Team8

What Team8 does

Team8 is an Israel-headquartered venture-creation and venture-capital fund operating across four thematic investment domains: cybersecurity, software infrastructure, fintech, and digital health. Founded in 2014 and managing $1.5B in assets under management, the firm runs two complementary investment models — a traditional Venture Capital arm that deploys capital into enduring founders, and a Venture Creation arm that co-founds companies from ideation, validates problems with its CISO Village and operator network, and supports companies through launch and scale. Team8's core differentiator is its 'village' of hundreds of global senior security executives, Fortune 500 operators, and domain experts (drawn from organizations including PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, KPMG, Harvard Business School, Mount Sinai, Stanford Health Care, Northwestern Medicine, and Teva) that serve as design partners, validators, and advisors before any product is built.

The firm's technology footprint is a proprietary venture-creation methodology rather than a software stack. Its operational assets include the CISO Village, the Digital Health Village, and the Innov8 (Fintech) Village communities, alongside research outputs such as the WisdomTree Team8 Cybersecurity Index (a thematic market index co-developed with WisdomTree Investments) and reports like the '7Wire Healthcare Resilience' study. Active and exited portfolio companies span identity (Orchid Security, Portshift), exposure management (Astelia, Act), AI security (Lumia, Clover Security), human risk (Frame Security), DLP (Jazz), SOC resilience (Fig Security), context/data infrastructure (Solid, Sawmills, Celery, Classiq, Port), third-party risk (Lema AI), agentic AI (Tribal), and digital health (Dimer Health, Popai Health).

Team8's business model follows conventional VC economics — management fees on committed/managed capital and carried interest on successful exits — supplemented by recurring licensing royalties from the WisdomTree Team8 Cybersecurity Index. Distribution is relationship-driven, executed via direct enterprise engagement with founders, the CISO Village, private executive events (e.g., CISO Breakfast at Gartner Security Summit, 'Off the Record' gatherings with Theory Ventures during Databricks Data + AI Summit), and co-investor syndication with firms including Index Ventures, Glilot, SignalFire, Salesforce Ventures, General Atlantic, Bessemer, Intel Capital, Ten Eleven Ventures, Notable Capital, and Bill Ackman's Table Management. The firm reports 30+ portfolio companies and 10+ realized exits to strategic acquirers including Wiz, Proofpoint, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Temasek, Perception Point, BitSight, and ZoomInfo.

Name

Team8

Legal name

Team8 Labs Inc.

Website

https://team8.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Team8 is an Israel-based venture-creation and venture-capital fund with $1.5B AUM that co-founds and invests in cybersecurity, software infrastructure, fintech, and digital health companies, supported by a CISO Village of hundreds of senior security executives who validate products before launch.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv-yafo

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Fund Management & Investment Returns: Team8 operates a venture fund with $1.5B in AUM. Revenue is generated through conventional VC economics: management fees on committed/managed capital, carried interest on successful exits, and equity appreciation across portfolio companies (multiple realized exits including Gem to Wiz, Illusive to Proofpoint, Talon/Dig/Koi to Palo Alto Networks, Portshift to Cisco, Sygnia to Temasek, Hysolate to Perception Point, VisibleRisk to BitSight, SetSail to ZoomInfo).
2. Index licensing & research royalties: Team8 provides thematic cybersecurity research and taxonomy data that has been licensed for a fee to WisdomTree Investments for the WisdomTree Team8 Cybersecurity Index, creating a recurring, non-capital revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Team8 is a venture-creation and venture-capital fund with $1.5B in assets under management that co-founds and invests in companies across four domains: cybersecurity, software infrastructure, fintech, and digital health. The firm combines a traditional VC capital model with a venture creation model in which it ideates, validates, and co-builds companies with operators and the CISO Village before product development. Revenue is generated via fund management fees, carried interest on exits, and licensing of proprietary cybersecurity taxonomy data (e.g., the WisdomTree Team8 Cybersecurity Index).

Product overview

Team8 is a venture-creation and venture-capital fund with $1.5B in AUM, not a single unified software product. Its offering is a portfolio of services organized around two complementary investment models (Venture Capital and Venture Creation), four thematic investment domains (Cybersecurity, Software Infrastructure, Fintech, Digital Health), and a set of operator communities (the CISO Village, Digital Health Village, and Innov8 Village). Together these form a single platform that sources, validates, builds, and backs companies, supported by research outputs such as the WisdomTree Team8 Cybersecurity Index and reports like the 7Wire Healthcare Resilience Report. The model is explicitly designed to position founders for success from "vision to impact" through validation, capital, and an advisor "village."

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Team8 Venture Capital

Quantifiable outcome

• $1.5B in assets under management across Team8's venture funds
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered moderate and core.

• Theory VenturesmoderateGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 June 2026Co-hosted with Team8 the 'Off the Record' private gathering during Databricks Data + AI Summit week in San Francisco, bringing together senior data, AI, and platform engineering leaders with founders building the next generation of data and AI infrastructure.
• ActmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam8 co-led Act's $20M seed with Bessemer Venture Partners; Act (founded by former Medigate executives) develops tools to reduce cloud security risk for enterprise security teams.
• WisdomTree InvestmentscoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerLicenses Team8's cybersecurity thematic taxonomy data (for a fee) to develop and maintain the WisdomTree Team8 Cybersecurity Index; Team8 has been instrumental in introducing and retiring themes (Cloud Security retired, AI Security introduced, Layer 8 in 2023).
• 7Wire VenturesmoderateGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-branded partner on Team8's '7Wire Healthcare Resilience' research report (June 2026), examining how AI is exposing fragility in healthcare infrastructure and how resilience can be rebuilt.
• Stanford Health CaremoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as healthcare expert partner (Christopher Ott MD, FACEP, Former CMO Physician Services) within Team8's Digital Health domain, contributing to the 7Wire Healthcare Resilience report and serving as a village expert.
• PayPalmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerRupert Keeley, former PayPal Europe CEO, serves as a Team8 expert/village member, providing fintech domain expertise to portfolio companies.
• VisamoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as corporate logo in Team8's village network, providing payments and fintech domain support to portfolio companies.
• TrulioomoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerVicky Bindra, CEO of Trulioo, serves as a Team8 expert/village member providing identity verification and fintech expertise to portfolio companies.
• SCAN Group and SCAN Health PlanmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Sachin Jain, President and CEO, serves as a Team8 expert providing healthcare leadership and digital health domain expertise to portfolio companies.
• KPMGmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerJudd Caplain, Former Head of Global Financial Services at KPMG, serves as a Team8 expert providing financial services and advisory expertise to portfolio companies.
• Harvard Business SchoolmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinda Hill, Professor and Leadership Initiative Faculty Chair at HBS, serves as a Team8 expert providing leadership and organizational expertise to portfolio founders.
• RapydmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Shlomit Wagman, Chief Compliance Officer of Rapyd, serves as a Team8 expert providing fintech compliance expertise to portfolio companies.
• MarqetamoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerOmri Dahan, Former CRO of Marqeta, serves as a Team8 expert providing fintech go-to-market expertise to portfolio companies.
• MeliomoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerTomer Barel, President of Melio, serves as a Team8 expert providing fintech operating expertise to portfolio companies.
• FISmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerIdo Gileadi, Executive Advisor at FIS, serves as a Team8 expert providing fintech infrastructure expertise to portfolio companies.
• MastercardmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerHarit Talwar, Board Member of Mastercard, serves as a Team8 expert providing payments and fintech strategy expertise to portfolio companies.
• Wooley Way CapitalmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiran Amrany of Wooley Way Capital serves as a Team8 expert providing venture and growth-stage expertise to portfolio companies.
• DrFirst, Inc.moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaizer Kornwasser, Strategic Healthcare Advisor at DrFirst, serves as a Team8 expert providing digital health and healthcare IT expertise to portfolio companies.
• Northwestern MedicinemoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as healthcare expert partner contributing to Team8's Digital Health domain and the 7Wire Healthcare Resilience report.
• AtlassianmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerTamar Yehoshua, Chief Product and AI Officer at Atlassian, participated in a Team8 private executive session on AI transformation for CTOs and AI leaders (June 10, 2026).
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoe Hellerstein, AWS VP & Distinguished Scientist, participated in a Team8 private executive session on building data and AI systems at scale (May 19, 2026).
• Act cybersecurity startupmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by former Medigate executives, Act is a Team8-backed cybersecurity startup developing tools to reduce cloud security risk for enterprise security teams (raised $20M seed).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• YL Ventures: Israeli-based, cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm that also operates a venture-building/seed model out of Israeli intelligence unit alumni. Directly comparable to Team8 on geography, sector focus, and founder-support model.
• Cyberstarts: Cybersecurity-focused venture capital fund run by Gili Raanan with a dedicated founder-support program (Solar Circle) and deep ties to Israeli cyber talent. Closely overlaps with Team8's venture creation approach and CISO network.
• Glilot Capital Partners: Israeli early-growth cybersecurity venture firm that has co-led multiple Team8 rounds (Jazz, others). Directly comparable on cyber specialization and Israeli origination.
• Ten Eleven Ventures: Dedicated cybersecurity venture capital firm that has co-led several Team8 portfolio rounds (Fig Security, Jazz). Comparable on pure-play cyber focus and Series A/B deployment.
• Notable Capital: Cybersecurity-focused venture firm (formerly NightDragon) that has co-led with Team8 on Clover Security. Comparable on cybersecurity-specific deal flow and enterprise CISOs as design partners.

Broad incumbents

• Bessemer Venture Partners: Long-established multi-stage venture firm with a substantial cybersecurity portfolio and active co-investor alongside Team8 (Port, Act, Classiq). Broader than Team8 but directly comparable on cyber deployment strategy and stage mix.
• Accel: Global venture firm with strong cybersecurity track record (CrowdStrike, Tenable, others) and a co-investor in Team8-led rounds (Port). Broader mandate but comparable in cyber enterprise software investing.
• Insight Partners: Large-scale growth and venture investor with deep cybersecurity portfolio (SentinelOne, Wiz co-investor historically, Armis). Comparable as a scaled cyber investor with similar exit pathways, though less focused on early-stage venture creation.
• Index Ventures: Global venture firm that has repeatedly co-led Team8 rounds (Frame, Astelia) and is a credible competitor in early-stage cybersecurity and enterprise software. Comparable on stage focus and sector overlap.
• General Atlantic: Global growth equity investor that led Port's $100M Series C with Team8 participation. Comparable as a co-investor in scaling Team8 portfolio companies to late-stage and exit-readiness.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/team8group
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCyHEyZPo7EMoHcWyDtMxMFA/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/team8group
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/team8group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors15 records

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M&A

Investments97 records

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