Israeli Cloud Recovery Startup Dreeze Launches with $33M Seed Funding for 'Application Revival' Software
Dreeze secures $33M led by Norwest and Bessemer to address the challenge of restoring full cloud applications, not just data, after outages.
Israeli cloud application recovery startup Dreeze Inc. formally launched on November 10, 2026, announcing $33 million in seed funding. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Claltech. Dreeze's software, which the company terms "Application Revival," aims to help enterprises running workloads in the public cloud restore not only their data but also the necessary infrastructure, identities, and secrets in the correct dependency order to get applications running again.
Traditional backups often focus solely on data, but cloud-native applications depend on complex resource relationships. Dreeze's software traces each cloud resource and its dependencies to generate a recovery plan, storing configuration files, keys, and application data in an immutable, air-gapped vault. When an outage occurs, the system automatically rebuilds these components in dependency order. Co-founder and CEO Ziv Kedem stated that getting the data back doesn't mean the business is back, noting that enterprises need to plan for critical application downtime as cyberattacks increase.
Dreeze is the third recovery technology company founded by brothers Ziv Kedem (CEO) and Oded Kedem (CTO). Their previous venture, Kashya, was acquired by EMC Corp. in 2006, while their disaster recovery software company Zerto Ltd. was sold to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. for $374 million in 2021. Dreeze currently employs 70 people across Israel and the U.S. Its software is generally available for Amazon Web Services customers, with a version for Microsoft Corp.'s Azure in early access and general availability planned for early next year.