YL Ventures is an American-Israeli venture capital firm specializing in seed stage cybersecurity investments. It focuses on introducing Israeli cybersecurity start-ups to the American market and developing a U.S. customer base.

YL Ventures

YL Ventures funds and supports brilliant Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to lead. Based in Silicon Valley, New York and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures manages five funds with $800M in total assets under management. The firm accelerates the evolution of portfolio companies via a powerful network of Chief Information Security Officers, global industry leaders and a dedicated team of experts, providing tailored guidance and hands-on support on all critical company-building domains. The firm's track record includes investments in Israeli cybersecurity unicorns such as Axonius and Orca Security, as well as successful, high-profile portfolio company acquisitions by major corporations including Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, CA and Proofpoint. YL Ventures was ranked 8th out of over 250 venture capital firms in PitchBook’s prestigious 2022 Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, and was the only cybersecurity-focused VC to secure a top 10 spot on the list.Our portfolio includes:- Spera Security - Opus Security - Eureka Security - Piiano - Valence Security - Grip Security - Satori - Cycode - Orca Security - Hunters - Ride Vision - Vulcan Cyber - Karamba Security - Enso Security - Acquired by Snyk- Medigate - Acquired by Claroty- Build Security - Acquired by Elastic- Axonius - Exited to late-stage investors- Twistlock - Acquired by Palo Alto Networks- Hexadite - Acquired by Microsoft- Upstream Commerce - Acquired by Walmart- FireLayers - Acquired by Proofpoint- BlazeMeter - Acquired by CA- Seculert - Acquired by Radware- Acceloweb - Acquired by Limelight Networks- ClickTale - Exited to Amadeus Capital

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