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词条 Gili Raanan
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

     Entrepreneur  Venture capitalist  Philanthropy 

  3. References

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}}Gili Raanan (born 1969) is an inventor[1][2] who is one of the inventors of CAPTCHA (US patent application with 1997 priority date[3] ) and many other inventions in the fields of application security and discovery. Raanan started Sanctum[4] in 1997, and invented the first Web application firewall AppShield[5] and the first Web application penetration testing software AppScan.[6] He later started NLayers which was acquired by EMC Corporation pioneering the science of Application discovery and understanding.[7] He is an investor and a General Partner at Sequoia Capital,[8] the Founder of Cyberstarts,[9] and was a board member at Adallom, Onavo and Snaptu.[10]

Early life and education

Raanan was born in Kfar Saba, Israel. He earned a Bachelor of Computer Science In 2002 from the Tel Aviv University, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Recanati School of the Tel Aviv University.[11]

Career

Entrepreneur

Raanan started Sanctum[4] in 1997, and invented the first Web application firewall AppShield[5] and the first Web application penetration testing software AppScan.[6]

As part of the research on Application Security Raanan has co-invented CAPTCHA, as described in the patent application "The invention is based on applying human advantage in applying sensory and cognitive skills to solving simple problems that prove to be extremely hard for computer software. Such skills include, but are not limited to processing of sensory information such as identification of objects and letters within a noisy graphical environment".[12]

Raanan later started NLayers in 2003 which was acquired by EMC Corporation pioneering the science of Application discovery and understanding.[7]

Venture capitalist

In 2009 Raanan joined Sequoia Capital in Israel as a General Partner.[13] Raanan was a board member at Adallom, Onavo and Snaptu.[10] In 2018 Raanan founded Cyberstarts [9] which is an early stage VC focused on Cybersecurity.[14]

Philanthropy

In 2010 Raanan was one of the early contributors to SpaceIL's Beresheet, Israel’s privately funded, engineered and launched mission to the Moon’s surface[15].

References

1. ^{{Cite journal|date=1999-07-01|title=Method and system for extracting application protocol characteristics|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US6311278B1/en?inventor=Gil+Raanan}}
2. ^{{Cite journal|date=2002-12-31|title=Method and system for dynamic refinement of security policies|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20030226038A1/en?inventor=Gil+Raanan}}
3. ^{{Cite journal|date=2004-03-01|title=Method and system for discriminating a human action from a computerized action|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20050114705A1/en?inventor=Gil+Raanan}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sanctum-inc#/entity|title=Sanctum {{!}} CrunchBase|website=www.crunchbase.com|access-date=2016-09-11}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2336838/software/sanctum-s-appshield.html|title=Sanctum's AppShield|last=Weinberg|first=Neal|access-date=2016-09-11}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/520223/Quick-Takes-AppScan-release-secures-Web-applications|title=Quick Takes: AppScan release secures Web applications|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-11}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.networkcomputing.com/storage/cmdbs-it-goldmine/1634385141/page/0/11|title=CMDBs: An IT Goldmine?|date=2007-01-19|access-date=2016-09-11}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.sequoiacap.com/israel/people/gili-raanan/|title=Sequoia - Gili Raanan|website=Sequoia Capital|access-date=2016-09-11}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3735965,00.html|title=Sequoia Israel Partner Launches New $50 Million Cybersecurity Fund|date=2018-04-12|work=CTECH - www.calcalistech.com|access-date=2018-04-16}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/09/internet-org-india/|title=Facebook Takes Internet.org And Its Free Mobile Data Services To India|last=Russell|first=Jon|website=TechCrunch|access-date=2016-09-11}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=625728&privcapId=22903&previousCapId=2337681&previousTitle=The%2520University%2520of%2520Chicago%2520Medical%2520Center|title=Gili Raanan: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2016-09-17}}
12. ^{{Cite journal|date=2004-03-01|others=Eran Reshef, Gil Raanan, Eilon Solan, Watchfire Corp, International Business Machines Corp|title=Method and system for discriminating a human action from a computerized action|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20050114705A1/en?inventor=Gil+Raanan}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.pehub.com/2009/03/gili-raanan-joins-sequoia-capital/|title=Gili Raanan Joins Sequoia Capital - PE Hub|date=2009-03-18|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-17}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-cybersecurity-vc-fund-cyberstarts-raises-50m-1001231495|title=Israeli cybersecurity VC fund CyberStarts raises $50m|website=Globes|language=he|access-date=2018-11-02}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-startup-rocket-science-real-gili-raanan|title=When a startup is rocket science, for real|website=www.linkedin.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-05}}
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