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title: YL Ventures Talking Cyber - Newsletter May 2019
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| View in browser YL Ventures Cybersecurity Newsletter - May 2019       10 Things to Know About Palo Alto Networks Buying Twistlock, YL Ventures' Portfolio Company Read more in CRN » Decoding the Global Economy of Cybercrime Read more in The Economist» Instagram Data Breach! 49 Million Users’ Sensitive Data Exposed Online Read more in CISOMAG» Rattled by Cyberattacks, Hospitals Push Device Makers to Improve Security Read more in The Wall Street Journal» How Security Vendors Can Address the Cybersecurity Talent Shortage Read more in Dark Reading»       BIG NEWS: Palo Alto Networks announced its $410M (plus adjustments) acquisition of our portfolio company Twistlock, a leader in container and cloud native security. Congratulations to Ben Bernstein (CEO), Dima Stopel (VP R&D), and the entire Twistlock team!   Meet our new portfolio company Hunters.AI, an autonomous threat hunting platform founded by Uri May (CEO) and Tomer Kazaz (CTO). Hunters.AI just completed a $5.4M seed round led by YL Ventures and Blumberg Capital.   Join our events during Cyber Week TLV 2019! Meet prominent entrepreneurs and CISOs at our CISO-Startup Connection Panel, and peer into the minds of top VC executives at our Investors Spotlight Panel. Finish up the week with our Fireside Chat, co-hosted by Evolution Equity Partners, Momentum Cyber, and Shasta Ventures on June 25th. Make sure to RSVP here »   Ofer Schreiber, YL Ventures' partner, shares insights from the investment process in Hunters. Learn more » Tal Morgenstern, Vulcan's Co-Founder and CPO, explains how dangerous Zero-Day vulnerabilities are. Learn more » Medigate’s device security and asset management app is now available on Cortex by Palo Alto Networks. Learn more » Forbes interview with Dean Sysman, Axonius' CEO, about how they built a hot-shot startup on a foundational idea. Learn more » Karamba expands its autonomous cyber security tech to protect enterprise edge, industry 4.0 & IoT smart devices.  Learn more » Yoav Leitersdorf, YL Ventures' managing partner, discusses Twistlock's journey from seed to a $410M exit. Learn more »       Jay Gonzales   CISO at Samsung Semiconductor & YL Ventures Advisor   "Many startups assume that they have a new idea or solution when they really just have a different approach. I've sat through several demos where I'm no longer interested in hearing more due to the complexity around solution integration. Every environment is different, and you can't expect to just install it or drop it inline without a custom integration. We need simplicity though, not more complexity. Bottom line: Bring new solutions, not new ideas on how to do things faster and be more efficient. If you're selling efficiency, it's likely something that can be resolved without investing in another solution that will require another resource to manage it. Today's market is already oversaturated because many leading vendors say they offer UBA, CASB, etc., simply because they have access to the data or web and network traffic. So, it's even more difficult for entrepreneurs to get face time with CISOs."        Round: $5.4M Seed Field: Threat Hunting Round: $75M Series E Field: SIEM Round: $65M Series C Field: IoT Security Round: $32M Series B Field: IoT Security Round: $30M Series C Field: Security Operations Round: $34M Series B Field: MDR Round: $20.5M Series B Field: Cyber Risk Management Acq. by: Insight Partners; Amount: $780M; Field: Threat Intelligence Acq. by: Palo Alto Networks; Amount: $410M; Field: Cloud Native Security Acq. by: FireEye Amount: $250M Field: Attack Simulation Acq. by: Proofpoint Amount: $120M Field: SDP IPO Valuation: $453.6M Field: Network Security       Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2019 National Harbor, MD, USA June 17 - 20 , 2019 Event Info » Cyber Week Tel Aviv 2019 Tel Aviv, Israel June 23-27, 2019 Event Info » YL Ventures is excited to partner with Cyber Week AWS re:Inforce Boston, MA, USA June 25–26, 2019 Event Info » Black Hat USA 2019 Las Vegas, NV, USA   August 3-8, 2019 Event Info » YL Ventures funds & supports brilliant Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to lead. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with deep roots in Israel, we manage approximately $140 million of venture capital investment funds focused primarily on cybersecurity.   Copyright © 2018 YL Ventures, All rights reserved.   YL Ventures, Silicon Valley Office, 42 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941, United States Unsubscribe |
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