Lusha
Lusha sells B2B sales intelligence software that helps companies find contacts, enrich CRM data, and track buying signals. It processes 1.2B+ data points daily and maintains a database of 300M+ business contacts and 30M+ company profiles globally, with email verification accuracy of 95–98% and direct dial accuracy of 90%+.
The growth story
Lusha grew from 305 to 347 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $245M along the way, most recently a Series B in November 2021.
About
Lusha provides a data platform that integrates with CRMs and automation tools to help sales, marketing, and recruiting teams identify and verify business contacts. Its system tracks real-world signals like funding rounds and leadership changes, processing 7M new signals weekly, and matches anonymous website visitors to verified company records.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Lusha has raised $245M, including a Series B in November 2021 led by ION Crossover Partners and PSG Equity. The company employs 347 people, with engineering being its largest function.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Lusha's largest function, with 67 employees. The company is led by a team based in Boston, with a significant presence in Israel, where many of its employees are sourced from top universities and tech companies.
The Lusha org chart
Yoni Tserruya (Co-founder & CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 77 (-4% YoY), Sales 41 (-28% YoY), Information Technology 41 (-21% YoY), Operations 24 (+14% YoY), Business Development 21 (+5% YoY), Marketing 18 (-10% YoY).
Talent flow
Lusha's workforce draws heavily from the Israel Defense Forces (19 alumni) and companies like Wix (7) and Fiverr (6). Alumni often move to companies like monday.com (5) and Similarweb (5), reflecting a strong network within the Israeli tech ecosystem.
Most common previous employers of Lusha staff: Israel Defense Forces (19), Wix (7), Fiverr (6), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (6), Israeli Air Force (6), Intel (6). Former Lusha employees most often moved to monday.com (5), Similarweb (5), Deel (3), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3), JFrog (3), Cyera (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Lusha mafia
Lusha alumni have founded 12 companies, including Haaretz (543 staff), modus (14 staff), and Zeer AI (11 staff), showcasing a trend of entrepreneurship among former employees.
12Gali Arnon, was Advisor until 2025Daniel Shimoni, was Vice President of Product until 2025Santosh Sharan, was Advisor until 2021Ilan Amit, was Head of Channels until 2020Alon Lavie, was Full Stack Developer until 2022Oren Aglamaz, was Senior Data Product Manager until 2025
Inbar Yagur, was Director of Content and Product Marketing until 2023
Itay Eylon, was Senior Software Engineer until 2023
Avi Wiesenberg, was Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) until 2019
Sean Eckhouse, was Enterprise Account Executive (Global) until 2022
Alex Waiman, was Head of Strategic Accounts until 2020
David Avigad, was R&D Team Leader | Billing Team until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 52% direct, 40% search, 4% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Lusha: SQL (95), Python (Programming Language) (80), Management (77), Communication (72), Leadership (59), Team Leadership (57), Project Management (57), Microsoft Office (56).
Where the team actually sits
Lusha people are concentrated in Israel (92), Tel Aviv District, Israel (91), Center District, Israel (14), Massachusetts, United States (7).
Search footprint
Lusha attracts about 25,460 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $446K a month if bought through ads. It gained 18,619 ranking keywords and lost 11,367 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.20 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Lusha has 347 employees as of September 2026.
Lusha has raised $245M in total, most recently a Series B round in November 2021.
Lusha was founded in 2016 by Yoni Tserruya, Assaf Eisenstein.
Yoni Tserruya (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Lusha's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Lusha staff are Israel Defense Forces (19 people), Wix (7 people), Fiverr (6 people).
Former Lusha employees most often move to monday.com (5), Similarweb (5), Deel (3).
At least 12 companies have a founder who previously worked at Lusha, including Haaretz, modus, Zeer AI.
Lusha attracts about 25,460 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $446K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Lusha staff are SQL, Python (Programming Language), Management, Communication, Leadership.
Lusha staff are concentrated in Israel (92), Tel Aviv District, Israel (91), Center District, Israel (14).
Lusha has about 77 people in Engineering, down 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Lusha has about 41 people in Sales, down 28% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 234 current and 249 former Lusha profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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