Pelanor Overview
Pelanor is developing a next-gen cloud cost management platform, providing automatic and accurate cost allocation across diverse SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS platforms. Pelanor detects cost incidents in real time, reveals contextualized insights, and enables data-driven strategic decision-making.
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
—Jan 2023
Latest News
growth-positive
The deal marks Kela’s first acquisition as it expands its next-generation military platform.
Defense startup Kela has made its first acquisition by purchasing Pelanor, an Israeli company specializing in AI-based cloud spending analysis, for an estimated tens of millions of dollars. This acquisition is part of Kelas strategy to expand its next-generation military platform. Kela, founded in July 2024, has raised approximately $100 million in under a year, with investments from Sequoia, Lux Capital, and In-Q-Tel. The company aims to create an operating system for militaries that integrates advanced commercial technologies into military infrastructure. The acquisition of Pelanor, which employs AI to optimize cloud expenses, aligns with Kelas mission to accelerate development and enhance capabilities in the defense sector.
AcquisitionInvestment
growth-positive
The company is buying cloud management platform company Pelanor for an estimated $20-30 million.
Kela Technologies, a defense startup, has made its first acquisition by purchasing Pelanor, a cloud management platform company, for an estimated $20-30 million. Pelanor, which specializes in monitoring cloud activity and managing cloud computing costs, was founded by former IDF 8200 unit members and has developed an AI-based platform. The acquisition is seen as a strategic fit for Kela, which also develops AI-based systems for defense management. Kela has raised $100 million to date, with its last funding round valuing the company at approximately $200 million. The acquisition was announced to employees last Thursday and is reported here for the first time.
AcquisitionInvestment
| Sector | Business Software |
Funding
| Total funding | Undisclosed |
| Last funding | Undisclosed |
| Stage | Acquired |
| Rounds | 1 |
| Investors | 1 |
Team Members
3
Employees: 11-50
Web & Social Links
| Website | www.pelanor.io |
Locations
Yitzhak Sadeh St 8, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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Pelanor Business
Business models
B2B
Product stage
Released
Employees
11-50
Sector
Business SoftwareIT, R&D & Data SolutionsData Analysis & Decision SupportTarget Customer
Enterprise & Professional ServicesEnterprisesCore Technology
Data StorageCloudTags (2)
cloud-platformdecision-makingPelanor Financials
Undisclosed
Total funding
Undisclosed
Capital raised
Undisclosed
Last funding
Acquired
Funding stage
1
Total rounds
1
Investors
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
—Jan 2023
Private Equity Funding
Seed
Jan 2023
Undisclosed
TLV Partners (Lead)
Public Offering / Exit
MNAEvent
Sep 2025
Undisclosed
MNAEvent
Sep 2025
$30M
Pelanor Lifecycle
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time
—Jan 2023
All Events
Seed
Jan 2023
Undisclosed
TLV Partners (Lead)
MNAEvent
Sep 2025
Undisclosed
MNAEvent
Sep 2025
$30M
Pelanor News
2 articles
growth-positive
The deal marks Kela’s first acquisition as it expands its next-generation military platform.
Defense startup Kela has made its first acquisition by purchasing Pelanor, an Israeli company specializing in AI-based cloud spending analysis, for an estimated tens of millions of dollars. This acquisition is part of Kelas strategy to expand its next-generation military platform. Kela, founded in July 2024, has raised approximately $100 million in under a year, with investments from Sequoia, Lux Capital, and In-Q-Tel. The company aims to create an operating system for militaries that integrates advanced commercial technologies into military infrastructure. The acquisition of Pelanor, which employs AI to optimize cloud expenses, aligns with Kelas mission to accelerate development and enhance capabilities in the defense sector.
AcquisitionInvestment
growth-positive
The company is buying cloud management platform company Pelanor for an estimated $20-30 million.
Kela Technologies, a defense startup, has made its first acquisition by purchasing Pelanor, a cloud management platform company, for an estimated $20-30 million. Pelanor, which specializes in monitoring cloud activity and managing cloud computing costs, was founded by former IDF 8200 unit members and has developed an AI-based platform. The acquisition is seen as a strategic fit for Kela, which also develops AI-based systems for defense management. Kela has raised $100 million to date, with its last funding round valuing the company at approximately $200 million. The acquisition was announced to employees last Thursday and is reported here for the first time.
AcquisitionInvestment
Pelanor Team
Employee Info
| Employees (range) | 11-50 |
| Exact count | 29 |
| Team members | 3 |
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Admin Info
| Confidence | 80/100 |
| Missing | tags, video or image, news, markets, not claimed |
| BI Verification | Dana Arnon |
| Registrar ID | 516722923 |
| Creator | Yanina Wainscheinker |
| Creator email | yanina.wainscheinker@sncentral.org |
| Last updater | Dana Arnon |
| Updater email | dana.arnon@mail.huji.ac.il |
| Last update | 2023-12-28T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2023-05-17T00:00:00.000Z |
| Claimed | Yes |
| Status detail | Acquired by Kela Defense Systems on Sep, 2025 |