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Cyberstarts

20 stories about Cyberstarts
גילי רענן

Cyberstarts to establish cyber campus to house its portfolio companies

03.12.25|Sophie Shulman
Calcalist has learned that the venture capital fund specializing in cyber, and the first investor in Wiz, is in advanced negotiations to lease the entire Landmark 2 tower. If finalized, the deal will include 27 floors totaling 45,000 square meters from Melisron and Afi Properties. Until now, the fund has never had offices.
ועידת כלכליסט בברלין - פאנל – מימין פיונה דרמון שותפה מנהלת ב-Sunvest Capital Partners דורית דור מייסדת Qbeat Ventures ולשעבר הCTO בצ'ק פוינט צופית שחר סמנכ"לית אבטחת המידע אל על הילה זיגמן שותפה כללית Cyberstarts וידאו

“Attackers who know how to exploit AI gain enormous power”

03.12.25|Meir Orbach
Dr. Dorit Dor, co-founder of Qbeat Ventures and former CTO at Check Point, was speaking at Mind the Tech Berlin 2025, alongside Tsofit Shachar, CISO at El Al; and Hila Zigman, general partner at VC fund Cyberstarts.
גילי רענן

Cyberstarts launches $380M fund to double down on cybersecurity scale-ups

30.09.25|CTech
With the addition of this latest vehicle, Cyberstarts has secured more than $700 million in fresh commitments this year and now manages over $1.4 billion across seven funds.
מימין: מנכ"ל Wiz אסף רפפורט והמשקיע גילי רענן מקרן הסייבר

VC firms reap 200x returns on Wiz’s $32B sale to Google

19.03.25|Reuters
Early investors like Sequoia, Cyberstarts, and Index Ventures are set for massive payouts following the record-setting cybersecurity deal.
מימין ניר צוק ו עומרי כספי

Winners of the Wiz deal: The cyber elite profiting from Google’s massive buyout

18.03.25|Meir Orbach, Sophie Shulman
Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk and NBA player turned VC Omri Casspi are just two of the surprise winners in the deal. The likes of Shlomo Kramer, Mickey Boodaei, and Marius Nacht are also all set to make a handsome profit through their investment in Gili Raanan’s Cyberstarts fund, which is believed to hold a $1.3 billion stake in Wiz.
מייסדי וגה סקיוריטי מימין אלי רוזן ו שי סנדלר

The secretive Israeli cyber startup worth hundreds of millions—Vega Security raises $65M in stealth

16.03.25|Meir Orbach
Investors are rushing in, even as the company remains under wraps.
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Cyberstarts founder Gili Raanan enters sports world with minority stake in Hapoel Tel Aviv

09.02.25|CTech
Raanan is investing NIS 10 million in the basketball club, joining Ofer Yanai’s ownership team.
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Gili Raanan’s Sunrise payments model suspended as CISOs question ethics

28.10.24|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach
Concerns over influence and incentives prompt high-profile withdrawals, challenging Cyberstarts’ consulting approach. 
Cyberstarts

Cyberstarts nets $60 million for fourth Seed fund

21.10.24|CTech
Gili Raanan’s VC fund took its assets under management to $720 million on the back of acquisitions of portfolio companies Axis Security, Bionic, and Noname Security.
מימין ניר צוק ו עומרי כספי

From Nir Zuk to Omri Casspi: The unexpected winners of the historic Wiz deal

17.07.24|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach
The Palo Alto Networks founder and NBA player turned VC are just two of the surprise winners in the deal. The likes of Shlomo Kramer, Mickey Boodaei, and Marius Nacht are also all set to make a handsome profit through their investment in Gili Raanan’s Cyberstarts fund, which is believed to hold a $900 million stake in Wiz.
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The Gili Ra’anan model: Questions emerging from Cyberstarts' remarkable success

13.06.24|Sophie Shulman and Meir Orbach
Calcalist reveals the mechanism behind Cyberstarts’ amazing returns: points worth tens of thousands of dollars are awarded to CISOs of organizations for deepening relationships with the fund's portfolio companies, aiding their growth. Is this model, which is increasingly questioned, one of the explanations for the fund's extraordinary success? Ra'anan said in response: "No CISO received compensation for purchasing products." 
Hila Cyberstarts

Cyberstarts appoints Hila Zigman as General Partner

29.11.23|CTech
“Hila’s unique experience, ranging from a focus on talent through building amazing market-leading products, is the perfect fit for Cyberstarts' own culture,” said Gili Raanan, Cyberstarts founder.
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Cyberstarts secures $480 million for opportunity fund

24.09.23|Meir Orbach
The new opportunity fund, named Cyberstarts Scale, comes on the back of a $200 million opportunity fund raised in March 2022. It brings Cyberstarts’ total assets under management to $663 million
CTech Early Lior Simon וידאו

“Don’t rush to run after trends and buzzwords - it's fluff”

06.07.23|James Spiro
Lior Simon, General Partner at Cyberstarts, spoke to CTech about the changing market and how early-stage companies can succeed in today’s market
גילי רענן קרן Cyberstarts

“An economic downturn compels entrepreneurs to reevaluate their core business”

07.06.23|Elihay Vidal
Gili Raanan, founder of Cyberstarts, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector
Emily Heath

Cyberstarts appoints Emily Heath as General Partner

08.03.23|CTech
The cybersecurity-focused venture firm has added the former DocuSign and United Airlines CISO to its investment team
גילי רענן קרן Cyberstarts

Gili Raanan: "Israel is a step away from becoming an anti-liberal state"

16.01.23|Gili Raanan
מנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן והשותפה החדשה ליאור סיימון

Cyberstarts closes new $60 million Seed fund

24.08.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli cybersecurity-focused VC firm’s first fund showed a weighted annual return to investors of 300% and its portfolio companies raised a total of $2 billion in 2021, with a combined valuation of $20 billion
ליאור סיימון שותפה חדשה ומנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן

Cyberstarts raises $200 million to double down on its Seed companies

28.02.22|CTech
The new Opportunity Fund will focus on follow-on investments in the cybersecurity-focused VC’s portfolio companies that are raising Series A and Series B
מנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן והשותפה החדשה ליאור סיימון

Cyberstarts fund I records 300% annual return amidst cybersecurity boom

09.02.22|Meir Orbach
50% of the companies that have raised their Series A round or more on Gili Raanan and Lior Simon’s firm’s portfolio have already become unicorns
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