funding record · 2026 / 07
Zafran raises $10M in strategic investment for attack surface
Announced 23 July 2026 · Recorded 8 September 2026 · Last verified 8 September 2026
Zafran, an attack surface company based in New York, United States, raised $10M in a Strategic Investment announced on 23 July 2026, led by Cisco Investments. Its disclosed equity funding is now $140.5M across 5 rounds.
- Amount
- $10M
- Round
- Strategic Investment
- Announced
- 23 July 2026
- Lead investor
- Cisco Investments
- Sources on record
- 1calcalistech.com
From the source
Cisco Investments backs Israeli cyber startup Zafran
Cisco Investments, the venture capital arm of Cisco, has invested in Zafran Security. The investment comes as the company faces leadership changes following co-founder and CPO Snir Havdala's departure to Nvidia. Financial terms were not disclosed.
calcalistech.com · 22 July 2026 ↗The Mandos read
What the record says about Zafran
- Momentum 69 / 100 · Steadylocked →
pillars in the platform
- 171 employees · up 3% last month · 30 open roleslocked →
history and breakdowns in the platform
- Exit Readiness: Lowlocked →
Tested against 751 past exits in the Mandos record: 43% sat in Watch or Elevated 2 years before. Companies in Elevated exited at 3.1× the record's rate.
- Buyers most often compare Zafran with Astelia and Seemplicitylocked →
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Funding history
Zafran funding on record
Zafran has raised $140.5M in priced equity. Its most recent round was a Strategic Investment in July 2026.
Latest round on record: Strategic Investment, Jul 2026.
Zafran funding on the profile →Related rounds
Other verified cybersecurity rounds
Also in Jul 2026
Most recent five, same month
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Questions people ask
- How much did Zafran raise in its Strategic Investment?
- Zafran raised $10M in a Strategic Investment announced on 23 July 2026.
- Who invested in Zafran's Strategic Investment?
- The round was led by Cisco Investments.
- What does Zafran do?
- Zafran is a cybersecurity company specializing in Attack Surface, founded in 2022 and headquartered in New York, United States.
