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YL Ventures
YL Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed-stage investments in cybersecurity startups. The firm provides capital, hands-on company-building support, domain expertise, and network access to enterprise CISOs.
StagesSeed
Business modelB2B
Invests inUS · IL
Deals recorded13 since 2019
What they invest in
- YL Ventures partners with exceptional cybersecurity founders, offering deep domain expertise, hands-on company-building support, and unmatched access to CISOs, strategic networks, top talent, and investors. source
- We partner with visionary Israeli entrepreneurs who are solving the world’s most pressing security challenges. source
All investments and operations
13 operations| Company | Round | Amount | Date | Co-investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novee AI Pentesting Platform, IL | – | – | 2025 | – | Portfolio page |
| Hush Security IAM Platform for the Agentic and NHI Era, IL | – | – | 2024 | – | Portfolio page |
| Native Cloud Security Control Plane, US | – | – | 2024 | – | Portfolio page |
| Opti AI-Native Identity Security, US | – | – | 2024 | – | Portfolio page |
| Miggo Security AI Runtime Security and ADR, US | – | – | 2023 | – | Portfolio page |
| MIND Data Loss Prevention, US | – | – | 2023 | – | Portfolio page |
| Aim Security AI Security, IL | – | – | 2022 | – | Portfolio page |
| Minimus Secure, Minimal Container Images, US | – | – | 2022 | – | Portfolio page |
| Spera Security IAM, IL | – | – | 2022 | – | Portfolio page |
| Autonomous Security AI Security, US | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
Show all 13 operations
| Valence Secure SaaS and AI in the Agentic Era, US | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| Orca Security Cloud Security, US | – | – | 2019 | – | Portfolio page |
| Grip Security SaaS and AI Security | – | – | – | – | Portfolio page |
Exits
- Spera Security Acquired by Okta2024 · Source
- Aim Security Acquired by Cato NetworksSource
- Minimus Acquired by EchoSource
Shown only when an exit is documented by a public source.
Reports and papers
- State of the Cyber Nation 2025Published by this funder · January 2025 · 14 pages
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