Ofer Smadari
About Ofer Smadari
Ofer Smadari is the co-founder and CEO of Torq, a security automation company. Crunchbase lists the role as starting in January 2020. He studied at Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University.
Before Torq he co-founded Luminate Security and was its CEO from December 2016 to February 2019. Luminate was acquired by Symantec, where he then served as VP and GM of the Zero Trust Products Division. He also founded StackPulse, per Crunchbase.
Earlier roles include Managing Director ROW at Adallom, VP of Sales and Business Development at FireLayers, and FRM Manager at KPMG. He has sat on the board of the Cloud Security Alliance since 2015. He is also listed as a member of Cyberstarts, the Israeli venture firm, since May 2020.
Crunchbase lists 9 personal investments, running from 2020 to 2026. They include seed rounds in Enso Security (October 2020), Stigg (April 2022), Cyclops Security (September 2022), SURF Security (November 2022) and Axiom (December 2022). Crunchbase also lists a seed investment in UNIPaaS Payments Technologies.
In 2025 he joined Daylight Security's seed and Series A rounds. Crunchbase names Enso Security and Axiom as exits. Round sizes and his own check amounts are not public.
His most recent investments are in AI agent security. In August 2026, Arrakis Security raised an $8M Seed round led by Hetz Ventures. Smadari took part as an angel, alongside ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski and Pentera CEO Amitai Ratzon. Arrakis builds a platform that discovers enterprise AI agents, profiles their behavior and blocks risky actions.
In November 2025, Daylight Security raised a $33M Series A led by Craft Ventures. The Times of Israel reports that Smadari joined that round. Daylight builds a security operations platform that uses AI agents guided by human experts.
The public record shows seed-stage investments, mostly in cybersecurity, plus some fintech and developer tooling (UNIPaaS, Stigg). Most portfolio companies are Israeli. Data aggregators describe his portfolio as cyber security, DevTools, embedded finance and enterprise. He has made no public statement on check size or investment criteria that we found.
- Arrakis Security: AI agent governance and security platform; $8M Seed, August 2026.
- Daylight Security: AI-driven security operations; seed in July 2025 and Series A in November 2025.
- Axiom: security startup; seed in December 2022, listed by Crunchbase as an exit.
- SURF Security: seed round, November 2022.
- Cyclops Security: seed round, September 2022.
- Stigg: pricing and packaging infrastructure for software companies; seed round, April 2022.
- Enso Security: seed round, October 2020, listed by Crunchbase as an exit.
- UNIPaaS Payments Technologies: seed investor, per Crunchbase.
- crunchbase.com/person/ofer-smadari
- crunchbase.com/person/ofer-smadari-2b6c
- crunchbase.com/person/ofer-smadari/person_overview_investor/timeline
- calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hyklcf2bgg
- app.dealroom.co/news/note/arrakis-security-raises-8m-seed-to-secure-en
- timesofisrael.com/trumps-ai-czar-leads-33-million-investment-in-israel
- techaviv.com/people/ofer-smadari
- startuphub.ai/investors/ofer-smadari
Investing activity
Ofer Smadari appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $8M. The most recent is Arrakis Security (Seed, $8M, Aug 2026).
Ofer Smadari most often invests alongside Hetz Ventures, Amitai Ratzon and Mati Staniszewski, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Ofer Smadari
Who is Ofer Smadari?
He is the co-founder and CEO of Torq. He previously co-founded Luminate Security, which Symantec acquired, and he invests as an angel in early-stage startups.
Has Ofer Smadari invested in AI startups?
Yes. He was an angel in Arrakis Security's $8M Seed round in August 2026. Arrakis secures enterprise AI agents. He also joined Daylight Security's 2025 rounds.
What stage does Ofer Smadari invest in?
His recorded investments are mostly seed rounds, plus the Daylight Security Series A in 2025.
What is Ofer Smadari's check size?
His check size is not public. Crunchbase and press coverage list his participation in rounds but not his amounts.
What sectors does Ofer Smadari back?
Mainly cybersecurity, including AI agent security. He has also invested in fintech infrastructure (UNIPaaS) and developer tooling (Stigg).
Does Ofer Smadari invest only in Israeli startups?
Not as a stated rule, but most of his known portfolio companies are Israeli. He lives in the US and Israel and has not published a geographic policy.
Is Ofer Smadari an angel investor?
Yes. Ofer Smadari invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Ofer Smadari invested in?
Ofer Smadari's AI investments include Arrakis Security. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Ofer Smadari invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Ofer Smadari has invested at Seed, with a median round of $8M.
Who does Ofer Smadari co-invest with?
Ofer Smadari's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Hetz Ventures (1 deal), Amitai Ratzon (1 deal) and Mati Staniszewski (1 deal).