Category Archives: YL Ventures

Cycode Raises $20 Million Series A Round From Insight Partners to Secure DevOps Pipelines and Prevent Code Tampering

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Cycode also launches knowledge graph that correlates data across the software development lifecycle to protect against rising threats like software supply chain attacks, source code leakage, hardcoded secrets and Infrastructure as Code misconfiguration… Continue reading Cycode Raises $20 Million Series A Round From Insight Partners to Secure DevOps Pipelines and Prevent Code Tampering→

Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines

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Israeli security startup Cycode, which specializes in helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines and prevent code tampering, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Seed investor YL Ventures also participated in this round, which brings the total funding in the company to $24.6 million. Cycode’s […] Continue reading Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines→

Grip Security Raises $6M from YL Ventures, CrowdStrike’s George Kurtz and Cybersecurity Luminaries to Revolutionize SaaS Security

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Pioneering approach discovers nearly 100% of enterprise SaaS applications, governs, monitors and secures employee access and usage, and prevents data loss  TEL AVIV, Israel – April 20, 2021 – Grip Security, a startup revolutionizing SaaS se… Continue reading Grip Security Raises $6M from YL Ventures, CrowdStrike’s George Kurtz and Cybersecurity Luminaries to Revolutionize SaaS Security→

Orca Security raises $210M Series C at a unicorn valuation

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Orca Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that offers an agent-less security platform for protecting cloud-based assets, today announced that it has raised a $210 million Series C round at a $1.2 billion valuation. The round was led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund CapitalG and Redpoint Ventures. Existing investors GGV Capital, ICONIQ Growth and angel syndicate […] Continue reading Orca Security raises $210M Series C at a unicorn valuation→

YL Ventures sells its stake in cybersecurity unicorn Axonius for $270M

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YL Ventures, the Israel-focused cybersecurity seed fund, today announced that it has sold its stake cybersecurity asset management startup Axonius, which only a week ago announced a $100 million Series D funding round that now values it at around $1.2 billion. ICONIQ Growth, Alkeon Capital Management, DTCP and Harmony Partners acquired YL Venture’s stake for $270 […] Continue reading YL Ventures sells its stake in cybersecurity unicorn Axonius for $270M→

Enso Security raises $6M for its application security management platform

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Enso Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup that is building a new application security platform, today announced that it has raised a $6 million seed funding round led by YL Ventures, with participation from Jump Capital. Angel investors in this round include HackerOne co-founder and CTO Alex Rice; Sounil Yu, the former chief security scientist at […] Continue reading Enso Security raises $6M for its application security management platform→

The lifecycle of a eureka moment in cybersecurity

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It takes more than a single eureka moment to attract investor backing, especially in a notoriously high-stakes and competitive industry like cybersecurity. While every seed-stage investor has their respective strategies for vetting raw ideas, my experi… Continue reading The lifecycle of a eureka moment in cybersecurity→

Cybersecurity Luminaries from Microsoft, Intuit, Zscaler and Kraft Heinz join YL Ventures’ Growing Venture Advisory Board to Guide Israeli Cybersecurity Startups to Success

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Advisory now tops 85+ CISOs from Fortune 100 and high-growth tech firms SAN FRANCISCO & TEL AVIV, Israel, July 31, 2020 — YL Ventures, the prominent seed-stage global venture capital firm investing in Israeli cybersecurity startups, today ann… Continue reading Cybersecurity Luminaries from Microsoft, Intuit, Zscaler and Kraft Heinz join YL Ventures’ Growing Venture Advisory Board to Guide Israeli Cybersecurity Startups to Success→

Orca Security raises $20M Series A for its multi-cloud security platform

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Orca Security, an Israeli cloud security firm that focuses on giving enterprises better visibility into their multi-cloud deployments on AWS, Azure and GCP, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A round led by GGV Capital. YL Ventures and Silicon Valley CISO Investments also participated in this round. Together with its seed […] Continue reading Orca Security raises $20M Series A for its multi-cloud security platform→