| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.05.2024 | The changing face of the cybersecurity market [Q&A] | The cybersecurity world is a fast changing one with a constant arms race between attackers and defenders.
New entrants are always coming to the market with innovative technologies to solve particular problems. We spoke to Justin Somaini, a ... |
| 17.04.2024 | Miggo Security, Interview With CEO Daniel Shechter | Daniel Shechter, CEO and co-founder of Miggo Security
Miggo Security, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cybersecurity startup introducing an Application Detection and Response (ADR) platform, just announced the raise of $7.5m in seed funding. In con... |
| 31.01.2024 | Aim Security, Interview With CEO Matan Getz | Matan Getz, CEO, Aim Security
Aim Security, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cybersecurity startup offering enterprises a GenAI security platform, raised $10M in Seed funding. In conjunction with the announcement, Matan Getz, co-founder and CEO, re... |
| 03.01.2024 | YL Ventures details the challenges facing Israeli cybersecurity startups | Nadav Lev Contributor
Nadav Lev, is the chief technology officer (CTO) at YL Ventures, the leading cybersecurity-focused, early-stage venture capital firm based in Israel and the U.S.
The Israeli cybersecurity industry, much like the global... |
| 14.10.2023 | Gutsy Gives Enterprises Deep Visibility Into Security Using Process Mining | Cybersecurity governance is the process of controlling security within an enterprise.Getty |
| 14.08.2023 | Enterprise spending on cybersecurity has changed, and vendors must adapt | Sara Behar Contributor
Sara Behar is a content manager at YL Ventures, where she promotes the firm’s cybersecurity expertise and provides value-add support to the firm’s portfolio companies with content creation and strategic initiatives.
E... |
| 30.07.2023 | How CISOs can engage the C-suite and Board to manage and address cyber risk | Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here
The modern Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has a difficult job. Amidst the myriad of malicious cyber threats attempting to infiltrate their ... |
| 25.07.2023 | Growing Your Seeds: Practical Tips for Getting Your Startup From Seed to Series A | This is a guest post by Michael Cortez, a partner at YL Ventures, an Israeli-American early-stage, cybersecurity-focused VC firm.
Despite its relative resilience as one of the strongest sectors in tech, cybersecurity has not been immune to... |
| 21.07.2023 | Dave Reed Joins YL Ventures as Chief Financial Officer | Dave Reed, Chief Financial Officer, YL Ventures
YL Ventures, an Israeli-American cybersecurity seed stage venture capital firm, announced that Dave Reed, former CFO and CCO of PowerPlant Partners, is joining its team as Chief Financial Offi... |
| 03.01.2023 | How well did Israel’s cybersecurity industry do in 2022? | Yuval Krigel Contributor
Yuval Krigel is an associate at YL Ventures who focuses on deal sourcing, technological due diligence and providing value-add support to the firm’s portfolio companies.
The massive valuations and funding rounds of 2... |
| 11.05.2022 | A venture firm gets rewarded for selling at the market top | It used to be that venture capitalists couldn’t sell their stake in a portfolio company before it sold or went public without raising questions about the outfit’s prospects. As startups began staying private longer, VCs and management teams... |
| 10.05.2022 | YL Ventures To Devote $400 Million Fund To Israeli Security Companies | Sign pointing the way to funding getty |
| 10.05.2022 | YL Ventures Closes Fifth Fund, at $400 Million | YL Ventures, a Tel Aviv, Israel-and NYC- and San Francisco, CA-based early-stage, cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm, closed its fifth fund, at $400M.
YLV V, which brings total capital under management to $800M, will continue the fi... |
| 10.05.2022 | YL Ventures closes fifth fund with $400M to invest in Israeli cybersecurity startups
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community... | Venture capital firm YL Ventures GP Ltd. has closed its fifth fund with $400 million, the largest seed-stage cybersecurity fund ever raised.
The YLV V follows on from YL’s fourth fund of $120 million in July 2019 and will be used to champio... |
| 10.05.2022 | 16 VCs and Term Sheet readers weigh in on the impending private market downturn | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
You’ve heard the rumblings. You’ve read the warnings. And you’ve seen the data hinting at an impe... |
| 10.05.2022 | YL Ventures Announces $400M Fifth Fund to Champion Israeli Cybersecurity Innovation | Celebrating 15 years of excellence, Silicon Valley VC closes largest seed-stage cybersecurity-focused fund
SAN FRANCISCO & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 10, 2022–
YL Ventures, the early-stage, cybersecurity-focused venture capita... |
| 06.04.2022 | A look at the 5 latest security startups backed by YL Ventures | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Cybersecurity is full of conundrums, but there’s ... |
| 25.01.2022 | Hunters Secures $68 Million in Series C Funding to Become a Leading Security Operations Platform |
NEWTON, Mass. and TEL AVIV, Israel, January 25, 2022 - Hunters announced today a $68 million Series C round led by growth equity firm Stripes, with participation from new investors DTCP, Cisco Investments and Databricks, and existing in... |
| 12.01.2022 | Eureka raises $8M for its data cloud security platform | Eureka, a Tel Aviv-based startup that provides enterprises with tools to manage security risks across their various data stores, today announced that it has raised an $8 million seed round led by YL Ventures.
The company was founded by Liat... |
| 07.12.2021 | Grip Security raises $19M Series A for its SaaS security platform | Grip Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps enterprises protect their data in SaaS applications, today announced that it has raised a $19 million Series A funding round led by Intel Capital. YL Ventures, which led the company’s $6 mi... |
| 30.11.2021 | Cycode raises $56M Series B to help secure software supply chains | Cycode, a startup that helps businesses secure their DevOps pipelines and software supply chains, today announced that it has raised a $56 million Series B funding round led by Insight Partners. YL Ventures, which led the company’s seed rou... |
| 26.10.2021 | Piiano raises $9M to help businesses protect their PII | Tel Aviv-based Piiano wants businesses to keep their customers’ data private. The company is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $9 million funding round led by YL Ventures, together with a group of angel investors that include Sny... |
| 19.10.2021 | Valence raises $7M to secure the business application mesh | Valence, a Tel Aviv-based security startup that aims to help businesses better protect what Valence calls the “business application mesh,” today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed round, led by YL Ventures. Stonemill Ventures, t... |
| 11.05.2021 | Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines | Israeli security startup Cycode, which specializes in helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines and prevent code tampering, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Seed invest... |
| 20.04.2021 | Grip Security raises $6M to improve SaaS security | Many large enterprises now rely on hundreds of third-party SaaS applications to do business, but their security organizations can barely keep pace. Right now, the state of the art for SaaS enterprise security are cloud access security broke... |
| 06.04.2021 | Ex-Akamai CSO will guide security startups on strategy as new YL Ventures partner | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Andy Ellis, the former CSO of Akamai Technologies... |
| 06.04.2021 | Ex-Akamai CSO will guide security startups on strategy as new YL Ventures partner | Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for free or grab a discounted VIP pass today.
Andy Ellis, the former CSO of Akamai Technologies, has joined YL Ventures as an operating partner. Ellis will draw upon his experiences as a... |
| 09.03.2021 | Following Axonius Unicorn Valuation, YL Ventures Sells Its Stake to IPO-Focused Investors for $270 Million | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 9, 2021--
Axonius, the cybersecurity asset management leader, announced today that its seed investor, YL Ventures, has sold its stake in the company to late-stage, IPO-focused investors ICONIQ Growth, Alkeon C... |
| 09.03.2021 | Following Axonius Unicorn Valuation, YL Ventures Sells Its Stake to IPO-Focused Investors for $270 Million | NEW YORK — March 9, 2021 — Axonius, the cybersecurity asset management leader, announced today that its seed investor, YL Ventures, has sold its stake in the company to late-stage, IPO-focused investors ICONIQ Growth, Alkeon Capital, DTCP, ... |
| 09.03.2021 | YL Ventures sells its stake in cybersecurity unicorn Axonius for $270M | YL Ventures, the Israel-focused cybersecurity seed fund, today announced that it has sold its stake in cybersecurity asset management startup Axonius, which only a week ago announced a $100 million Series D funding round that now values it ... |
| 04.01.2021 | 2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem | Naama Ben Dov Contributor
Naama Ben Dov is an associate at YL Ventures who researches new investment opportunities, analyzes investments through thorough due diligence and provides value-add to portfolio companies.
From COVID-19’s curve to ... |
| 10.12.2020 | Hunters raises additional growth funding from Snowflake Ventures | Only a few months after announcing its $15 million Series A round, Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm Hunters today announced that it has received additional growth funding from Snowflake Ventures for its Open Extended Threat Detection &... |
| 18.11.2020 | Build.security raises $6M for its authorization policy management platform | Build.security, a Tel Aviv and Sunnyvale-based startup that aims to make it easier for developers to bake authorization policy management right into their applications, today announced a $6 million seed funding round led by cybersecurity-ce... |
| 28.10.2020 | Enso Security raises $6M for its application security posture management platform | Enso Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup that is building a new application security posture management platform, today announced that it has raised a $6 million seed funding round led by YL Ventures, with participation from Jump Capital. An... |
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| 30.06.2020 | Hunters raises $15M Series A for its threat-hunting platform | Hunters, a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup that helps enterprises defend themselves from intruders and analyze attacks, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round from Microsoft’s M12 and U.S. Venture Partn... |
| 05.05.2020 | Orca Security raises $20M Series A for its multi-cloud security platform | Orca Security, an Israeli cloud security firm that focuses on giving enterprises better visibility into their multi-cloud deployments on AWS, Azure and GCP, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A round led by GGV Capital.... |
| 08.04.2020 | Sounil Yu Joins YL Ventures as CISO-in-Residence | Sounil Yu
YL Ventures, a Mill Valley, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel-based seed-stage venture capital firm investing in Israeli cybersecurity startups, announced that Sounil Yu, former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America, will join as a fu... |
| 20.01.2020 | Israel’s cybersecurity startup scene spawned new entrants in 2019 | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
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| 17.12.2019 | Satori Cyber raises $5.25M to help businesses protect their data flows | The amount of data that most companies now store — and the places they store it — continues to increase rapidly. With that, the risk of the wrong people managing to get access to this data also increases, so it’s no surprise that we’re now ... |
| 29.10.2019 | YL Ventures Adds Roger Hale as CISO-in-Residence | YL Ventures, the San Francisco, CA-based seed-stage venture capital firm investing in Israeli cybersecurity startups, added Roger Hale, former CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) of Informatica to its team as CISO-in-Residence.
This m... |
| 10.07.2019 | YL Ventures, a specialist in Israeli cybersecurity startups, has closed its fourth fund with $120 million | YL Ventures, a 12-year-old, Mill Valley, Calif.-based seed-stage venture firm that invests narrowly in Israeli cybersecurity startups, just closed its fourth fund with $120 million in capital commitments, bringing the total capital it now m... |
| 10.07.2019 | YL Ventures Closes Fourth Venture Capital Fund, at $120M | Standing from left: Analyst Naama Ben Dov, Office Manager Gye Cohen, Partner & Head of Israeli Office Ofer Schreiber, VP of Marketing Sharon Seemann, Managing Partner Yoav Leitersdorf and Analyst Zsofia Boros. Seated from left: Partner ... |
| 10.07.2019 | YL Ventures Closes Fourth Fund with $120M of Committed Capital | Silicon Valley VC fuels Israeli startup cybersecurity innovation with $260M under management
SAN FRANCISCO & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 10, 2019–
YL Ventures, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in seed-stage... |
| 06.01.2019 | A look back at the Israeli cybersecurity industry in 2018 | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
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| 02.12.2018 | Unlocking the American market: A seed-to-A guide for cybersecurity startups overseas | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Global cybersecurity continues to see impressive ... |
| 12.11.2018 | XM Cyber raises $22 million to automate cybersecurity | An estimated 230,000 new forms of malware are launched every day. The average cost of a data breach in 2020 will exceed $150 million. And only 38 percent of global organizations say they’re prepared to handle a sophisticated cyberattack.
Th... |
| 12.11.2018 | XM Cyber raises $22 million to automate cybersecurity | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
An estimated 230,000 new forms of malware are launched every day. The average cost of a data breach in 2020 will exceed $150 million. A... |
| 21.08.2018 | YL Ventures Expands Its Venture Advisor Network With 24 Additional Market-Leading Cybersecurity Experts | SAN FRANCISCO & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 21, 2018–
YL Ventures, the Silicon Valley headquartered seed-stage venture capital firm focusing on Israeli cybersecurity innovation, announces a major expansion of its Venture Adv... |
| 21.08.2018 | YL Ventures Announces Major Expansion of Venture Advisory Board | YL Ventures, a San Francisco, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel-based seed-stage venture capital firm focusing on Israeli cybersecurity innovation, announced a major expansion of its Venture Advisory Board.
This leadership team currently bolsters YL ... |
| 14.07.2018 | 5 cybersecurity leaders give startups 1 key piece of advice | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
During Tel Aviv Cyber Week 2018, five global cybe... |
| 19.06.2018 | Israel now boasts 166 cybersecurity startups, including 16 that raised more than $50 million | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A new map of the Israeli cybersecurity ecosystem ... |
| 19.06.2018 | Israel now boasts 166 cybersecurity startups, including 16 that raised more than $50 million | A new map of the Israeli cybersecurity ecosystem is just the latest confirmation that the country has become a dominant player in this increasingly critical industry.
YL Ventures, an Israeli seed-focused venture fund, today released its fir... |
| 14.06.2018 | Ride Vision Gives Motorcycles 360° Predictive Vision | Ride Vision Secures Seed Funding To Bring The World’s First Collision Aversion Technology To Any Motorcycle With Standard Hardware & Cameras
NEW YORK & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 14, 2018–
Israeli startup Ride Vision toda... |
| 14.01.2018 | The state of Israel’s cybersecurity market | Ofer Schreiber Contributor
Ofer Schreiber is partner and head of Israel Office at YL Ventures, where he seeds and accelerates cybersecurity startups.
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| 14.11.2017 | New platform aims to protect connected medical devices | Healthcare providers are spending a lot of money on connected devices. But this comes at a time when cyber attacks on healthcare targets are increasing with medical devices a prime target.
Israeli start up Medigate has secured backing for a... |
| 22.10.2017 | The big opportunities in serverless computing | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Serverless computing is a type of cloud service w... |
| 22.10.2017 | The big opportunities in serverless computing | Serverless computing is a type of cloud service where the hosting provider allocates adequate resources for you on the fly rather than making you pay for dedicated servers or capacity in advance. It’s a major technological breakthrough, and... |
| 11.09.2017 | Singapore: Vertex Ventures joins $4m seed round in Israeli startup Axonius | Premium
Vertex Ventures, a global network of funds that counts Singapore’s state investor Temasek Holdings as a limited partner in its different funds, has backed a $4-million seed investment in Israeli cybersecurity firm Axonius. The round... |
| 06.09.2017 | Security platform Axonius raises $4 million from YL Ventures | Israeli cybersecurity startup Axonius has raised $4 million. The seed round was led by YL Ventures with participation from Vertex Ventures and Emerge Capital.
The Axonius platform provides a single point of viewing and managing the vast amo... |
| 06.09.2017 | New technology platform helps secure business devices | Thanks to increased use of mobile and BYOD devices, there's a significant risk to business networks from un-managed and uncontrolled devices which could offer a route for security breaches.
Israeli startup company Axonius is looking to solv... |
| 22.06.2017 | YL Ventures Expands Advisory Board with Akamai and Imperva Executives for $75M Fund | SAN FRANCISCO & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 22, 2017–
YL Ventures, the Silicon Valley headquartered seed-stage venture capital firm investing in Israeli innovation, announces the expansion of its leadership team with another t... |
| 18.05.2017 | YL Ventures, Interview with Senior Analyst Iren Reznikov | Some days ago, YL Ventures, a San Francisco, CA- and Tel Aviv, Israel-based seed stage venture capital firm with a meaningful list of successes, mainly in the cybersecurity field, closed its third fund, at $75m.
Following, it, Iren Reznikov... |
| 16.05.2017 | Automotive Infosec Startup Karamba Snags $12M for Hack-Blocking Tech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
There are conflicting opinions, even within Xconomy’s newsroom, about whether autonomous vehicles will be the game-changing technology the automotive industry hopes for. Yet, ... |
| 16.05.2017 | To stop hackers from invading self-driving cars, Karamba Security raises $12 million | By 2020, an estimated 75 percent of cars will be internet-connected worldwide, according to estimates from the FBI, Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That connectivity will allow drivers to... |
| 04.05.2017 | YL Ventures closes $75 million fund to invest in Israeli startups | Silicon Valley-based YL Ventures, a seed stage VC that invests in Israeli tech, has closed its third fund, YLV III, at $75 million.
The over-subscribed fund was originally tipped for $60 million. It will be helmed by managing partner Yoav A... |
| 04.05.2017 | YL Ventures closes $75 million fund to bring Israeli startups to the US | Early-stage investors YL Ventures have raised a $75 million fund, their third, to back Israeli software startups seeking to enter the U.S. market. The firm maintains offices in Tel Aviv and Mill Valley, Calif. It is best-known for its use o... |
| 04.05.2017 | YL Ventures Closes on a $75 Million Fund to Invest in Seed Stage Israeli Entrepreneurs | SAN FRANCISCO & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 4, 2017–
YL Ventures, the premier seed stage venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley while investing in Israel, today announced it has closed its third fund, YLV III. The... |
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New money: Heap, an analytics software company, has raised $27 million in Series B funding led by NEA and Menlo Ventures with participation from Initialized Capital and Pear VC. Heap CEO and co-founder Matin Movassate created the ... |
| 04.05.2017 | Seed Stage Venture Capital Firm YL Ventures Closes Third Fund, at $75M | YL Ventures, a San Francisco, CA- and Tel Aviv, Israel-based seed stage venture capital firm, closed its third fund, at $75m.
YLV III was over-subscribed with nearly 100% of existing investors participating, and closed 25% above its target ... |
| 23.01.2017 | Trends in Israel’s cybersecurity investments | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
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| 30.12.2016 | Meet Ofer Schreiber, Partner at YL Ventures | Schreiber served in the Israel Defense Forces before joining YL Ventures in 2009
There has been a big debate over the last few years over whether the Series A crunch is real or not. What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are defi... |
| 28.12.2016 | Karamba Aims to Prevent Autonomous Car Hacks Before They Happen | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Not so many years ago, self-driving cars seemed like little more than science fiction—a cool idea, but too difficult to translate into practical, everyday use. But as autonomo... |
| 10.12.2016 | Israeli startups deliver much-needed tech for self-driving cars | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Israel has no indigenous auto industry, but the c... |
| 10.12.2016 | Israeli startups deliver much-needed tech for self-driving cars | Israel has no indigenous auto industry, but the country’s startup community is serious about autonomous vehicles and is producing a whole host of technologies to help make self-driving cars ready for market, as the infographic above shows.
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| 09.09.2016 | The drone race is off and running, with Israel in the lead | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
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| 13.06.2016 | Cyber insurance is changing the way we look at risk | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
Yoav Leitersdorf is the Silicon Valley-based Managing Partner at YL Ventures, where he accelerates cybersecurity startups in the U.S. market.
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| 07.04.2016 | Karamba Security raises $2.5 million to keep hackers out of connected cars | GPS navigation. Entertainment systems that offer streaming music. Bluetooth door locks. As vehicles are increasingly connected to the internet, they also become vulnerable to hacker attacks.
Now, a Tel Aviv-based startup called Karamba Secu... |
| 10.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 10, 2016 | Latch picked up $10.5M; Hexadite raised $8M; SchoolMint secured $5.6M funding
Hexadite, an Israel-based company that focuses on automated cybersecurity incident response, raised an $8 million Series A funding round from new investors Hewlet... |
| 26.01.2016 | YL Ventures Releases 2015 State of the Cyber Nation Report | YL Ventures*, the Israel and US-based early stage venture capital firm mainly focused on cybersecurity, has released “The 2015 State of the Cyber Nation Report”.
It is already well know that Israel is the most advanced nations involved in c... |
| 24.01.2016 | The Startup Landscape For Cybersecurity Companies In Israel | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
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| 06.12.2015 | Why security tech will gobble up more of your tech budget in 2016 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
According to a study released last month, the cos... |
| 06.12.2015 | Why security tech will gobble up more of your tech budget in 2016 | According to a study released last month, the cost of cybercrime rose 19 percent in the past year, and the average company is now spending 82 percent more defending itself than it did in 2009.
And yet that’s still not enough. State-sponsore... |
| 22.10.2015 | FireLayers, Interview with CEO Yair Grindlinger | Two days ago, FireLayers, a Redwood City, CA- and Herzliya, Israel-based startup that provides a policy-based platform for controlling, protecting, and analyzing cloud applications and data, announced it received an investment from Akamai, ... |
| 20.10.2015 | FireLayers Receives Investment from Akamai Technologies | FireLayers, a Redwood City, California-based provider of a cloud application security platform, received an additional investment of undisclosed amount from Akamai Technologies.
Akamai, a global leader in content delivery network (CDN) serv... |
| 29.07.2015 | Securing Virtual Container-Based Applications | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
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| 07.05.2015 | Twistlock Raises $2.5M in Seed Funding | Twistlock, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an enterprise security suite for virtual containers, raised $2.5m in seed funding.
The round was led by YL Ventures.
Founded by Ben Bernstein and Dima Stopel, Twistlock provides a security su... |
| 28.12.2014 | Cybersecurity Hindsight And A Look Ahead At 2015 | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
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| 09.10.2014 | YL Ventures helps Israeli startups make it big where it matters: Silicon Valley | Keep it small, move to the Valley, and reap big returns.
That’s the philosophy of venture capitalist Yoav Leitersdorf and his three-member team at YL Ventures. The Israeli-born Leitersdorf talent spots promising software-as-a-service, big d... |
| 13.05.2014 | BlazeMeter Raises $6.5M in Series A Financing | BlazeMeter, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a self-service, Web and mobile performance testing platform, secured $6.5m in Series A financing.
The round was led by previous investor YL Ventures with participation from Glilot Capital Pa... |
| 22.02.2014 | How raising too much capital can cost you a lucrative exit | In a startup culture that glorifies funding, it’s not often that entrepreneurs hear that too much funding can actually harm their company.
For the rare bootstrapped tech startup, there are dozens of seed-stage companies that dream of gettin... |
| 22.02.2014 | How raising too much capital can cost you a lucrative exit | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 18.02.2014 | FireLayers Receives Funding from YL Ventures | FireLayers, a San Francisco, California and Netanya, Israel-based provider of a security, compliance and IT governance platform for cloud applications, received a funding from YL Ventures.
The amount of the transaction remained undisclosed.... |
| 30.07.2013 | Funding Daily: Puppies! | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Puppies are, quite simply, the best. Only one of ... |
| 30.07.2013 | VC Firm YL Ventures Raises $27.5M For Second Fund | YL Ventures, which backs SaaS companies such as ClickTale and Seculert, has announced the raise of $27.5 million in its second fund (YLV II). The VC firm says the fund was oversubscribed, and increased its hard cap by 10 percent to accommod... |
| 30.07.2013 | Funding Daily: Puppies! | Puppies are, quite simply, the best. Only one of the eleven funding stories from today had anything at all to do with dogs, but that hook is enough for me. Here is your day’s roundup of funding news, published predictably with a picture of ... |
| 30.07.2013 | YL Ventures Closes Second Fund at $27.5M | YL Ventures, the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on the Israeli market, closing its second fund, at $27.5m.
YLV II, L.P., originally targeted at $25m, was subscribed by individuals and families with expertise in and around... |
| 06.02.2013 | Upstream Commerce Raises $3M in Funding | Upstream Commerce, a Tel-Aviv, Israel-based provider of pricing and assortment intelligence solutions for retailers, raised an additional $3m in funding.
Backers included from YL Ventures, Bright Capital and other private investors.
The com... |
| 04.02.2013 | YL Ventures, Interview with Ofer Schreiber | Ofer Schreiber is an Associate at YL Ventures. He has responsibilities across deal sourcing, investment due diligence and portfolio company value-add. He told us something more about the Tel Aviv, Israel- and San Francisco, CA-based venture... |
| 03.01.2013 | 6Scan Closed Funding with YL Ventures | 6Scan, a San Francisco, CA- and Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of website monitoring and security solutions for small businesses, has closed additional funding from YL Ventures.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The company intends... |
