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In 2025, Remedio broke into the mainstream with a Forbes feature about Kollender and how she bootstrapped the company to a $300 million valuation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-hacker Tal Kollender raises $65M in Remedio’s first funding, valuing cyber startup at $300M|url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ry2djybilg|website=ctech|date=2025-09-15|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en|first=Meir|last=Orbach}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=בהובלת קרן בסמר: גיוס ראשון ל-Remedio של היזמת טל קולדנר – על סך 65 מיליון דולר {{!}} כלכליסט|url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rjhyvdrsge|website=calcalist|date=2025-09-15|access-date=2026-01-30|language=he|first=מאיר|last=אורבך}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Israeli cybersecurity co Remedio raises $65m|url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-cybersecurity-co-remedio-raises-65m-1001521662|work=Globes|date=2025-09-15|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en}}</ref> |
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In 2025, Remedio broke into the mainstream with a Forbes feature about Kollender and how she bootstrapped the company to a $300 million valuation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-hacker Tal Kollender raises $65M in Remedio’s first funding, valuing cyber startup at $300M|url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ry2djybilg|website=ctech|date=2025-09-15|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en|first=Meir|last=Orbach}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=בהובלת קרן בסמר: גיוס ראשון ל-Remedio של היזמת טל קולדנר – על סך 65 מיליון דולר {{!}} כלכליסט|url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rjhyvdrsge|website=calcalist|date=2025-09-15|access-date=2026-01-30|language=he|first=מאיר|last=אורבך}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Israeli cybersecurity co Remedio raises $65m|url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-cybersecurity-co-remedio-raises-65m-1001521662|work=Globes|date=2025-09-15|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:02, 30 January 2026
Tal Kollender (Hebrew: טל קולנדר) is an Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneur, best known as co-founder and CEO of Remedio, a Tel Aviv–based cybersecurity company.
Biography
Early life and education
Tal Kollender was raised in Rosh HaAyin, Israel. Her father worked as a private investigator, while her mother held various positions primarily in procurement.[1] Demonstrating an early interest in technology, Kollender taught herself to hack online games by the age of 13, which sparked her passion for cybersecurity and identifying security vulnerabilities in organizational systems. In 2013, she enrolled at the Open University of Israel, where she pursued studies in computer science and management.[1][2][3][4]
Military Service
Kollender served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), notably in Mamram, the IDF’s Computing and Communications Center, and with the Special Forces.[5][1] Her military experience provided her with foundational skills in cybersecurity and IT management, which she later applied in her professional career.
Career
Following her military service, Kollender transitioned to the private sector, taking on roles as a security architect and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at prominent firms, including Dell EMC.[2]
In 2019, she co-founded the cybersecurity startup Remedio (originally GYTPOL). Remedio specializes in developing innovative software solutions that automatically identify and rectify insecure configurations in endpoints and devices, focusing on automated device posture management.[6][2][7]
In 2025, Remedio broke into the mainstream with a Forbes feature about Kollender and how she bootstrapped the company to a $300 million valuation.[6][8][9]
