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Toka: the Israeli firm that sells governments the ability to alter camera footage, and the American venture capital that funds it
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Toka
The Israeli firm that sells governments the ability to alter camera footage.
Toka sells footage alteration, not phone hacking, and is funded by top-tier US venture capital.
If Pegasus is a wiretap, Toka is an evidence-tampering tool.
The record, in order.
Toka's internal pitch deck sells three capabilities: Discover, Hack, Alter.
Haaretz, December 22, 2022 — internal Toka pitch documents
Toka breaks into networked cameras and IoT devices, and offers the ability to alter the footage those devices produce.
Toka's own pitch documents, obtained and published by Haaretz.
Toka was founded in 2018 by Ehud Barak, Yaron Rosen, Alon Kantor, and Kfir Waldman.
Documented in the company's own materials and in contemporary Israeli business press coverage of the 2018 seed round.
Toka operates under Israeli Ministry of Defense oversight and licensing.
Confirmed in Haaretz reporting via Toka's own public statements, and consistent with the Israeli Defense Export Control Law (2007), which requires MOD licensing for every foreign sale.
The tools leave no forensic fingerprint on the target device.
Asserted in Toka's own pitch materials as reported by Haaretz. It is the company's sales claim, not an independently verified technical finding.
Known client states include Israel, the United States, Germany, Australia, and Singapore.
The disclosed client list published in the December 2022 Haaretz investigation.
Toka is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Dell Technologies Capital, Entrée Capital, Launch Capital, and Eclipse Ventures, with $37.5M raised across seed and Series B.
The investor list and total capital raised are confirmed across multiple independent business press outlets.
Marc Andreessen sits on Meta's board while a16z funds Toka, and Meta subsidiary WhatsApp is simultaneously litigating against NSO Group over spyware targeting its users.
The board membership, the a16z investment, and the WhatsApp v. NSO Group litigation are each documented in official public records.
Toka developed CARINT, a vehicle-hacking product that can pinpoint vehicles, remotely activate microphones, and access dashcams. In 2026 Toka stated the tool has been dropped from its roadmap.
The capability is documented in February 2026 Haaretz reporting. The 'dropped from roadmap' line is Toka's own statement to the reporter.
Toka's Chile contracts were facilitated through the Inter-American Development Bank.
MintPress reported the IDB facilitation path in 2021. It has not been publicly contradicted, but no independent secondary confirmation exists. A FOIA or IDB records request would upgrade this to FACT.
Toka does not disclose the exploits it discovers back to affected vendors, so vulnerabilities it uses stay open to other attackers.
Toka has publicly stated a 'no disclosure' posture, consistent with the offensive-cyber industry standard. Not independently audited.
Toka has actively pursued contracts with US federal agencies.
TechCrunch, December 2024, describing the company as a16z-backed and pitching the ability to hack into security cameras and other IoT devices.
raised across two rounds, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Eclipse Ventures.
Globes; Fierce Electronics
Former Prime Minister of Israel (1999–2001), former Defense Minister, former IDF Chief of Staff.
Brig. Gen. (ret.). Former Chief of the IDF Cyber Staff. The state-to-private transition at the top of the company.
The rest of the founding team.
- Alon KantorCofounder · ex-Check Point
- Kfir WaldmanCofounder · ex-Go Arc, Cisco
A16z led Toka's 2018 seed round. Andreessen sits on Meta's board while Meta subsidiary WhatsApp litigates against spyware makers.
The money, and the licence.
- Dell Technologies CapitalSeed and later investor
- Eclipse VenturesSeries B lead · $25M
- Israeli Ministry of DefenseRegulator and licensor
What the record shows, and what it does not.
- The sales pitch, in Toka's own documents.
- The disclosed client list, including US federal agencies.
- Toka's statement that its tools leave no forensic trace.
- Any documented deployment altering footage in a specific public event.
- That any specific deployment served an Israeli state interest.
Whether any Toka deployment has altered footage in a real public event is unknown.
A documented case of Toka's product being used to alter footage that then influenced a public event.
Help us fill it →Toka's disclosed clients include Israel, Chile, and US federal agencies. The rest of the list is still sealed.
The full customer list, or the Israeli MOD export licences naming each purchasing state.
Help us fill it →Why it matters now.
A company pitching US federal agencies the ability to alter surveillance footage is not a foreign-policy abstraction. It is an evidence-integrity problem inside American law enforcement.
Help us fill these lines.
- OpenA documented case of Toka's product being used to alter footage that influenced a public event.
- OpenThe full customer list, or the Israeli MOD export licences naming each purchasing state.