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Company / Defense-Tech

Line5

Secretive Israeli defense-tech startup founded in 2025 by Yiftach Shoolman, Sari Brosh Rechav, Matan Melamed, and Gigi Levy-Weiss, which raised $20 million in seed funding from NFX, Kinetica, and Iron Nation.

<p>Line5 is an Israeli defense-tech startup founded in 2025 by Yiftach Shoolman, Sari Brosh Rechav, Matan Melamed, and Gigi Levy-Weiss, employing around 35 people as of its 2026 profile in Calcalist and CTech's list of the 50 most promising Israeli startups.</p><p>The company raised $20 million in seed funding from investors including NFX, Kinetica, and Iron Nation. Line5 has kept its work highly confidential, with its public-facing website offering no description of its technology beyond the phrase "quietly building what's next."</p>