# Daniel Shechter

> Daniel Shechter is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Miggo Security. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, he served in military intelligence and Unit 8200’s cyber sector, then worked as a consultant and engagement manager at McKinsey. With co-founder and CTO Itai Goldman, he built Miggo around understanding and protecting applications while they run. His interests include sports and jazz; he played saxophone in high school.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Miggo Security
- **Organizations:** Miggo Security, McKinsey & Company, Israel Defense Forces - Unit 8200
- **From:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Education:** Master’s degree in Middle Eastern studies, Tel Aviv University, Bachelor’s degree in economics and Middle East history
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Miggo Security., Led multidisciplinary intelligence teams before moving into consulting and entrepreneurship., Miggo raised a disclosed $17 million Series A in April 2025.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Graduated from the Havatzalot program; served in military intelligence and moved into Unit 8200 cyber research and team leadership.
- **—** — Worked as a consultant and engagement manager at McKinsey & Company.
- **2022-2023** — Co-founded Miggo; ICON dates the founding partnership to December 2022, while the Conference Room introduction dates co-founding to January 2023.
- **2024** — Miggo emerged from stealth in April; announced $7.5 million seed funding.
- **2025** — Miggo announced a $17 million Series A led by SYN Ventures with YL Ventures participating.
- **2026** — Co-authored the March 17 Grafana Labs partnership article; Miggo announced SINET16 recognition in September.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Miggo Security.
- Led multidisciplinary intelligence teams before moving into consulting and entrepreneurship.
- Miggo raised a disclosed $17 million Series A in April 2025.
- Co-authored the 2026 Grafana Labs runtime security partnership article.
- Miggo was named a 2026 SINET16 honoree; recognition belongs to the company.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Miggo announced its selection as a SINET16 honoree on September 24.
- **2026-04** — Published the concluding installment of a LinkedIn series on security observability and AI on April 15.
- **2026-03** — Co-authored a Grafana Labs article describing the Grafana Cloud and Miggo runtime protection partnership on March 17.

## Links

- Website: https://www.miggo.io/author/daniel-shechter
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-shechter

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