TokaGroup, Inc.

Is TokaGroup publicly traded?

No. The company is privately held, funded by $37.5 million in disclosed venture capital led by Andreessen Horowitz and Eclipse Ventures. It does not trade on any stock exchange.

Who owns TokaGroup?

Ownership rests with the founding team and venture investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Eclipse Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Entrée Capital, Capri Ventures, Upfront Ventures, and Launch Capital. There is no parent corporation.

Who founded TokaGroup?

The company was founded in 2018 by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, retired IDF Cyber Staff chief Brigadier General Yaron Rosen, Alon Kantor, and Kfir Waldman. Barak serves as chairman.

Where is TokaGroup headquartered?

The company is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, having completed a transition to a U.S.-based company in 2025. It retains a substantial engineering operation in Israel and presences in Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

Who is TokaGroup's CEO?

Gregg Smith has served as global CEO since September 2025. He previously led Attila Security, Archon Secure, and Silent Circle and chaired the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland.

What does TokaGroup sell?

The company builds intelligence and defense technology platforms for government customers, focused on lawful access to connected devices including networked cameras, plus services that help governments design and operate national cyber capabilities.

How many customers does TokaGroup have?

The company states it serves government, defense, intelligence, and law enforcement customers in 13 countries, including the United States and allied nations, and reported over 60% year-over-year growth in 2025.

Toka was founded in Tel Aviv in 2018. The founding team was assembled from the heights of Israeli defense and tech: Ehud Barak brought decades at the top of Israel's government and military; Yaron Rosen had been chief of the IDF Cyber Staff; Alon Kantor and Kfir Waldman added corporate and startup experience, with Waldman previously leading cyber company Kayhut and serving as a Cisco engineering director. Andreessen Horowitz led the seed round in July 2018.

Early work focused on what the company calls capacity building for allied governments: architecting national cyber programs and supplying the software platforms to run them. Public disclosure of specific contracts has always been minimal given the customer base, but the company's own materials describe advisory-plus-technology engagements with national governments, law enforcement, and defense organizations.

The seed round itself drew coverage beyond a normal startup funding story because of who was doing it: Andreessen Horowitz backing a company co-founded by a former Israeli prime minister and a former IDF cyber chief was, at the time, one of the highest-profile intersections of Silicon Valley capital and national security pedigree.

October 2020 brought a $25 million Series B led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from prior investors, taking disclosed total funding to $37.5 million. The company used the round to expand its intelligence-gathering platform business and hired ex-Check Point sales executive Michael Anderson to build the global go-to-market operation. Press coverage of the round framed Toka around "cyber readiness" for government organizations, language consistent with its lawful-use positioning.

The company's first sustained press scrutiny came in December 2022, when Haaretz published internal pitch documents describing capabilities to access and alter security camera footage, headlined "Discover, Hack, Alter." The reporting established both what the platform could do and the governance questions it raised, and Toka has since emphasized lawful-use restrictions and allied-government-only sales.

December 2024 reporting by TechCrunch confirmed the company was pursuing U.S. federal agency contracts, including documented prior interest from U.S. Special Forces and an unnamed intelligence agency.

The pivotal structural change came in 2025. Following over 60% year-over-year growth and a customer base spanning 13 countries, the company announced it was transitioning to a U.S.-based company headquartered in Maryland, and in September 2025 named Gregg Smith global CEO. Smith came from the U.S. federal cybersecurity contractor world, having led Attila Security, Archon Secure, and Silent Circle and chaired the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland. As of 2026 the company employs approximately 100 to 110 people across Israel, the United States, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

The Maryland address is not incidental. Columbia sits between Washington and Baltimore in the densest concentration of federal cyber contractors in the United States, and the move formalized what the December 2024 reporting had already shown: the company's growth case runs through American procurement.

Pitch document leak (2022): Haaretz published internal slides describing the ability to access and alter security camera footage under the heading "Discover, Hack, Alter," with features that outside reviewers said could leave no forensic trace on target devices. Toka did not dispute the documents and states its technology is sold for lawful government use only.

Sector association: The company is frequently covered alongside NSO Group in reporting on Israel's commercial cyber industry, despite key differences: Toka is not on the U.S. Commerce Department Entity List, sells only to allied governments, and has repositioned itself as a U.S. company.

Foreign-ownership optics: The 2024 to 2025 pursuit of U.S. federal contracts raised questions about foreign-founded vendors selling sensitive capabilities to Washington, a concern the Maryland relocation and American CEO appointment were designed to address. Reporting in 2026 continued to note the company's origins and a16z backing in coverage of its U.S. expansion.