Early-stage cybersecurity investment flowing, despite pandemic

John Brennan, Partner at YL Ventures, shared his findings on the uptick of investments in 2020 for CloudSecurity, DevSecOps, and more; "We are seeing both security teams and developers demand better security solutions, the former to mitigate risk and the latter to increase productivity.”

  • Jan. 14, 2021

Why ICONIQ, GGV, and YL Ventures Just Invested Another $55 Million in Orca Security

"The pandemic exponentially accelerated cloud migration and the need for efficient, scaled, and deep visibility—something that Orca’s platform provides by design. Orca is the only solution available today to navigate these new circumstances while still providing critical security services at scale." Yoav Leitersdorf celebrates Orca's latest $55MM funding announcement and breaks down their recipe for success in his recent blog post

  • Dec. 8, 2020
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2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem

Explore YL Ventures’ State of the Cyber Nation 2020 to discover how Israeli cybersecurity innovation continued to grow and attract $2.75B despite 2020's volatile market, how the industry is shifting left with the rise of AppSec solutions, and unpack why 2020 saw more unicorns, more serial entrepreneurs, and bigger seed funding rates among new Israeli start ups than ever before.

  • Jan. 4, 2021

The CISO Circuit Report Q3 2020

  • Oct. 20, 2020

Insider Tip

"Timing and source count for a lot in the sales process. With traditional marketing, it's hard to know when we're reaching out about a problem our audience cares about, at the time when they care about it."
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How to Build a Winning R&D Team | Webinar by YL Ventures & GotFriends

Our distinguished panel of R&D experts shared their most valuable tips on how to build a winning R&D team for cybersecurity startups. Moderated by Ofer Schreiber, YL Ventures' Partner & Head of Israel Office, we had the pleasure of hosting Dima Stopel, VP of Engineering at Palo Alto Networks (Co-Founder of Twistlock); Ron Reiter, Co-Founder of Crosswise Ltd. (Acquired by Oracle) and Dor Atias, VP of Engineering at our portfolio company, Cycode, for an exciting discussion about the challenges R&D executives face during the process of building and managing a team, how you can measure a strong R&D team, what incentives you can use to retain cyber talent and much more!

Dec. 28, 2020
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