Partner
Noam Shaar
Other at Lightshield Ventures
- Firm
- Lightshield Ventures
- Role
- Other
Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Noam is a founder and the former Head of the Cyber Defense Division of the IDF, which grew under his leadership from a team of 150 to 1,500. In his role, Noam was responsible for the IDF's cyber defense - from strategy to large scale implementation. Prior to that, Noam was the Commander of the Cyber and Crypto Center at Unit 8200, building and leading the unit's deep cyber operations. Noam is a recipient of the prestigious Israel National Defense Award, granted for extraordinary contributions and advanced technological development. Upon his retirement from service, Noam was a General Partner at Team8 and a co-founder of Wing Security. Noam brings proven multidisciplinary technological experience in cyber, software, AI, cryptography, and complex hardware systems. Noam holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering with honors from Technion and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
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