# Michael Reitblat

> Michael Reitblat is the London-based Israeli co-founder and CEO of Forter, founded in 2013 with Liron Damri and Alon Shemesh. His career spans military intelligence, Fraud Sciences, PayPal and Pango. He focuses on recognizing legitimate customers in digital commerce, alongside preventing fraud, and has recently discussed the trust requirements of autonomous shopping.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Forter
- **Organizations:** Forter, Fraud Sciences, PayPal, Pango, Israel Arts and Science Academy, Israel Center for Excellence through Education
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Israel Arts and Science Academy, B.A., Tel Aviv University, Open University of Israel
- **Known for:** Co-founded and continues to lead Forter., EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 New York winner., Led Forter through its May 2021 $300 million Series F round at a $3 billion company valuation.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Graduated from the Israel Arts and Science Academy, where he studied alongside Liron Damri.
- **Before 2006** — Served in Israeli military intelligence, with training in cybersecurity and fraud prevention.
- **2006–2008** — Worked in product at Fraud Sciences.
- **2008–2009** — Worked in risk at PayPal after its acquisition of Fraud Sciences.
- **2009–2013** — Worked at Pango in product leadership; conference biographies describe responsibility for international mobile-wallet deployment.
- **2013** — Co-founded Forter with Liron Damri and Alon Shemesh.
- **2021** — Forter raised $300 million in Series F funding at a $3 billion valuation; Reitblat received an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year New York award.
- **2021** — An IASA alumni publication reported his appointment to ICEE’s Israeli board.
- **2026** — Participated in a published MONTY panel on autonomous transactions; listed on the IMPACT 2026 agenda.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and continues to lead Forter.
- EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 New York winner.
- Led Forter through its May 2021 $300 million Series F round at a $3 billion company valuation.
- His LinkedIn volunteer record describes mentoring ArtUp, the Israeli student team that won a European young-entrepreneur competition in 2010.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Forter’s IMPACT agenda lists Reitblat for the October 14, 2026 Founder’s Session: The Future of Retail in New York. This is a scheduled appearance, not confirmation of attendance.
- **2026-09** — A MONTY by March Capital video podcast published September 3 features Reitblat discussing autonomous transactions with Jason Lee, Kai Wu and moderator Kasey Lobaugh.
- **2025-09** — Spoke alongside Chris North at Mind the Tech London about AI agents and fraud.
- **2025-05** — Discussed early US market-entry mistakes in a Growth+ conversation with Assaf Frayman.

## Links

- Website: https://www.forter.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reitblat
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/reitblat

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Last updated: 2026-10-14