YL Ventures

YL Ventures, established in 2007, is a California-based private equity firm specializing in seed-stage investments. It focuses on Israeli and U.S.-based tech companies, exclusively in the cybersecurity sector. With over $300 million under management, YL Ventures supports entrepreneurs from seed to lead, providing strategic advice and operational execution through its network of global industry leaders. The firm has a proven track record, with several portfolio companies acquired by major corporations such as Palo Alto Networks and Microsoft.

Gili Berkovitz

Associate

John Brennan

Partner

Kate Burkhardt

Associate

Michael Cortez

Partner

Yoav Leitersdorf

Managing Partner

Past deals in Network Security

Minimus

Seed Round in 2025
Minimus is a technology company that specializes in enhancing security for businesses using containerized applications. Its platform provides secure container images, continuously patched to minimize exposure to vulnerabilities. It also offers real-time threat intelligence and automated software bills of materials, helping DevOps teams and organizations prioritize remediation efforts and accelerate compliance with minimal additional work. By requiring only one modification to deployment configurations, Minimus can significantly reduce vulnerability exposure, thereby speeding up the overall remediation process.

Miggo Security

Series A in 2025
Miggo Security is the Application Detection and Response (ADR) platform with a mission to prevent application breaches.

Miggo Security

Seed Round in 2024
Miggo Security is the Application Detection and Response (ADR) platform with a mission to prevent application breaches.

Grip Security

Series B in 2023
Grip Security offers a SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP) solution that provides comprehensive visibility across an enterprise's entire SaaS portfolio. It accurately identifies known and unknown applications, users, and interactions within minutes, enabling businesses to modernize their security architecture and embrace a business-led IT strategy securely.

Hunters

Series C in 2022
Hunters is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based platform for detecting and responding to cyber threats. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers its solution, Hunters.AI, which autonomously identifies cyberattacks that may evade traditional security measures across various IT environments, including cloud and network systems. Hunters.AI integrates diverse security telemetry and intelligence, enriching threat signals with detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures to enhance detection capabilities. By utilizing machine learning and cloud-based analytics, the platform correlates threat patterns and generates high-fidelity attack narratives, enabling cybersecurity teams to respond swiftly and effectively to potential breaches.

Grip Security

Series A in 2021
Grip Security offers a SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP) solution that provides comprehensive visibility across an enterprise's entire SaaS portfolio. It accurately identifies known and unknown applications, users, and interactions within minutes, enabling businesses to modernize their security architecture and embrace a business-led IT strategy securely.

Karamba Security

Series B in 2021
Karamba Security is an automotive cybersecurity software company that protects connected vehicles by securing their internal control systems. Its solutions harden electronic control units and safeguard telematics, infotainment, and onboard diagnostics from malware and unauthorized code, helping prevent attacks on the vehicle's CAN bus. The software is embedded in devices and operates automatically with negligible performance impact, providing dropper detection and malware prevention without requiring user action. The company serves automakers and Tier-1 suppliers and supports secure over-the-air updates and secure communications while aiding compliance with global cybersecurity regulations. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Karamba Security also addresses cybersecurity for a range of connected devices, including Industry 4.0 controllers and IoT endpoints, through vulnerability data management.

Hunters

Series B in 2021
Hunters is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based platform for detecting and responding to cyber threats. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers its solution, Hunters.AI, which autonomously identifies cyberattacks that may evade traditional security measures across various IT environments, including cloud and network systems. Hunters.AI integrates diverse security telemetry and intelligence, enriching threat signals with detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures to enhance detection capabilities. By utilizing machine learning and cloud-based analytics, the platform correlates threat patterns and generates high-fidelity attack narratives, enabling cybersecurity teams to respond swiftly and effectively to potential breaches.

Grip Security

Seed Round in 2021
Grip Security offers a SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP) solution that provides comprehensive visibility across an enterprise's entire SaaS portfolio. It accurately identifies known and unknown applications, users, and interactions within minutes, enabling businesses to modernize their security architecture and embrace a business-led IT strategy securely.

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 headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that provides comprehensive asset inventory, identifies gaps in security coverage, and ensures compliance with security policies. Axonius delivers a unified and extensible system that integrates data from various networked devices and existing standalone management services, allowing IT and security operations teams to gain visibility and control over their devices. The platform features an easy-to-use adapter API and plug-in framework for integrating new device types and facilitates secure sharing of adaptors across the organization. Deployment options include both on-premise and cloud solutions, enabling enterprises to manage mobile, computing, and IoT devices effectively.

Medigate by Claroty

Series B in 2020
Medigate by Claroty is a developer of a medical device security platform that safeguards healthcare provider networks from cyber threats. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in New York City and focuses on protecting all connected medical devices within these networks. Its platform utilizes deep packet inspection to decode proprietary healthcare IoT protocols, providing visibility and security for IoT and medical devices. By offering threat detection and attack prevention services, Medigate enhances the safety and privacy of hospital environments, allowing for the secure deployment of both existing and new medical devices.

Hunters

Series A in 2020
Hunters is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based platform for detecting and responding to cyber threats. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers its solution, Hunters.AI, which autonomously identifies cyberattacks that may evade traditional security measures across various IT environments, including cloud and network systems. Hunters.AI integrates diverse security telemetry and intelligence, enriching threat signals with detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures to enhance detection capabilities. By utilizing machine learning and cloud-based analytics, the platform correlates threat patterns and generates high-fidelity attack narratives, enabling cybersecurity teams to respond swiftly and effectively to potential breaches.

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 headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that provides comprehensive asset inventory, identifies gaps in security coverage, and ensures compliance with security policies. Axonius delivers a unified and extensible system that integrates data from various networked devices and existing standalone management services, allowing IT and security operations teams to gain visibility and control over their devices. The platform features an easy-to-use adapter API and plug-in framework for integrating new device types and facilitates secure sharing of adaptors across the organization. Deployment options include both on-premise and cloud solutions, enabling enterprises to manage mobile, computing, and IoT devices effectively.

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 headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that provides comprehensive asset inventory, identifies gaps in security coverage, and ensures compliance with security policies. Axonius delivers a unified and extensible system that integrates data from various networked devices and existing standalone management services, allowing IT and security operations teams to gain visibility and control over their devices. The platform features an easy-to-use adapter API and plug-in framework for integrating new device types and facilitates secure sharing of adaptors across the organization. Deployment options include both on-premise and cloud solutions, enabling enterprises to manage mobile, computing, and IoT devices effectively.

Hunters

Seed Round in 2019
Hunters is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based platform for detecting and responding to cyber threats. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers its solution, Hunters.AI, which autonomously identifies cyberattacks that may evade traditional security measures across various IT environments, including cloud and network systems. Hunters.AI integrates diverse security telemetry and intelligence, enriching threat signals with detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures to enhance detection capabilities. By utilizing machine learning and cloud-based analytics, the platform correlates threat patterns and generates high-fidelity attack narratives, enabling cybersecurity teams to respond swiftly and effectively to potential breaches.

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 headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that provides comprehensive asset inventory, identifies gaps in security coverage, and ensures compliance with security policies. Axonius delivers a unified and extensible system that integrates data from various networked devices and existing standalone management services, allowing IT and security operations teams to gain visibility and control over their devices. The platform features an easy-to-use adapter API and plug-in framework for integrating new device types and facilitates secure sharing of adaptors across the organization. Deployment options include both on-premise and cloud solutions, enabling enterprises to manage mobile, computing, and IoT devices effectively.

Medigate by Claroty

Series A in 2019
Medigate by Claroty is a developer of a medical device security platform that safeguards healthcare provider networks from cyber threats. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in New York City and focuses on protecting all connected medical devices within these networks. Its platform utilizes deep packet inspection to decode proprietary healthcare IoT protocols, providing visibility and security for IoT and medical devices. By offering threat detection and attack prevention services, Medigate enhances the safety and privacy of hospital environments, allowing for the secure deployment of both existing and new medical devices.

Medigate by Claroty

Seed Round in 2017
Medigate by Claroty is a developer of a medical device security platform that safeguards healthcare provider networks from cyber threats. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in New York City and focuses on protecting all connected medical devices within these networks. Its platform utilizes deep packet inspection to decode proprietary healthcare IoT protocols, providing visibility and security for IoT and medical devices. By offering threat detection and attack prevention services, Medigate enhances the safety and privacy of hospital environments, allowing for the secure deployment of both existing and new medical devices.

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 headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a platform that provides comprehensive asset inventory, identifies gaps in security coverage, and ensures compliance with security policies. Axonius delivers a unified and extensible system that integrates data from various networked devices and existing standalone management services, allowing IT and security operations teams to gain visibility and control over their devices. The platform features an easy-to-use adapter API and plug-in framework for integrating new device types and facilitates secure sharing of adaptors across the organization. Deployment options include both on-premise and cloud solutions, enabling enterprises to manage mobile, computing, and IoT devices effectively.

Karamba Security

Series B in 2017
Karamba Security is an automotive cybersecurity software company that protects connected vehicles by securing their internal control systems. Its solutions harden electronic control units and safeguard telematics, infotainment, and onboard diagnostics from malware and unauthorized code, helping prevent attacks on the vehicle's CAN bus. The software is embedded in devices and operates automatically with negligible performance impact, providing dropper detection and malware prevention without requiring user action. The company serves automakers and Tier-1 suppliers and supports secure over-the-air updates and secure communications while aiding compliance with global cybersecurity regulations. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Karamba Security also addresses cybersecurity for a range of connected devices, including Industry 4.0 controllers and IoT endpoints, through vulnerability data management.

Karamba Security

Series A in 2016
Karamba Security is an automotive cybersecurity software company that protects connected vehicles by securing their internal control systems. Its solutions harden electronic control units and safeguard telematics, infotainment, and onboard diagnostics from malware and unauthorized code, helping prevent attacks on the vehicle's CAN bus. The software is embedded in devices and operates automatically with negligible performance impact, providing dropper detection and malware prevention without requiring user action. The company serves automakers and Tier-1 suppliers and supports secure over-the-air updates and secure communications while aiding compliance with global cybersecurity regulations. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Karamba Security also addresses cybersecurity for a range of connected devices, including Industry 4.0 controllers and IoT endpoints, through vulnerability data management.

Karamba Security

Seed Round in 2016
Karamba Security is an automotive cybersecurity software company that protects connected vehicles by securing their internal control systems. Its solutions harden electronic control units and safeguard telematics, infotainment, and onboard diagnostics from malware and unauthorized code, helping prevent attacks on the vehicle's CAN bus. The software is embedded in devices and operates automatically with negligible performance impact, providing dropper detection and malware prevention without requiring user action. The company serves automakers and Tier-1 suppliers and supports secure over-the-air updates and secure communications while aiding compliance with global cybersecurity regulations. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Karamba Security also addresses cybersecurity for a range of connected devices, including Industry 4.0 controllers and IoT endpoints, through vulnerability data management.

Hexadite

Series A in 2016
Hexadite Ltd. is a cybersecurity company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2014 and operating as a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. The company specializes in developing a security orchestration and automation solution aimed at enhancing incident response to cyber threats. Its flagship product, the Hexadite Automated Incident Response Solution, utilizes artificial intelligence to investigate and resolve cyber alerts swiftly, allowing organizations to address security breaches in seconds without human intervention. By connecting to existing security detection systems, Hexadite's platform effectively uncovers hidden threats and mitigates breaches, thereby improving productivity, reducing costs, and strengthening overall security for enterprises.

Hexadite

Seed Round in 2014
Hexadite Ltd. is a cybersecurity company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2014 and operating as a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. The company specializes in developing a security orchestration and automation solution aimed at enhancing incident response to cyber threats. Its flagship product, the Hexadite Automated Incident Response Solution, utilizes artificial intelligence to investigate and resolve cyber alerts swiftly, allowing organizations to address security breaches in seconds without human intervention. By connecting to existing security detection systems, Hexadite's platform effectively uncovers hidden threats and mitigates breaches, thereby improving productivity, reducing costs, and strengthening overall security for enterprises.

6Scan

Venture Round in 2013
6Scan is a pioneering company in the field of website protection, offering an innovative suite designed to automatically detect and fix security vulnerabilities. Their technology integrates both active and passive protection measures, making high-level security accessible even to small websites with limited budgets. The product is user-friendly, requiring no technical or security expertise from website owners. 6Scan's solutions are particularly beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses, helping them safeguard against threats such as resource theft, data theft, and other collateral damages caused by hackers.

Seculert

Series A in 2012
Seculert Ltd., founded in 2010, offers cloud-based cyber threat management services designed to detect and prevent advanced threats from infiltrating networks of enterprises, governments, and service providers. Based in Petach Tikva, Israel, Seculert focuses on identifying malicious outbound network traffic that often goes undetected by traditional perimeter defense systems. The company's platform utilizes Big Data analytics, machine learning technology, and behavioral analysis to provide unique visibility into the final stages of malware attacks. This cloud-based solution requires no hardware or software installation, ensuring full coverage for all sites and employees, including those working remotely on personal mobile devices. Seculert's services enhance the productivity of security operations centers (SOC) and incident response teams by enabling faster and more accurate malware detection. The company serves leading organizations across various industries, including finance, education, healthcare, energy, and aerospace.

6Scan

Venture Round in 2011
6Scan is a pioneering company in the field of website protection, offering an innovative suite designed to automatically detect and fix security vulnerabilities. Their technology integrates both active and passive protection measures, making high-level security accessible even to small websites with limited budgets. The product is user-friendly, requiring no technical or security expertise from website owners. 6Scan's solutions are particularly beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses, helping them safeguard against threats such as resource theft, data theft, and other collateral damages caused by hackers.

Seculert

Seed Round in 2010
Seculert Ltd., founded in 2010, offers cloud-based cyber threat management services designed to detect and prevent advanced threats from infiltrating networks of enterprises, governments, and service providers. Based in Petach Tikva, Israel, Seculert focuses on identifying malicious outbound network traffic that often goes undetected by traditional perimeter defense systems. The company's platform utilizes Big Data analytics, machine learning technology, and behavioral analysis to provide unique visibility into the final stages of malware attacks. This cloud-based solution requires no hardware or software installation, ensuring full coverage for all sites and employees, including those working remotely on personal mobile devices. Seculert's services enhance the productivity of security operations centers (SOC) and incident response teams by enabling faster and more accurate malware detection. The company serves leading organizations across various industries, including finance, education, healthcare, energy, and aerospace.
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