Israeli Startup Nuro Secure Messaging Raises $2.6M

June 15, 2016 | Israeli startup Nuro Secure Messaging has closed a $2.6 million financing round. Erez Kreiner, former director of Israeli security in Europe and director of Israel’s National Cyber Security Authority, participated in this round that will help Nuro accelerate its go-to market strategy and grow its product offerings to its growing list of international customers in industries as diverse as finance, healthcare, law and advertising. The Tel Aviv-based startup is a cognitive enterprise-grade secure group-messaging and collaboration platform designed for employees and external partners for corporations, government agencies and the military to communicate in a controlled and compliant private messaging environment. The company was founded by executive chairman J.R. Smith, the former CEO of AVG Technologies, CEO Eran Pfeffer, and CMO Omri Sigelman.