YL Ventures funds and supports visionary cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to scale to help them evolve transformative ideas into market-leading companies. The firm accelerates company growth with tailored support through its powerful network of Chief Information Security Officers, global industry leaders, and a dedicated team of multidisciplinary experts. Based in Silicon Valley, New York and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures manages five funds with $800M in total AUM. The firm has a track record of seeding cybersecurity unicorns such as Axonius and Orca Security, and its portfolio companies have been successfully acquired by high-profile, global industry leaders including Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, Okta and Proofpoint. PitchBook has ranked YL Ventures as one of the ten best-performing venture capital firms for two consecutive years (2022, 2023) in its prestigious Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, and the firm is the only cybersecurity-focused VC to secure a Top 10 spot on the list.
Our portfolio includes:
- Miggo Security
- Aim Security
- Gutsy
- Opus Security
- Piiano
- Valence Security
- Grip Security
- Satori
- Cycode
- Orca Security
- Hunters
- Ride Vision
- Vulcan Cyber
- Karamba Security
- Eureka Security - Acquired by Tenable
- Spera Security - Acquired by Okta
- Enso Security - Acquired by Snyk
- Medigate - Acquired by Claroty
- Build Security - Acquired by Elastic
- Axonius - Exited to late-stage investors
- Twistlock - Acquired by Palo Alto Networks
- Hexadite - Acquired by Microsoft
- Upstream Commerce - Acquired by Walmart
- FireLayers - Acquired by Proofpoint
- BlazeMeter - Acquired by CA
- Seculert - Acquired by Radware
- Acceloweb - Acquired by Limelight Networks
- ClickTale - Exited to Amadeus Capital