Cybersecurity Startup Daylight Raises $33 Million in Series A to Accelerate AI-Driven Security Solutions
- ByStartupStory | November 5, 2025
Israeli Cybersecurity Startup Daylight Raises $33 Million in Series A to Accelerate AI-Driven Security Solutions
Daylight, a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup specializing in AI-augmented managed detection and response (MDR), has secured $33 million in its Series A funding round led by Craft Ventures, co-founded by former White House AI adviser David Sacks. Participating investors include Bain Capital Ventures, Maple VC, and leading cybersecurity founders and angel investors from companies like Wiz, Torq, Cyera, Armis Security, and EON SE.
Founded in early 2025 by veterans of Israel’s elite intelligence unit, Unit 8200, Daylight offers a next-generation security platform that combines autonomous AI agents with human cybersecurity experts. Its AI agents continuously monitor, triage, and perform context-aware investigations, significantly reducing alert fatigue, false positives, and time to resolution—a major challenge for traditional security operations centers.
The platform integrates seamlessly into existing enterprise environments, whether on-premises, cloud, or hybrid, and can be deployed quickly to provide broad security coverage. Key features include AI-driven identity threat response and cloud workload protection modules, positioning Daylight at the forefront of managed agentic security services (MASS).
CEO Hagai Shapira highlighted the growing complexity and speed of cyber threats, noting that Daylight’s hybrid AI-human approach delivers faster, precise protection tailored for security teams constrained by resources and volumes of alerts.
The newly raised capital will fuel Daylight’s expansion in the US market, accelerate product development, and support the launch of new AI innovation in cybersecurity responding to emerging challenges such as AI-powered attacks and hybrid work environments.
With a current team of around 25 global employees and dozens of customers spanning finance, technology, and consulting sectors, Daylight is poised to rapidly scale and redefine next-generation cybersecurity solutions globally.
In summary, Daylight’s successful $33 million Series A underscores strong investor confidence in AI-driven cybersecurity innovation. The funding bolsters the company’s mission to provide enterprises with agile, intelligent defense systems combining automation with expert human oversight to combat evolving cyber threats faster and more effectively.
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