# Neatsun Ziv

> Neatsun Ziv is the co-founder and CEO of OX Security, an application security posture management company he started in 2021 with fellow Check Point veteran Lior Arzi after the SolarWinds breach. OX raised a $60M Series B in May 2025, bringing total funding to about $101.5M, and pitches a platform that culls the roughly 5% of code and pipeline risks that developers actually need to fix. Before OX, Ziv ran Threat Prevention & Intelligence at Check Point, where his team helped coordinate responses to NotPetya, SolarWinds and other campaigns with Interpol and national CERTs.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at OX Security
- **Organizations:** OX Security, Check Point Software Technologies (former), Vanadium Security (former), Team8 (venture partner)
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** B.Sc. (Honors), Open University of Israel, MBA (Magna Cum Laude), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded OX Security and grew it to 170+ employees and 200+ enterprise customers, including eToro and SoFi., Raised approximately $101.5M in total venture funding across seed and Series B., Led the Check Point threat prevention team that was among the first responders to SolarWinds and NotPetya.

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Began software development work (Motorola contest).
- **2002** — Founded Vanadium Security, serving as CEO.
- **2016** — Joined Check Point Software Technologies as VP, Threat Prevention & Intelligence.
- **2020** — Led Check Point's response coordination for the SolarWinds campaign.
- **2021** — Co-founded OX Security with Lior Arzi.
- **2022** — OX Security closed a $34M seed round for end-to-end software supply chain security.
- **2025** — OX Security raised a $60M Series B led by DTCP, bringing total funding to about $101.5M.

## Achievements

- Co-founded OX Security and grew it to 170+ employees and 200+ enterprise customers, including eToro and SoFi.
- Raised approximately $101.5M in total venture funding across seed and Series B.
- Led the Check Point threat prevention team that was among the first responders to SolarWinds and NotPetya.
- Reached over $10M ARR at OX Security by 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — OX Security announced a $60M Series B led by DTCP with participation from Microsoft, IBM Ventures, Swisscom Ventures, Evolution Equity and Team8.
- **2025-05** — Company disclosed surpassing $10M ARR and 200+ enterprise customers.

## Links

- Website: https://ox.security
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neatsun-ziv-ab7394
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/neatsun

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