Orca Security Acquires Opus to Pioneer Agentic AI-Powered Cloud Security Remediation and Prevention

What if we stopped reacting to vulnerabilities, and started preventing them entirely? In this conversation, YL Ventures Managing Partner, Yoav Leitersdorf, joins Minimus CEO, @Ben Bernstein, to explain why YL Ventures backed the original Twistlock team again, and how they’re taking on one of cybersecurity’s most persistent failures: bloated, reactive #AppSec. Minimus is built to...

Bloated, reactive AppSec isn’t cutting it. Yoav Leitersdorf joins Minimus CEO, Ben Bernstein, to explain why we backed the Twistlock founders again—and how @minimus_sec is eliminating 95% of vulns before they reach production. Watch the full video: https://hubs.la/Q03n5NCd0

What if we stopped reacting to vulnerabilities, and started preventing them entirely? In this conversation, YL Ventures Managing Partner, Yoav Leitersdorf, joins Minimus CEO, @Ben Bernstein, to explain why YL Ventures backed the original Twistlock team again, and how they’re taking on one of cybersecurity’s most persistent failures: bloated, reactive #AppSec. Minimus is built to...

At #RSAC 2025, our portfolio company MIND was named a Top 10 finalist in the Innovation Sandbox for redefining how #data security should work in an AI-native world. Anvil Works CISO, Pete Green’s, Innovator Spotlight in Cyber Defense Magazine profiles MIND’s bold approach: one platform that classifies, detects and prevents data loss, without relying on...

Bloated, reactive AppSec isn’t cutting it. Yoav Leitersdorf joins Minimus CEO, Ben Bernstein, to explain why we backed the Twistlock founders again—and how @minimus_sec is eliminating 95% of vulns before they reach production. Watch the full video: https://hubs.la/Q03n5NCd0

Big news from the YL Ventures portfolio: Orca Security is acquiring Opus Security, bringing automated vulnerability management into the heart of Orca’s #CNAPP platform. Opus Security tackled one of the most persistent challenges in #cloud security: turning detection into decisive action. Its platform connects the dots between alerts, risk, and response, giving security teams a...

At #RSAC 2025, our portfolio company MIND was named a Top 10 finalist in the Innovation Sandbox for redefining how #data security should work in an AI-native world. Anvil Works CISO, Pete Green’s, Innovator Spotlight in Cyber Defense Magazine profiles MIND’s bold approach: one platform that classifies, detects and prevents data loss, without relying on...

Big news from the YL Ventures portfolio: Orca Security is acquiring Opus Security, bringing automated vulnerability management into the heart of Orca’s #CNAPP platform. We’re proud to have backed both companies from inception! Congrats!https://hubs.la/Q03m9BPg0

From the #CISO seat to the partner table. In this Pulse 2.0 profile, YL Ventures Partner @Justin Somaini reflects on a career spent bridging business and security, and how that experience now shapes his work with early stage #cybersecurity founders. With three decades of experience at companies like SAP, Yahoo, and Unity, Justin brings a...

Big news from the YL Ventures portfolio: Orca Security is acquiring Opus Security, bringing automated vulnerability management into the heart of Orca’s #CNAPP platform. Opus Security tackled one of the most persistent challenges in #cloud security: turning detection into decisive action. Its platform connects the dots between alerts, risk, and response, giving security teams a...

From SAP to Yahoo! to Unity—and now backing the next generation of cybersecurity founders. YL Ventures Partner Justin Somaini shares his journey from global CISO to VC, and why Minimus is redefining vulnerability prevention at the root. Read here: https://hubs.la/Q03l_fbm0

From the #CISO seat to the partner table. In this Pulse 2.0 profile, YL Ventures Partner @Justin Somaini reflects on a career spent bridging business and security, and how that experience now shapes his work with early stage #cybersecurity founders. With three decades of experience at companies like SAP, Yahoo, and Unity, Justin brings a...