YL Ventures

YL Ventures GP Ltd. is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in high technology software companies, particularly in the fields of cybersecurity, telecommunications, and digital media. Established in 2007 and operating from San Francisco and Tel Aviv, the firm manages over $300 million and aims to support Israeli tech entrepreneurs. YL Ventures primarily invests globally, with an emphasis on Europe and Israel, and seeks equity positions by investing between €500,000 and €2 million in early-stage companies and between $2 million and $4 million in seed-stage ventures. The firm enhances the growth of its portfolio companies through strategic advice and operational execution, leveraging a robust network within the cybersecurity sector. YL Ventures has a successful track record, with several portfolio companies acquired by major corporations. The firm's investment strategy typically spans six to 24 months, with exits primarily through sales to strategic acquirers.

Gili Berkovitz

Associate

John Brennan

Partner

Kate Burkhardt

Associate

Michael Cortez

Partner

Naama Ben Dov

Associate

Andy Ellis

Operating Partner

Robert Goldberg

Venture Partner

Yoav Leitersdorf

Managing Partner

Kirk Manoogian

Senior Associate

John Quigley

Cofounder, Special Limited Partner

Ofer Schreiber

Partner

Sharon Seemann

Partner

Yonit Wiseman

Associate

Past deals in Middle East

Hunters

Series C in 2022
Cyber Hunters Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based software solution for the detection of cyber attack. The company offers a platform, Hunters.AI, which provides detection, prevention, and autonomous hunting cyber threats and breaches. It connects the digital traces to generate actionable visualized attack stories, and optimizes response time. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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 Cyber

Series A in 2021
Satori Cyber Ltd. owns and operates a cyber security platform that secures data flows in enterprise databases in cloud and hybrid environments. The company through its platform offers continuous visibility and mapping for data flows and data stores, activity based discovery and classification of data in real-time, data security through granular, field-level data access controls and anomaly detection, compliance through continuous monitoring and enforcement of data privacy policies, integration into any cloud or hybrid environment without impacting existing user and application access. Satori Cyber Ltd. was founded in 2019 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Hunters

Series B in 2021
Cyber Hunters Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based software solution for the detection of cyber attack. The company offers a platform, Hunters.AI, which provides detection, prevention, and autonomous hunting cyber threats and breaches. It connects the digital traces to generate actionable visualized attack stories, and optimizes response time. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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.

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 designed for developers to seamlessly integrate authorization management into their applications. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company focuses on providing tools that facilitate easy deployment, ecosystem integrations, and code extensibility. This enables developers to efficiently manage authorization policies within their software, enhancing security and compliance.

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
Cyber Hunters Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based software solution for the detection of cyber attack. The company offers a platform, Hunters.AI, which provides detection, prevention, and autonomous hunting cyber threats and breaches. It connects the digital traces to generate actionable visualized attack stories, and optimizes response time. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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 Cyber

Seed Round in 2019
Satori Cyber Ltd. owns and operates a cyber security platform that secures data flows in enterprise databases in cloud and hybrid environments. The company through its platform offers continuous visibility and mapping for data flows and data stores, activity based discovery and classification of data in real-time, data security through granular, field-level data access controls and anomaly detection, compliance through continuous monitoring and enforcement of data privacy policies, integration into any cloud or hybrid environment without impacting existing user and application access. Satori Cyber Ltd. was founded in 2019 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

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
Cyber Hunters Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based software solution for the detection of cyber attack. The company offers a platform, Hunters.AI, which provides detection, prevention, and autonomous hunting cyber threats and breaches. It connects the digital traces to generate actionable visualized attack stories, and optimizes response time. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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. provides cloud-based automated competitive pricing and product analytics solutions for online retail applications. It offers pricing and product intelligence solutions. The company offers solutions which provides a range of aggregated information on pricing, pricing fluctuations, and availability; latest updates on sales, clearances, and promotions; competitors assortment with important products highlighted; and pricing opportunities, such as underpriced products. Its solutions help users to proactively adjust their pricing to the appropriate levels for market conditions. The company serves online merchants, consumer-product manufacturers, buyers and professionals, merchandising, executives, and marketing and sales managers. Upstream Commerce Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of September 25, 2018, Upstream Commerce Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd.

6Scan

Venture Round in 2013
6Scan is the world's first website protection suite to offer automatic detection and fixing of security vulnerabilities. 6Scan's technology combines both active and passive protection, providing levels of security previously unavailable to all but the most high-end (and high-budget) sites. The product is easy-to-use and designed for website owners with no technical or security knowledge, and its pricing is affordable even for small websites.

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 the world's first website protection suite to offer automatic detection and fixing of security vulnerabilities. 6Scan's technology combines both active and passive protection, providing levels of security previously unavailable to all but the most high-end (and high-budget) sites. The product is easy-to-use and designed for website owners with no technical or security knowledge, and its pricing is affordable even for small websites.

Upstream Commerce

Series A in 2011
Upstream Commerce Ltd. provides cloud-based automated competitive pricing and product analytics solutions for online retail applications. It offers pricing and product intelligence solutions. The company offers solutions which provides a range of aggregated information on pricing, pricing fluctuations, and availability; latest updates on sales, clearances, and promotions; competitors assortment with important products highlighted; and pricing opportunities, such as underpriced products. Its solutions help users to proactively adjust their pricing to the appropriate levels for market conditions. The company serves online merchants, consumer-product manufacturers, buyers and professionals, merchandising, executives, and marketing and sales managers. Upstream Commerce Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of September 25, 2018, Upstream Commerce Ltd. 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
An Israel-based company that uses optimization techniques to make web browsing 2 to 10 times faster for the web user. This is all done on the back end side of things.

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.