YL Ventures Talking Cyber Newsletter - January 2025
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YL Ventures Cybersecurity Newsletter   |   January 2025 

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Dev + Sec: A collaborative approach to cybersecurity

By YLV CTO, Nadav Lev

Read on Help Net Security>>

YL Ventures Identifies key Cybersecurity Sectors set to Dominate in 2025

Read on Globe Newswire>>

 

What Cyberland Could See in 2025

Featuring insights from Senior Partner, Ofer Schreiber

Read on Axios>>

 

How CISOs Are Spending Their New Budgets

By Partner Andy Ellis

Read on Crunchbase>>

 

The Crystal Ball: What 2025 holds for pivotal sectors, including crypto, consumer, and health

Featuring insights from Senior Partner, Ofer Schreiber

Read on Fortune Term Sheet>>

 

Fund, Build, Scale Podcast: 2025 Cybersecurity Trends, Insights and Storytelling Advice

Featuring Partner Andy Ellis

Listen on Podbean>>

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We've had an exceptional start to 2025, marked by significant industry recognition and thought leadership from our team. 

YL Ventures’ annual State of the Cyber Nation report garnered substantial media attention. Forbes highlighted how Israel's cybersecurity sector demonstrated remarkable resilience in 2024, securing over $4 billion in investments across 89 funding rounds. The widespread coverage of the report's insights on emerging trends and investment patterns reinforces YL Ventures’ position as a leading voice in the cybersecurity investment landscape. Read more on Reuters>>

 

Congratulations to our portfolio company Vulcan Security on its acquisition by market leader Tenable! This strategic milestone validates Vulcan’s innovative approach to enterprise exposure risk management and represents another testament to Israeli cybersecurity excellence on the global stage.

 

Senior Partner Ofer Schreiber shared valuable insights in CTech's 2025 VC Survey, highlighting the Israeli cybersecurity industry's exceptional resilience and evolution toward building more sustainable, long-term cybersecurity companies. 

 

Partner Andy Ellis moderated the RSAC Innovation Showcase, leading a dynamic discussion on Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) and Application Detection and Response (ADR). The event featured groundbreaking solutions from emerging cybersecurity AppSec leader and YL Ventures portfolio company, Miggo Security.

 

YL Ventures Demand Generation Manager, Ron Binder, has been named to Venture Capital Journal's 2025 Rising Stars list. As the only representative from an Israeli cybersecurity-focused VC firm to receive this recognition, Ron's innovative lead generation programs and multi-channel expertise have generated impressive results, including a multi-million dollar pipeline for the firm's portfolio companies. 

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MIND was recognized  in CRN's "10 Hottest Big Data Startups of 2024" for its AI-driven data loss prevention platform
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Miggo showcased its cutting-edge application security innovation at RSAC's prestigious Innovation Showcase
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Read Aim’s latest blog post, "Cutting Through the Noise: Must-Know Details on AI Compliance and Frameworks"
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Watch how Opus’ platform can be used to simplify ownership detection and ticketing workflows with the Opus No-Code Workflow Builder
Watch here » 

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Piiano launches a new searchable encryption for Piiano Vault, letting businesses securely search encrypted data
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Valence announced the launch of their latest innovation: SaaS Discovery, a game-changing expansion of Valence’s holistic SaaS security platform
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Grip announced a strategic partnership with SailPoint to enhance identity governance and SaaS security capabilities Learn more »

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Satori joins Angelbeat and AWS experts to discuss protecting customer data and security highlights from AWS re:Invent
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Cycode released its State of ASPM Report exploring how ASPM transforms security and development approaches
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Orca Security unveils groundbreaking Orca Sensor, bringing agentless runtime protection to cloud environments
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Hunters was named to Deloitte Technology’s Fast 500 list for the second consecutive year as one of North America's fastest-growing companies
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Read about Karamba’s recent partnership with Samsung SDS to launch the first Korea-certified smart home cybersecurity solution
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David Filbey, Vice President of Technology and CISO, Membrane
"Take a moment to reflect on our innate desire to centralize control - whether in organizational design, processes, or technology. Ask yourself: Does my solution empower users or try to control them? Is it compatible with a distributed culture of pods and squads? Does it concentrate power in central authorities like security and compliance teams, or enable many to act independently using the knowledge of a few? This user-centric security approach matters because designs that favor decentralization can work in any environment, scale better than centralized solutions, avoid "Us vs Them" dynamics, and turn users into force multipliers for your security team."

 
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1-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-2553-AM

$12M Seed

Security Operations

2-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-2233-AM

$60M Series B

Email Security

3-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-2397-AM

$10M Series B

Threat Intelligence

4-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-1541-AM

$100M Series C

Endpoint Security

5-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-1541-AM

$36M Seed

Identity & Access Management

6-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-1536-AM

$7M Seed

Security Operations

7-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-2022-AM

$28.5M Series A

Vulnerability & Risk Management

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$30M Series B

Cloud Security

9-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-2196-AM

Aquired for $450M

by Wiz

10-Jan-27-2025-11-19-19-2697-AM

Acquired for $300M

by Crowd Strike

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Acquired

by Darktrace

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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. PitchBook has ranked YL Ventures as one of the ten best-performing venture capital firms for two consecutive years (2022, 2023) in its prestigious Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, and the firm is the only cybersecurity-focused VC to secure a Top 10 spot on the list.
 
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