YL Ventures

YL Ventures

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Investment Firm

Overview

YL Ventures funds and supports brilliant Israeli tech entrepreneurs from seed to lead. Based in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures manages over $300 million and exclusively invests in cybersecurity. YL Ventures accelerates the evolution of portfolio companies via strategic advice and U.S.-based operational execution, leveraging a powerful network of Chief Information Security Officers and global industry leaders. The firm's track record includes successful, high-profile portfolio company acquisitions by major corporations including Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, CA, and Proofpoint.

Highlights

Founded

2007

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

61

Lead Investment

26

Exits

13

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

YL Ventures, established in 2007 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across SaaS, Analytics, Business Intelligence, E-Commerce, Web Hosting, Web Development, Web Browsers, Enterprise Software, Network Security, Security. The organization boasts a portfolio of 61 investments, with an average round size of $18.4M and 13 successful exits. Their recent investments include Clicktale, AcceloWeb, Seculert, 6Scan, BlazeMeter. The highest investment round they participated in was $62.3B. Among their most notable exits are Clicktale and AcceloWeb. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf

Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf

Founder and Managing Partner

imagePlace Ofer Schreiber

Ofer Schreiber

Partner & Head of Israel Office

imagePlace Guy Leibovitz

Guy Leibovitz

Insider Company Nam

imagePlace Guy Guzner

Guy Guzner

Insider

imagePlace John Brennan

John Brennan

Partner

imagePlace Sharon Seemann

Sharon Seemann

Partner, Marketing

Investment portfolio

YL Ventures has made 61 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 17, 2024, when Aim Security raised $18.0M.

YL Ventures has made 3 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Dec 08, 2020, when Orca Security raised $55.0M.

investments

61

Diversity investments

3

Lead investments

26

Number of exits

13

Investments

61

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Oct 10, 2023
Gutsy Gutsy
Enterprise Software51.0M
Jan 31, 2024
Aim Security Aim Security
Security10.0M
Apr 18, 2024
Miggo Security Miggo Security
Information Technology7.5M
Jun 17, 2024
Aim Security Aim Security
Security18.0M

Exits

13

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

61

Investors

0

Funds

5

Funding Rounds

61

YL Ventures has raised 61 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 17, 2024 from a Series A - Aim Security round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Oct 10, 2023
Seed Round - Gutsy Seed Round - Gutsy
-51.0M-
Jan 31, 2024
Seed Round - Aim Security Seed Round - Aim Security
-10.0M-
Apr 18, 2024
Seed Round - Miggo Security Seed Round - Miggo Security
-7.5M-
Jun 17, 2024
Series A - Aim Security Series A - Aim Security
-18.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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