YL Ventures

YL Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 and based in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv, specializing in seed and early-stage investments in high technology companies, particularly in the cybersecurity sector. The firm manages over $300 million and focuses on supporting Israeli tech entrepreneurs. YL Ventures invests globally, with a primary emphasis on the United States and Israel, targeting sectors such as deep technology, autonomous vehicles, and software-as-a-service (SaaS). Its investment strategy involves taking substantial equity positions in portfolio companies, with typical investments ranging from €500,000 to €2 million, and up to $4 million in seed-stage funding. The firm leverages a robust network of industry leaders and Chief Information Security Officers to provide strategic guidance and operational support to its portfolio companies. YL Ventures aims to facilitate successful exits through acquisitions by major corporations, having a track record of high-profile sales to companies like Palo Alto Networks and Microsoft.

Gili Berkovitz

Associate

John Brennan

Partner

Kate Burkhardt

Vice President

Michael Cortez

Partner

Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf

Managing Partner

Rotem Lurie

Senior Associate

Kirk Manoogian

Vice President

Dave Reed

CFO

David Reed

CFO

Iren Reznikov

Principal

Ofer Schreiber

Senior Partner

Elias Terman

Operating Partner

Past deals in Middle East

Hunters

Series C in 2022
Hunters is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based software solution designed to detect and prevent cyberattacks. The company's flagship platform, Hunters.AI, autonomously identifies threats that may evade traditional security measures, enhancing threat detection and response across various IT environments, including cloud and network infrastructures. By ingesting extensive security telemetry and intelligence from diverse data sources, the platform enriches threat signals with detailed attack intelligence. It employs machine learning and cloud-based analytics to correlate threat patterns and generate actionable visualized attack narratives, ultimately optimizing response times for cybersecurity teams.

Eureka Security

Seed Round in 2022
Eureka is an Israeli startup offering holistic security across cloud data stores. The Eureka Cloud Data Security Posture Management platform enables security teams to successfully navigate the ongoing and often chaotic expansion and growth of cloud data.

Grip Security

Series A in 2021
Grip Security specializes in SaaS security, providing organizations with extensive visibility into their entire portfolio of SaaS applications, whether known or unknown. The company's security application is designed to enforce security policies and prevent data loss, ensuring accurate monitoring of applications and user interactions. By minimizing false positives, Grip Security enables clients to maintain a secure network within their workspaces while facilitating quick deployment of its solutions, typically within minutes.

Cycode

Series B in 2021
Cycode Ltd is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in enterprise security through its innovative source code control, detection, and response platform. This platform employs a Source Path Intelligence engine to provide organizations with comprehensive visibility into their source code. It automatically detects and responds to anomalies related to access, movement, and usage of the code, thereby enhancing security. By utilizing Cycode's solution, organizations can significantly reduce the risk of source code loss while maintaining developer productivity and access. The platform is designed to ensure compliance and integrity in production systems, safeguarding against threats such as theft, leakage, and tampering of source code.

Piiano

Seed Round in 2021
Piiano develops privacy engineering infrastructure for cloud-native applications.

Piiano

Seed Round in 2021
Piiano develops privacy engineering infrastructure for cloud-native applications.

Valence Security

Seed Round in 2021
Valence Security is the first Business Application Mesh security company focused on managing the risks from third-party integrations and securing app-to-app connectivity.

Satori

Series A in 2021
Satori Cyber Ltd. operates a cyber security platform that secures data flows within enterprise databases across cloud and hybrid environments. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, the company offers a Secure Data Access Cloud that enhances organizations' ability to leverage data while maintaining security, privacy, and compliance. Its platform provides continuous visibility and mapping of data flows and stores, real-time activity-based discovery and classification of data, and granular, field-level access controls coupled with anomaly detection. Additionally, Satori Cyber ensures compliance through ongoing monitoring and enforcement of data privacy policies. The platform integrates seamlessly into any cloud or hybrid environment, allowing organizations to improve data access without disrupting existing user and application functionalities.

Hunters

Series B in 2021
Hunters is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based software solution designed to detect and prevent cyberattacks. The company's flagship platform, Hunters.AI, autonomously identifies threats that may evade traditional security measures, enhancing threat detection and response across various IT environments, including cloud and network infrastructures. By ingesting extensive security telemetry and intelligence from diverse data sources, the platform enriches threat signals with detailed attack intelligence. It employs machine learning and cloud-based analytics to correlate threat patterns and generate actionable visualized attack narratives, ultimately optimizing response times for cybersecurity teams.

Cycode

Series A in 2021
Cycode Ltd is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in enterprise security through its innovative source code control, detection, and response platform. This platform employs a Source Path Intelligence engine to provide organizations with comprehensive visibility into their source code. It automatically detects and responds to anomalies related to access, movement, and usage of the code, thereby enhancing security. By utilizing Cycode's solution, organizations can significantly reduce the risk of source code loss while maintaining developer productivity and access. The platform is designed to ensure compliance and integrity in production systems, safeguarding against threats such as theft, leakage, and tampering of source code.

Grip Security

Seed Round in 2021
Grip Security specializes in SaaS security, providing organizations with extensive visibility into their entire portfolio of SaaS applications, whether known or unknown. The company's security application is designed to enforce security policies and prevent data loss, ensuring accurate monitoring of applications and user interactions. By minimizing false positives, Grip Security enables clients to maintain a secure network within their workspaces while facilitating quick deployment of its solutions, typically within minutes.

Vulcan Cyber

Series B in 2021
Vulcan Cyber Ltd. operates a vulnerability remediation platform designed to assist enterprises in detecting and addressing vulnerabilities in their software and code efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an office in San Francisco, the company integrates and automates existing security tools and processes to provide security teams with the necessary insights to eliminate vulnerabilities in production systems. By leveraging data from various scanning tools and employing advanced exposure analytics, Vulcan Cyber offers a clear understanding of the risks posed by vulnerabilities within an organization’s infrastructure. Its platform combines proprietary remediation intelligence with enterprise vulnerability data, enabling organizations to prioritize and address the most critical vulnerabilities effectively.

Axonius

Series D in 2021
Axonius, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in asset management for connected devices used by businesses. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that allows IT and security teams to gain visibility and control over a wide array of devices, including mobile, computing, and IoT devices. The platform integrates data from various networked devices and existing management services, creating a comprehensive environment for managing device security. Key features include a user-friendly adapter API for seamless integration of new device types and a framework for secure sharing of adapters and plugins. Axonius aims to facilitate safe device adoption and usage at scale, helping organizations effectively manage their cybersecurity landscape.

Orca Security

Series B in 2020
Orca Security Ltd. is a company that specializes in cloud-native security solutions, providing a platform that secures both cloud-native and legacy applications migrated to the cloud. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Orca's technology integrates directly into the cloud infrastructure layer, allowing for comprehensive security assessments of various assets, including the cloud control plane, operating systems, applications, and business data. The platform delivers visibility into compromised resources, vulnerable software, and misconfigurations without the need for agents, thus maintaining performance and availability. By offering cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Orca Security helps organizations identify critical vulnerabilities and attack vectors efficiently, minimizing the operational costs and alert fatigue associated with traditional security tools.

Build.Security

Seed Round in 2020
Build.Security Ltd. offers an authorization policy management platform aimed at helping developers integrate authorization controls directly into their applications. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company provides a solution that allows for fine-grained access controls and decoupled logic. Its platform enables seamless deployment, ecosystem integrations, and code extensibility, allowing developers to explore various policy strategies and monitor their effects in real-time. This approach supports the generation and management of authorization controls across enterprise applications at scale, facilitating safer and more efficient application development.

RideVision

Series A in 2020
Ride Vision was created by technologists by day, motorbike riders by road, to give any motorcycle Predictive Vision. Ride Vision’s computer vision and neural network based CAT™ - Collision Aversion Technology leverages standard hardware and cameras to sense, predict and warn riders of threats on the road. Ride Vision can be incorporated into any new or traded motorbikes of any price range.

Enso Security

Seed Round in 2020
Enso Security Ltd. is a Tel Aviv-based information security startup that specializes in application security posture management. Founded in 2020, the company has developed a platform designed to assist security teams in managing application security by providing tools for application discovery, classification, and management. Its software integrates seamlessly into enterprise environments, creating a comprehensive inventory of application assets, including their owners, security posture, and associated risks. By consolidating data and integrating with existing collaboration tools, Enso Security aims to reduce complexity and optimize manual processes, enabling teams to establish a more effective and scalable application security program.

Medigate

Series B in 2020
Medigate owns and operates a medical device security platform that protects all connected medical devices on health care provider networks. The platform offers threat detection and attack prevention services. Itay Kirshenbaum, Jonathan Langer, and Pini Pinhasov founded Medigate on September 1, 2017. It has its headquarters in New York City.

Hunters

Series A in 2020
Hunters is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based software solution designed to detect and prevent cyberattacks. The company's flagship platform, Hunters.AI, autonomously identifies threats that may evade traditional security measures, enhancing threat detection and response across various IT environments, including cloud and network infrastructures. By ingesting extensive security telemetry and intelligence from diverse data sources, the platform enriches threat signals with detailed attack intelligence. It employs machine learning and cloud-based analytics to correlate threat patterns and generate actionable visualized attack narratives, ultimately optimizing response times for cybersecurity teams.

Axonius

Series C in 2020
Axonius, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in asset management for connected devices used by businesses. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that allows IT and security teams to gain visibility and control over a wide array of devices, including mobile, computing, and IoT devices. The platform integrates data from various networked devices and existing management services, creating a comprehensive environment for managing device security. Key features include a user-friendly adapter API for seamless integration of new device types and a framework for secure sharing of adapters and plugins. Axonius aims to facilitate safe device adoption and usage at scale, helping organizations effectively manage their cybersecurity landscape.

Orca Security

Series A in 2020
Orca Security Ltd. is a company that specializes in cloud-native security solutions, providing a platform that secures both cloud-native and legacy applications migrated to the cloud. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Orca's technology integrates directly into the cloud infrastructure layer, allowing for comprehensive security assessments of various assets, including the cloud control plane, operating systems, applications, and business data. The platform delivers visibility into compromised resources, vulnerable software, and misconfigurations without the need for agents, thus maintaining performance and availability. By offering cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Orca Security helps organizations identify critical vulnerabilities and attack vectors efficiently, minimizing the operational costs and alert fatigue associated with traditional security tools.

Satori

Seed Round in 2019
Satori Cyber Ltd. operates a cyber security platform that secures data flows within enterprise databases across cloud and hybrid environments. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, the company offers a Secure Data Access Cloud that enhances organizations' ability to leverage data while maintaining security, privacy, and compliance. Its platform provides continuous visibility and mapping of data flows and stores, real-time activity-based discovery and classification of data, and granular, field-level access controls coupled with anomaly detection. Additionally, Satori Cyber ensures compliance through ongoing monitoring and enforcement of data privacy policies. The platform integrates seamlessly into any cloud or hybrid environment, allowing organizations to improve data access without disrupting existing user and application functionalities.

Cycode

Seed Round in 2019
Cycode Ltd is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in enterprise security through its innovative source code control, detection, and response platform. This platform employs a Source Path Intelligence engine to provide organizations with comprehensive visibility into their source code. It automatically detects and responds to anomalies related to access, movement, and usage of the code, thereby enhancing security. By utilizing Cycode's solution, organizations can significantly reduce the risk of source code loss while maintaining developer productivity and access. The platform is designed to ensure compliance and integrity in production systems, safeguarding against threats such as theft, leakage, and tampering of source code.

Axonius

Series B in 2019
Axonius, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in asset management for connected devices used by businesses. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that allows IT and security teams to gain visibility and control over a wide array of devices, including mobile, computing, and IoT devices. The platform integrates data from various networked devices and existing management services, creating a comprehensive environment for managing device security. Key features include a user-friendly adapter API for seamless integration of new device types and a framework for secure sharing of adapters and plugins. Axonius aims to facilitate safe device adoption and usage at scale, helping organizations effectively manage their cybersecurity landscape.

Vulcan Cyber

Series A in 2019
Vulcan Cyber Ltd. operates a vulnerability remediation platform designed to assist enterprises in detecting and addressing vulnerabilities in their software and code efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an office in San Francisco, the company integrates and automates existing security tools and processes to provide security teams with the necessary insights to eliminate vulnerabilities in production systems. By leveraging data from various scanning tools and employing advanced exposure analytics, Vulcan Cyber offers a clear understanding of the risks posed by vulnerabilities within an organization’s infrastructure. Its platform combines proprietary remediation intelligence with enterprise vulnerability data, enabling organizations to prioritize and address the most critical vulnerabilities effectively.

Orca Security

Seed Round in 2019
Orca Security Ltd. is a company that specializes in cloud-native security solutions, providing a platform that secures both cloud-native and legacy applications migrated to the cloud. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Orca's technology integrates directly into the cloud infrastructure layer, allowing for comprehensive security assessments of various assets, including the cloud control plane, operating systems, applications, and business data. The platform delivers visibility into compromised resources, vulnerable software, and misconfigurations without the need for agents, thus maintaining performance and availability. By offering cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Orca Security helps organizations identify critical vulnerabilities and attack vectors efficiently, minimizing the operational costs and alert fatigue associated with traditional security tools.

Hunters

Seed Round in 2019
Hunters is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based software solution designed to detect and prevent cyberattacks. The company's flagship platform, Hunters.AI, autonomously identifies threats that may evade traditional security measures, enhancing threat detection and response across various IT environments, including cloud and network infrastructures. By ingesting extensive security telemetry and intelligence from diverse data sources, the platform enriches threat signals with detailed attack intelligence. It employs machine learning and cloud-based analytics to correlate threat patterns and generate actionable visualized attack narratives, ultimately optimizing response times for cybersecurity teams.

Axonius

Series A in 2019
Axonius, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in asset management for connected devices used by businesses. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that allows IT and security teams to gain visibility and control over a wide array of devices, including mobile, computing, and IoT devices. The platform integrates data from various networked devices and existing management services, creating a comprehensive environment for managing device security. Key features include a user-friendly adapter API for seamless integration of new device types and a framework for secure sharing of adapters and plugins. Axonius aims to facilitate safe device adoption and usage at scale, helping organizations effectively manage their cybersecurity landscape.

Medigate

Series A in 2019
Medigate owns and operates a medical device security platform that protects all connected medical devices on health care provider networks. The platform offers threat detection and attack prevention services. Itay Kirshenbaum, Jonathan Langer, and Pini Pinhasov founded Medigate on September 1, 2017. It has its headquarters in New York City.

RideVision

Seed Round in 2018
Ride Vision was created by technologists by day, motorbike riders by road, to give any motorcycle Predictive Vision. Ride Vision’s computer vision and neural network based CAT™ - Collision Aversion Technology leverages standard hardware and cameras to sense, predict and warn riders of threats on the road. Ride Vision can be incorporated into any new or traded motorbikes of any price range.

Vulcan Cyber

Seed Round in 2018
Vulcan Cyber Ltd. operates a vulnerability remediation platform designed to assist enterprises in detecting and addressing vulnerabilities in their software and code efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an office in San Francisco, the company integrates and automates existing security tools and processes to provide security teams with the necessary insights to eliminate vulnerabilities in production systems. By leveraging data from various scanning tools and employing advanced exposure analytics, Vulcan Cyber offers a clear understanding of the risks posed by vulnerabilities within an organization’s infrastructure. Its platform combines proprietary remediation intelligence with enterprise vulnerability data, enabling organizations to prioritize and address the most critical vulnerabilities effectively.

Medigate

Seed Round in 2017
Medigate owns and operates a medical device security platform that protects all connected medical devices on health care provider networks. The platform offers threat detection and attack prevention services. Itay Kirshenbaum, Jonathan Langer, and Pini Pinhasov founded Medigate on September 1, 2017. It has its headquarters in New York City.

Axonius

Seed Round in 2017
Axonius, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in asset management for connected devices used by businesses. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that allows IT and security teams to gain visibility and control over a wide array of devices, including mobile, computing, and IoT devices. The platform integrates data from various networked devices and existing management services, creating a comprehensive environment for managing device security. Key features include a user-friendly adapter API for seamless integration of new device types and a framework for secure sharing of adapters and plugins. Axonius aims to facilitate safe device adoption and usage at scale, helping organizations effectively manage their cybersecurity landscape.

Upstream Commerce

Venture Round in 2013
Upstream Commerce Ltd., founded in 2010 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in cloud-based automated solutions for competitive pricing and product analytics tailored for online retail. The company provides tools that aggregate data on pricing fluctuations, product availability, and competitors' promotions, enabling users to identify pricing opportunities and make informed decisions. Its automated solutions streamline the collection, normalization, and analysis of market data, allowing clients to proactively adjust their pricing strategies in response to market conditions. Upstream Commerce serves a diverse clientele that includes online merchants, consumer-product manufacturers, and various professionals in merchandising and sales. As of September 2018, Upstream Commerce operates as a subsidiary of Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd.

6Scan

Venture Round in 2013
6Scan is a provider of a website monitoring and security software that focuses on the automatic detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities. This innovative technology delivers both active and passive protection, making robust security accessible to a wider range of website owners, including those with limited technical expertise. The software addresses various threats such as resource and data theft, ensuring that small and medium-sized businesses can effectively safeguard their websites from hackers. Its user-friendly design and affordable pricing model cater to the needs of diverse website owners, allowing them to maintain their online presence securely without requiring extensive knowledge of security protocols.

Seculert

Series A in 2012
Seculert Ltd. is a provider of cloud-based cyber threat management services, specializing in the detection and prevention of cyber threats for enterprises, governments, and service providers. Established in 2009 and headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel, the company focuses on addressing the limitations of traditional perimeter defenses and breach detection systems. Seculert's platform utilizes Big Data analytics, machine learning, and behavioral analysis to monitor malicious outbound network traffic that often goes undetected. This cloud-based solution requires no additional hardware or software, ensuring comprehensive coverage for all employees, including those working remotely or using personal devices. By enhancing the visibility of security systems, Seculert aids organizations in identifying advanced threats that have evaded existing defenses, thereby improving the effectiveness of IT security measures. The company serves a diverse clientele across various industries, such as finance, education, healthcare, energy, and aerospace. As of January 2017, Seculert operates as a subsidiary of Radware Ltd.

6Scan

Venture Round in 2011
6Scan is a provider of a website monitoring and security software that focuses on the automatic detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities. This innovative technology delivers both active and passive protection, making robust security accessible to a wider range of website owners, including those with limited technical expertise. The software addresses various threats such as resource and data theft, ensuring that small and medium-sized businesses can effectively safeguard their websites from hackers. Its user-friendly design and affordable pricing model cater to the needs of diverse website owners, allowing them to maintain their online presence securely without requiring extensive knowledge of security protocols.

Upstream Commerce

Series A in 2011
Upstream Commerce Ltd., founded in 2010 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in cloud-based automated solutions for competitive pricing and product analytics tailored for online retail. The company provides tools that aggregate data on pricing fluctuations, product availability, and competitors' promotions, enabling users to identify pricing opportunities and make informed decisions. Its automated solutions streamline the collection, normalization, and analysis of market data, allowing clients to proactively adjust their pricing strategies in response to market conditions. Upstream Commerce serves a diverse clientele that includes online merchants, consumer-product manufacturers, and various professionals in merchandising and sales. As of September 2018, Upstream Commerce operates as a subsidiary of Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd.

Seculert

Seed Round in 2010
Seculert Ltd. is a provider of cloud-based cyber threat management services, specializing in the detection and prevention of cyber threats for enterprises, governments, and service providers. Established in 2009 and headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel, the company focuses on addressing the limitations of traditional perimeter defenses and breach detection systems. Seculert's platform utilizes Big Data analytics, machine learning, and behavioral analysis to monitor malicious outbound network traffic that often goes undetected. This cloud-based solution requires no additional hardware or software, ensuring comprehensive coverage for all employees, including those working remotely or using personal devices. By enhancing the visibility of security systems, Seculert aids organizations in identifying advanced threats that have evaded existing defenses, thereby improving the effectiveness of IT security measures. The company serves a diverse clientele across various industries, such as finance, education, healthcare, energy, and aerospace. As of January 2017, Seculert operates as a subsidiary of Radware Ltd.

AcceloWeb

Series A in 2009
AcceloWeb is an Israel-based company that specializes in developing browser software aimed at enhancing web browsing speed. By employing advanced optimization techniques, AcceloWeb effectively accelerates web browsing for users, achieving speeds that are two to ten times faster than standard experiences. The company's innovative solutions operate on the back end, ensuring seamless integration and improved performance without requiring changes on the user's part.

Clicktale

Series A in 2007
Clicktale Ltd. is a provider of cloud-based analytics solutions focused on enhancing digital customer experiences. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional offices in the United States and the United Kingdom, Clicktale offers a range of services designed to optimize web interaction and conversion rates. Its Clicktale Core product tracks customer behavior on websites, helping businesses understand user intent through detailed session playback and data-rich heatmaps. These tools allow companies to visualize interactions, identify critical paths, and assess form performance, ultimately driving improvements in engagement and revenue. The company serves diverse sectors, including e-commerce, finance, telecommunications, and travel, providing insights that help organizations create better online experiences. By leveraging machine learning and cognitive computing, Clicktale enables enterprises to uncover actionable insights that address their most pressing customer experience challenges.
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