YL Ventures

Venture Capital and Private Equity PrincipalsCalifornia, United States201-500 Employees

YL Ventures is a global venture capital firm focused on Israeli cybersecurity innovation. With $800M in assets under management across five funds, we partner with exceptional founders from inception, leveraging our unparalleled network of CISOs and industry leaders to accelerate growth. Our proven track record includes seed and follow-on investments in cybersecurity unicorns and acquisitions by industry giants, including Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, Okta, Tenable, and Proofpoint. Operating from Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures has earned its position as the only cybersecurity-focused VC ranked among PitchBook's top 10 best-performing venture capital firms globally for three consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024), and one of TIME Magazine's Top US VCs for 2025.

Our portfolio includes:
- Hush Security
- MIND
- Miggo Security
- Minimus
- MCPTotal
- Valence Security 
- Grip Security 
- Cycode 
- Orca Security 
- Hunters 
- Ride Vision 
- Aim Security - Acquired by Cato Networks
- Satori - Acquired by Commvault
- Opus Security - Acquired by Orca Security 
- Vulcan Cyber - Acquired by Tenable
- 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

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