YL Ventures

With over 15 years of cybersecurity company-building experience and an in-house team of industry veterans, we offer a broad spectrum of expertise to complement your own. Cybersecurity is our sole focus, and we specialize in helping founders identify and take on the industry’s greatest challenges.

Our global community of cybersecurity experts, potential customers, partners, and growth investors hail from the largest companies and firms in the world. Build a full sales pipeline of Fortune 500 companies and tap into a wellspring of advice and knowledge from your target market and seasoned cybersecurity executives.

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. In 2022, YL Ventures ranked 8th out of over 250 venture capital firms in PitchBook’s prestigious Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, and was the only cybersecurity-focused VC to secure a top 10 spot on the list.