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secunet was spun out of TÜV Mitte in Germany in 1997 with a focus on information security for demanding public-sector and enterprise environments. In 2026 secunet provides cybersecurity, secure networks, identity and high-security technology to government, defence and regulated organisations.
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Priority was founded in 2005 and built a US payments business serving merchants, resellers and software partners. By 2026 Priority provides merchant payments, accounts-payable automation and embedded financial services through a mix of direct and partner channels.
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Backblaze was founded in 2007 by a group of entrepreneurs including Gleb Budman, initially offering simple online computer backup at a flat monthly price. In 2026 Backblaze sells cloud storage and backup services, competing on simplicity, pricing and compatibility with common data-management tools.
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OneSpan’s predecessor VASCO entered data security in 1991 through an investment in ThumbScan and developed a long-running authentication business. By 2026 OneSpan provides authentication, application protection, identity and digital-agreement technology, with financial services an important customer segment.
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Cognyte Software was incorporated in Israel in May 2020 to hold Verint Systems’ Cyber Intelligence Solutions business. In 2026 Cognyte provides investigative analytics software used by government and other customers to analyse large, complex data sets for security and intelligence work.
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Progress was founded in 1981 as Data Language Corporation by a team including Joseph Alsop, Clyde Kessel, Mary Székely and Chip Ziering. In 2026 Progress sells infrastructure, application-development, data-connectivity and digital-experience software to enterprises and developers.
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Pagaya was founded in Israel in 2016 by Gal Krubiner, Avital Pardo and Yahav Yulzari, applying data science and machine learning to consumer-credit underwriting and asset selection. By 2026 Pagaya operates primarily in the United States, using technology to help partners evaluate consumer-credit applications and fund resulting assets through its network.
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PayPay Corporation was established in 2018 through the SoftBank and Yahoo Japan ecosystem to accelerate smartphone payments in Japan. The service launched with a QR-code model that let merchants accept payments without installing expensive card-terminal infrastructure.
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Mark McClain and Kevin Cunningham founded SailPoint in 2005 after recognising that large organisations were accumulating too many user accounts, applications and access rights to manage manually. The initial focus was identity governance: help enterprises understand who has access to what, why they have it and whether they should keep it.
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Gil Shwed, Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer founded Check Point Software in Israel in 1993. The company’s breakthrough was stateful inspection, a firewall approach that tracked the context of network connections rather than evaluating each packet in isolation.
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