Summary List PlacementIn March, the Israeli cybersecurity company Orca was poised to announce that it was the fastest company ever to reach a billion-dollar valuation, doing so in barely a year of existence. Before it could do so, Wiz, another Israeli cybersecurity startup, zoomed to a billion-dollar valuation even faster. The cybersecurity startup industry in Israeli is a hotbed of growth. While overall investment in cybersecurity startups has been up and down, investment in cybersecurity startups based in Israel has climbed steadily over the past five years, according to PitchBook data.