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YL Ventures

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Ofer YL Ventures

The next big exits in Israeli AI cyber? YL Ventures is betting on resilience, not hype

26.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Ofer Schreiber shares the qualities the firm looks for in identifying promising companies.
כנס INTENT לחוקרי סייבר

Cloud and AI lead Israeli cybersecurity to $4 billion in 2024 funding

07.01.25|Reuters
The total more than doubled that of 2023, with 50 of the 89 funding rounds being Seed, or early stage rounds. 
Ofer YL Ventures

"The Israeli cybersecurity industry demonstrated exceptional resilience," says YL Ventures

07.01.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Ofer Schreiber joined CTech for its 2025 VC Survey to share reflections on the tech ecosystem and predict where Startup Nation will go in the next year. 
Elias Terman

YL Ventures appoints Elias Terman as Operating Partner

02.07.24|CTech
Terman joins YL Ventures from Orca Security, where he served as SVP of Marketing.  
Wiz founders

War can't stop Israeli cyber growth

27.06.24|Sophie Shulman
Israeli cyber startups raised $2.9 billion between January and mid-June, compared to $1.9 billion in all of 2023 and $3.2 billion in 2022. There were also 12 exits in early 2024, compared to 21 in 2023, 16 in 2022, and a record 35 in 2021, according to a report by YL Ventures
Nadav Lev

Ideating in a saturated cybersecurity market

24.03.24|Nadav Lev
“The rapidly evolving nature of cybersecurity threats outpaces the ability of larger vendors to adapt. This creates a prime opportunity for nimble startups to develop innovative, tailored solutions that address these specific pain points,” writes Nadav Lev, CTO at YL Ventures
Ofer YL Ventures

“Israeli tech has the rare ability to bounce back stronger than ever in the face of adversity”

20.02.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Ofer Schreiber, Senior Partner at YL Ventures, joined CTech to discuss some of the cybersecurity trends to look out for in 2024
Justin Somaini

Former Unity, SAP and Yahoo! CISO, Justin Somaini, joins YL Ventures as Partner

06.02.24|CTech
Somaini will join the Board of Directors of several of YL Ventures’ existing portfolio companies and lead the firm’s US-based Business Development team
חדר מצב סייבר במשרדי Dell בבאר שבע

Decoding Israel's cyber success amid 2023 challenges and predictions for 2024

04.01.24|Sophie Shulman
YL Ventures' analysis exposes Israeli cyber's resilience, with total fundraising among Israeli cybersecurity startups last year amounting to $1.9 billion in 71 investment rounds, marking a 41% drop compared to 2022. However, the average Seed round rose to $9.8 million in 2023 and 21 Israeli cyber companies were acquired, compared to 16 in 2022
מייסדי Grip ליאור יערי אלון שנקלר עידן פסט

Grip Security raises $41 million led by Daniel Loeb's Third Point Ventures

22.08.23|Sophie Shulman
"There are companies that previously secured funding based on unicorn valuations with our level of revenue," said CEO Lior Yaari
צוות ספרה

Spera raises $10 million to provide proactive protection from identity-driven threats

29.03.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup developed a solution that aims to provide end-to-end identity attack surface management, risk reduction and identity threat prevention, detection, and response
Ofer Schreiber YL

YL Ventures: “The cybersecurity industry is not immune to geopolitical shifts”

21.11.22|Elihay Vidal, James Spiro
Ofer Schreiber, YL Ventures Senior Partner and Head of Israel Office, joined CTech to discuss how the cybersecurity market is impacted by the tech crisis.
Frank Kim YL Ventures

Frank Kim of SANS Institute joins YL Ventures as its new CISO-in-Residence

17.11.22|CTech
Kim’s predecessor, Ryan Gurney, has transitioned to the role of Operating Partner
Opus Team

Opus nets $10 million in Seed funding for cloud security platform

13.09.22|James Spiro
The Israeli startup aims to help cloud security teams with automation, gain control, and lead remediation efforts across the organizational cloud environment by using best practices and proven methodologies
מוסף שבועי 14.7.22 יואב לייטרסדורף

"Almost all Israel's cyber giants will lay off employees this summer"

14.07.22|Sophie Shulman
Yoav Leitersdorf, Managing Partner at YL Ventures, the world's largest cybersecurity-dedicated fund, predicts that the decline in inflated values will affect the entire industry, but will not end the boom: "Demand is still high. Those who sell hype and air are the main ones who will be hurt"
Ofer Schreiber Ctech Meet_altTech וידאו

Cybersecurity “has real adversaries” that must be defeated, explains YL Ventures

15.05.22|James Spiro
Ofer Schreiber, Partner and Head of Israel Office at YL Ventures, spoke about cybersecurity and its challenges in the investment world
צוות YL Ventures

YL Ventures announces $400 million fifth fund, the largest Seed stage cybersecurity-focused fund ever raised

10.05.22|Meir Orbach
The fund will be used to both lead the Seed rounds of approximately 10 startups at a pace of three startups per year, and to invest in the companies’ follow-on rounds
Eureka Liat Hayun Asaf Weiss

Eureka raises $8 million in Seed for security in expanding cloud data use

12.01.22|James Spiro
The company claims to create the industry’s first data cloud security management solution
מייסדי Grip ליאור יערי אלון שנקלר עידן פסט

Cybersecurity startup Grip raises $19 million in Series A nine months after founding

07.12.21|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company’s automated solution discovers shadow applications and dormant accounts that have ungoverned continued access to customer data, production environments and more
ועידת ניו יורק 2021 פיל ונבלס אבי שוע ג'וש ברנן

“We think Israel is the best place to invest in cybersecurity”

21.11.21|CTech
Said John Brennan, a partner at YL Ventures, during a panel on cybersecurity alongside Orca Security CEO Avi Shua and Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables
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