Cyber unicorn Pentera acquires DevOcean in $30 million all-Israeli deal
Acquisition underscores growing consolidation in Israel’s booming cybersecurity industry.
In another sign of consolidation in the cybersecurity sector, cyber unicorn Pentera, which specializes in security validation, has acquired DevOcean, an AI-powered remediation management platform, in a deal aimed at closing the loop between identifying and fixing cyber vulnerabilities. The deal is valued at approximately $30 million, half in cash and half in Pentera shares.
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Pentera, which employs more than 400 people, will integrate DevOcean’s 12-member team into its operations. Founded in 2021, DevOcean has raised $11.25 million to date. Pentera, founded in 2018, has raised roughly $250 million and was valued at over $1 billion in its most recent funding round in 2025.
“Security teams are overwhelmed by an ocean of vulnerability findings, and struggle to focus on real cyber exposure and remediate it in a timely manner,” said Amitai Ratzon, CEO of Pentera. “With the addition of DevOcean, Pentera is leading the convergence of validation and remediation - enabling customers to find and fix issues with a greater degree of automation while leveraging AI.”
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DevOcean was founded in 2021 by Doron Naim (CEO) and Gil Makmel (CTO), CyberArk veterans with extensive experience in enterprise security product development. The company’s platform, which will now form part of Pentera’s AI-powered offering, automatically triages and deduplicates findings across an organization’s entire security stack, helping teams focus on the most critical threats. It can enrich alerts with organizational context, pinpoint root causes, and assign ownership of tasks to relevant team members, all while tracking progress against compliance-driven service-level agreements.
“Our mission has always been to make remediation smarter, faster, and more accountable,” said Doron Naim, CEO of DevOcean. “Together with Pentera, we’re closing the gap between validation and action, giving customers a unique solution to identify and resolve proven risks while reducing operational costs.”
