# Itzik Malka

> Itzik Malka is the co-founder and CEO of 4M Analytics, an Austin- and Israel-based company building what he calls the Google Maps of the underground. Drawing on a decade in an elite Israeli combat-engineering unit clearing buried explosives, he now leads a 130-person team that fuses AI, satellite imagery and public utility records to map the hidden network of pipes, cables and conduits beneath America before crews dig. 4M has raised roughly $119 million to date, including a Series C, and counts firms like AECOM and Stantec and multiple state DOTs among its customers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at 4M Analytics
- **Organizations:** 4M Analytics, 4M Defense
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads 4M Analytics, described as the Google Maps of underground infrastructure, Raised roughly $119 million in total funding across seed, Series A, extension and Series C rounds, Grew the company to about 130 employees across Israel and Austin, Texas

## Career timeline

- **circa 2000s** — Serves roughly a decade in the Israeli military's Yahalom combat-engineering unit, specializing in locating and disposing of buried explosives, IEDs and landmines
- **2016** — Co-founds 4M Defense, working on landmine clearance and subsurface detection
- **2019** — Co-founds 4M Analytics with Yoav Cohen and Nir Cohen to map subsurface utility infrastructure
- **2022** — 4M launches its 4Map subscription product and raises a Series A round; later adds a $30M Series A extension
- **2025** — 4M raises a Series C round (reported $65M), pushing total funding to roughly $119M; team grows past 120

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads 4M Analytics, described as the Google Maps of underground infrastructure
- Raised roughly $119 million in total funding across seed, Series A, extension and Series C rounds
- Grew the company to about 130 employees across Israel and Austin, Texas
- Mapped utility infrastructure across 14+ US states with plans to expand to 22 and beyond
- Signed enterprise customers including AECOM, Stantec and multiple state departments of transportation
- Assembled an advisory board including former Autodesk CEO Carl Bass, former Waze CEO Noam Bardin, and subsurface utility engineering pioneer Jim Anspach
- Previously co-founded 4M Defense, one of Israel's landmine-clearance efforts

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — 4M Analytics reported a Series C funding round, bringing total funding to roughly $119 million
- **2025-08** — Malka appeared on the Wired to Build podcast discussing 4M Analytics and the future of infrastructure

## Links

- Website: https://4manalytics.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/itzik-malka-09579199
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/4Manalytics/

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