YL Ventures
San Francisco, California · Invests in MENA; US · Website
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Exceptional Israeli cybersecurity founders, backed by deep domain expertise and access to Fortune 500 CISOs, can build companies that define how the world defends itself. Singular focus on cybersecurity, seed-stage capital, and unmatched buyer network.
Likely not a fit for
Non-security focused companies, consumer-focused security, point solutions that don't scale, founders without startup or security industry experience, non-Israeli teams (low priority)
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $800M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
6 contacts on file
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Recent activity
- Mar 2026
Native
Series A · Lead
- Jan 2026
Novee
Seed · Lead
- Nov 2025
Opti
Seed · Lead
- Oct 2025
Miggo
Seed · Lead
- Sep 2025
Hush Security
Seed · Lead
- Oct 2023
Miggo Security
Seed · Lead
- Jun 2023
MIND
Seed · Lead
YL Ventures in the news
PR Newswire
YL Ventures Ranks in PitchBook's Top Decile of Global Venture Capital for the Fourth Consecutive Year
13 days ago
calcalistech.com
YL Ventures: “The companies retaining talent have replaced the performance of care with the practice of it”
2 months ago
Ynetnews
Minimus raises $51 million to kill 95% of software vulnerabilities
3 months ago
calcalistech.com
AWS veterans raise $31 million Series A for cyber startup Native to simplify multi-cloud security
5 months ago
GeekWire
Cybersecurity startup Native, led by AWS vets with roots in Seattle, comes out of stealth with $42M
5 months ago
Ynetnews
AI cybersecurity startup Novee emerges from stealth with $51.5 million in funding
7 months ago
calcalistech.com
Sharon Seemann joins Lama Partners as a partner
7 months ago
calcalistech.com
Just eight months old, cyber startup Novee raises $51.5 million in Seed and Series A funding
7 months ago
Business Wire
Novee Emerges From Stealth With $51.5M to Counter AI Cyberattacks With a Proprietary AI Hacker
7 months ago
calcalistech.com
“In 2026, the market will prioritize velocity”
7 months ago
Pulse 2.0
Holly Ventures: $33 Million Cybersecurity Fund Launched
9 months ago
Help Net Security
Holly Ventures launches $33 million fund focused on early-stage cyber innovation
9 months ago
Jewish News
One Israeli cyber startup funded every three days in 2025
9 months ago
Ynetnews
Record $4.4B flows into Israeli cybersecurity as global VCs outpace locals in 2025 boom
9 months ago
FinTech Global
Opti launches AI identity platform after $20m seed
9 months ago
PR Newswire
Opti Raises $20M Seed to Redefine Enterprise Identity Security with AI-Native Automation
9 months ago
Axios
Exclusive: Identity security startup Opti raises $20M
9 months ago
FinSMEs
Opti Raises $20M in Seed Funding
9 months ago
The SaaS News
Hush Security Raises $11 Million in Seed Round
Sep 2025
PR Newswire
YL Ventures Named to TIME's List of America's Top Venture Capital Firms for 2025 and Ranked Among PitchBook's Top 10 Global Fund Managers
Aug 2025
Business Wire
YL Ventures in PitchBook’s Top 10 VCs Worldwide - for the Second Year in a row
Jul 2024
Venture Capital Journal
YL Ventures’ new partner is helping start-ups improve relationships with industry advisers
Jul 2024
TechCrunch
YL Ventures details the challenges facing Israeli cybersecurity startups
Jan 2024
Business Wire
Frank Kim of SANS Institute Joins Cybersecurity VC YL Ventures as its New CISO-in-Residence
Nov 2022
The Times of Israel
VC firm YL Ventures launches $400m fund to back Israeli cybersecurity startups
May 2022
Help Net Security
YL Ventures closes fourth fund with $120M of committed capital
Jul 2019
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