Yoav Tzruya

Yoav Tzruya

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General Partner

Bio

Yoav Tzruya is General Partner at JVP, the leading Israeli venture capital firm. JVP manages over $1.5bn and invests primarily in cyber security, big-data, enterprise IT infrastructure, mobile and IoT verticals.

Yoav brings to JVP over twenty years of experience in cyber security, enterprise software, digital media and telecom value-added services. With his hands on approach to working with the numerous incubated and graduated portfolio companies.

Yoav overseas JVP's early-stage investments in cyber security and big-data.

Yoav led investments in several of JVP’s companies including Pyramid, Quali, Centrical, ThetaRay, Morphisec, Coro.Net, ScadaFence, SourceDefense and SDO. Past Exits include CyActive (acquired by Paypal), Loom (acquired by ServiceNow), Cnvrg.io (acquired by Intel).

Prior to joining JVP, Yoav headed venture capital consulting business, Altus Media, and ahead of that, spent five years as General Manager/COO and CMO of Exent Technologies leading its strategy, business and operations in the space of digital distribution, working with industry leaders such as Verizon, Comcast, Intel, CBS, Time Warner, France Telecom and others. Prior to this, Yoav held executive roles with TeleKnowledge, an innovator in business support systems. Yoav spent several years in the Israeli Air Force, managing mission critical development projects including in the “enterprise” control, command & security space, and is a decorated officer.

Yoav holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University, as well as an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management’s international program.

Location

Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel, Asia

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Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)

Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)

Founded

1993

Investment

242

Lead investment

95

Exits

56

Employees

51-100

Industry

Venture Capital, FinTech, Cyber Security

Jobs history

9

Coro

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

Centrical

Board Member

2020 - Current

Akeyless Security

Board Member

2019 - Current

Pyramid Analytics

Board Member

2020 - Current

cnvrg.io

Board Member

2018 - 2020

Appdome

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

Rezilion

Board Member

2019 - Current

Uponit

Board Member

2016 - Current

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Profile Resume

Yoav Tzruya is the General Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), based in Asia. With a background in Venture Capital, Yoav Tzruya has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Yoav Tzruya studied MBA Business Administration @ Finance Department - Kellogg School of Management. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Number of investment

1

Number of exits

0

Personal investment

0

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Partner investment

27

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundInvestor NameMoney Raised
Apr 26, 2022
Source Defense Source Defense
Series B - Source Defense
Source Defense Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
27.0M
May 08, 2022
Pyramid Analytics Pyramid Analytics
Series E - Pyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
120.0M
Nov 16, 2022
Akeyless Security Akeyless Security
Series B - Akeyless Security
Akeyless Security Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
65.0M
Sep 05, 2023
ThetaRay ThetaRay
Series D - ThetaRay
ThetaRay Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
57.0M

Exits

0

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