CyberStarts

CyberStarts is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Mikhmoret, Israel, specializing in early-stage investments within the cybersecurity sector. It operates two primary funds: the Cyberstarts Opportunity Fund and Cyberstarts Venture Fund II, both focused on addressing significant challenges in cybersecurity. Uniquely, CyberStarts is primarily financed by entrepreneurs within the cybersecurity domain, fostering a community of shared experience and knowledge. The firm not only invests in emerging companies but also emphasizes supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs by giving back to the industry.

Dan Amiga

Investor

Yair Amit

Investor

Gil Azrielant

Investor

Ofer Ben-Noon

Investor

Ohad Bobrov

Investor

René Bonvanie

Investor

Mickey Boodaei

Investor

Gonen Fink

Investor

Orli Gan

Investor

Eyal Gruner

Investor

Guy Guzner

Investor

Emily Heath

General Partner

Ofer Hendler

Investor

Nadir Izrael

Investor

Michael Kantarovich

Investor

Ruvi Kitov

Investor

Barak Klinghofer

Investor

Shlomo Kramer

Investor

Oron Lavi

Investor

Eldad Livni

Investor

Udi Mokady

Investor

Marius Nacht

Investor

Barak Perelman

Investor

Gili Raanan

Founder

Moti Rafalin

Investor

Ory Segal

Investor

Michael Shaulov

Investor

Amichai Shulman

Investor

Lior Simon

General Partner

Ofer Smadari

Investor

Ido Trivizki

Investor

Hila Zigman

General Partner

Boaz Zilber

Investor

24 past transactions

Cyera

Series A in 2022
Cyera is the next generation data security platform that empowers security teams to manage and protect all of their company’s sensitive data. The platform provides visibility and insight into your data, identities, and access, and delivers actionable guidance to remediate threats stemming from exposure, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. The most common use cases include incident response - detecting data exposures and suspicious data access - and attack surface minimization - enforcing least privileged access and removing unnecessary data. Cyera was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in San Mateo, USA.

Bionic

Series B in 2022
Bionic, Inc. is an application intelligence company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2019. The company provides a platform designed to help enterprises manage the complexities arising from the rapid deployment of new and updated applications. Bionic’s agentless platform enables organizations to efficiently handle application management, security, and compliance, offering tools such as comprehensive asset inventory, dependency and dataflow mapping, and continuous control. By streamlining these processes, Bionic allows teams to achieve results in minutes that previously took months, thereby enhancing operational effectiveness and security in application management.

Island

Series A in 2022
We are excited to announce the founding of a new Enterprise Software Company, Zero Abstraction. Each year the cost and complexity of cyber security increases disproportionately to security posture. It’s time to rethink our design -- this is our mission. We can’t wait to share our passion with the world at the appropriate time.

Noname Security

Series C in 2021
Noname Security is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2020. The company specializes in providing security solutions for application programming interfaces (APIs), focusing on protecting against data leakage, authorization issues, and other vulnerabilities. Its agentless platform enables enterprises to discover, classify, and secure both managed and unmanaged APIs in real-time without requiring modifications to the network or the installation of agents. Noname Security's offerings include comprehensive detection and prevention capabilities, delivering greater visibility and security than traditional API gateways and load balancers.

Dazz

Series A in 2021
Dazz is a cloud security repair service that takes a unique approach to cybersecurity.

Wiz

Series C in 2021
Wiz, Inc. is a cloud security company that designs and develops a comprehensive platform to help enterprises secure their cloud infrastructure. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wiz provides organizations with real-time visibility into their cloud environments. The platform enables businesses to assess risks, identify vulnerabilities, manage identities and privileges, and detect misconfigurations across various cloud services, containers, and workloads. By offering insights without the need for agents or sidecars, Wiz empowers enterprises to effectively manage their security posture and protect sensitive information.

Noname Security

Series B in 2021
Noname Security is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2020. The company specializes in providing security solutions for application programming interfaces (APIs), focusing on protecting against data leakage, authorization issues, and other vulnerabilities. Its agentless platform enables enterprises to discover, classify, and secure both managed and unmanaged APIs in real-time without requiring modifications to the network or the installation of agents. Noname Security's offerings include comprehensive detection and prevention capabilities, delivering greater visibility and security than traditional API gateways and load balancers.

Transmit Security

Series A in 2021
Transmit Security specializes in advanced authentication and risk management solutions for large enterprises. The company aims to enhance user experience and security while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, all at a reduced cost compared to traditional identity solutions. It offers a digital identity platform that features passwordless authentication through facial recognition, alongside services such as identity policy orchestration. By focusing on innovative technologies, including an app-less biometric authenticator and a low-code identity orchestration platform, Transmit Security addresses critical authentication and risk challenges across various environments, from data centers to cloud applications.

Axis Security

Series C in 2021
Axis Security Inc. is a private application access company founded in 2018 and based in California. It specializes in a zero-trust cloud security platform that enables organizations to manage access for employees, partners, and stakeholders securely. Through its innovative Application Isolation Technology, Axis Security ensures that users have access only to the necessary resources, minimizing excess access and associated risks. This approach transforms open networks and vulnerable applications into secure resources, allowing businesses to operate and expand with confidence. The company's focus on cloud security and analytics solutions positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of cybersecurity.

Fireblocks

Series C in 2021
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security services for managing digital assets. The platform provides a secure method for transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, ensuring the safe transmission of these assets in transit. Focused on financial institutions, Fireblocks utilizes patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control technology to enhance the protection of digital assets. Additionally, the company has a presence in Tel Aviv, Israel, further supporting its global operations.

Wiz

Series B in 2021
Wiz, Inc. is a cloud security company that designs and develops a comprehensive platform to help enterprises secure their cloud infrastructure. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wiz provides organizations with real-time visibility into their cloud environments. The platform enables businesses to assess risks, identify vulnerabilities, manage identities and privileges, and detect misconfigurations across various cloud services, containers, and workloads. By offering insights without the need for agents or sidecars, Wiz empowers enterprises to effectively manage their security posture and protect sensitive information.

Cyera

Seed Round in 2020
Cyera is the next generation data security platform that empowers security teams to manage and protect all of their company’s sensitive data. The platform provides visibility and insight into your data, identities, and access, and delivers actionable guidance to remediate threats stemming from exposure, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. The most common use cases include incident response - detecting data exposures and suspicious data access - and attack surface minimization - enforcing least privileged access and removing unnecessary data. Cyera was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in San Mateo, USA.

Noname Security

Series A in 2020
Noname Security is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2020. The company specializes in providing security solutions for application programming interfaces (APIs), focusing on protecting against data leakage, authorization issues, and other vulnerabilities. Its agentless platform enables enterprises to discover, classify, and secure both managed and unmanaged APIs in real-time without requiring modifications to the network or the installation of agents. Noname Security's offerings include comprehensive detection and prevention capabilities, delivering greater visibility and security than traditional API gateways and load balancers.

Bionic

Series A in 2020
Bionic, Inc. is an application intelligence company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2019. The company provides a platform designed to help enterprises manage the complexities arising from the rapid deployment of new and updated applications. Bionic’s agentless platform enables organizations to efficiently handle application management, security, and compliance, offering tools such as comprehensive asset inventory, dependency and dataflow mapping, and continuous control. By streamlining these processes, Bionic allows teams to achieve results in minutes that previously took months, thereby enhancing operational effectiveness and security in application management.

Wiz

Series A in 2020
Wiz, Inc. is a cloud security company that designs and develops a comprehensive platform to help enterprises secure their cloud infrastructure. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wiz provides organizations with real-time visibility into their cloud environments. The platform enables businesses to assess risks, identify vulnerabilities, manage identities and privileges, and detect misconfigurations across various cloud services, containers, and workloads. By offering insights without the need for agents or sidecars, Wiz empowers enterprises to effectively manage their security posture and protect sensitive information.

Fireblocks

Series B in 2020
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security services for managing digital assets. The platform provides a secure method for transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, ensuring the safe transmission of these assets in transit. Focused on financial institutions, Fireblocks utilizes patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control technology to enhance the protection of digital assets. Additionally, the company has a presence in Tel Aviv, Israel, further supporting its global operations.

Axis Security

Series B in 2020
Axis Security Inc. is a private application access company founded in 2018 and based in California. It specializes in a zero-trust cloud security platform that enables organizations to manage access for employees, partners, and stakeholders securely. Through its innovative Application Isolation Technology, Axis Security ensures that users have access only to the necessary resources, minimizing excess access and associated risks. This approach transforms open networks and vulnerable applications into secure resources, allowing businesses to operate and expand with confidence. The company's focus on cloud security and analytics solutions positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of cybersecurity.

Legit Security

Seed Round in 2020
Legit Security specializes in cybersecurity solutions focused on protecting software supply chains from various threats. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to discover and secure software development pipelines, infrastructure, code, and personnel. This solution is compatible with both cloud and on-premises environments, integrating automated discovery and analysis with a wide range of security policies developed by industry experts. By addressing vulnerabilities and minimizing risks associated with software supply-chain attacks, Legit Security enables businesses to maintain a fast-paced development cycle while ensuring the security of their software releases.

Axis Security

Seed Round in 2020
Axis Security Inc. is a private application access company founded in 2018 and based in California. It specializes in a zero-trust cloud security platform that enables organizations to manage access for employees, partners, and stakeholders securely. Through its innovative Application Isolation Technology, Axis Security ensures that users have access only to the necessary resources, minimizing excess access and associated risks. This approach transforms open networks and vulnerable applications into secure resources, allowing businesses to operate and expand with confidence. The company's focus on cloud security and analytics solutions positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of cybersecurity.

Axis Security

Series A in 2020
Axis Security Inc. is a private application access company founded in 2018 and based in California. It specializes in a zero-trust cloud security platform that enables organizations to manage access for employees, partners, and stakeholders securely. Through its innovative Application Isolation Technology, Axis Security ensures that users have access only to the necessary resources, minimizing excess access and associated risks. This approach transforms open networks and vulnerable applications into secure resources, allowing businesses to operate and expand with confidence. The company's focus on cloud security and analytics solutions positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of cybersecurity.

Beyond (Israel)

Venture Round in 2020
Beyond (Israel) is an anew cyber-security company.

Trustdome

Seed Round in 2019
Trustdome is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2019. It specializes in protecting businesses, startups, and organizations from database breaches and security threats such as malware and hacking. Trustdome offers a comprehensive cloud infrastructure entitlement platform that focuses on reducing attack surfaces in public cloud environments. By enforcing least privilege principles, the company enhances security while allowing developers the freedom to innovate. Trustdome provides full governance over access to data, applications, and services, ensuring that organizations can maintain a robust security posture in multi-cloud settings.

Fireblocks

Series A in 2019
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security services for managing digital assets. The platform provides a secure method for transferring digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, ensuring the safe transmission of these assets in transit. Focused on financial institutions, Fireblocks utilizes patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control technology to enhance the protection of digital assets. Additionally, the company has a presence in Tel Aviv, Israel, further supporting its global operations.

Bionic

Seed Round in 2019
Bionic, Inc. is an application intelligence company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2019. The company provides a platform designed to help enterprises manage the complexities arising from the rapid deployment of new and updated applications. Bionic’s agentless platform enables organizations to efficiently handle application management, security, and compliance, offering tools such as comprehensive asset inventory, dependency and dataflow mapping, and continuous control. By streamlining these processes, Bionic allows teams to achieve results in minutes that previously took months, thereby enhancing operational effectiveness and security in application management.
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