# Ido Ben-Natan

> Ido Ben-Natan is the co-founder and CEO of Blockaid, a blockchain security company that protects crypto wallets, apps and users from scams and onchain exploits in real time. A veteran of Israel's Unit 8200 and the Office of the Prime Minister, where he led a cyber security R&D team and won the Israel Defense Prize, he launched Blockaid in 2022 to bring nation-state defensive expertise to Web3. The company is trusted by Coinbase, MetaMask, Kraken, Uniswap and Stellar, and has raised roughly $89 million from investors including Ribbit Capital, Sequoia, GV and Greylock.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Blockaid
- **Organizations:** Blockaid, Office of the Prime Minister of Israel, Unit 8200 (Israel Defense Forces)
- **From:** Cupertino, California, United States
- **Nationality:** Israeli-American
- **Known for:** Won the Israel Defense Prize for outstanding technical achievement contributing to national defense., Co-founded and scaled Blockaid into a leading Web3 security platform trusted by Coinbase, MetaMask, Kraken, Uniswap, World App and Stellar., Blockaid has secured over $101 billion in onchain assets and prevented more than $5.3 billion in potential losses.

## Career timeline

- **~2016** — Began roughly six years of service in Israel's Unit 8200 and the Office of the Prime Minister, rising to Cyber Security R&D Team Lead.
- **During service** — He and his team won the Israel Defense Prize for outstanding technical achievement contributing to national defense.
- **2022** — Co-founded Blockaid with Raz Niv (CTO); Sequoia partnered with the company that year.
- **2023** — Blockaid emerged from stealth and raised a $33M round (including a $27M Series A) to secure Web3 wallets.
- **2025** — Blockaid raised a $50M Series B led by Ribbit Capital, with GV and existing investors, bringing total funding to roughly $83-89M.

## Achievements

- Won the Israel Defense Prize for outstanding technical achievement contributing to national defense.
- Co-founded and scaled Blockaid into a leading Web3 security platform trusted by Coinbase, MetaMask, Kraken, Uniswap, World App and Stellar.
- Blockaid has secured over $101 billion in onchain assets and prevented more than $5.3 billion in potential losses.
- Blockaid has scanned over 2.4 billion transactions, protected 787 million+ dApp connections, and blocked more than 71 million attacks.
- Raised roughly $89 million total across seed, Series A and Series B rounds from Ribbit Capital, Sequoia, GV, Greylock, Variant and Cyberstarts.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Blockaid closed a $50M Series B led by Ribbit Capital with GV and existing investors, bringing total funding to roughly $83-89M.

## Links

- Website: https://blockaid.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ido-ben-natan-576a4483

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Last updated: 2026-07-17