Ryan Gurney, CISO-in-Residence at YL Ventures, shares insights on his role Read more on CISO Mag»
We’re thrilled to welcome two new groundbreaking startups to the YL Ventures portfolio! YL Ventures led the seed rounds of both Valence ($7M), the industry's first Business Application Mesh security company, and Piiano ($9M), the pioneer of data privacy engineering for the cloud. Read YL Ventures’ Partner John Brennan’s blogs to learn why we invested in Valence andhow Piiano revolutionizes privacy engineering.
Lastly, we had the pleasure of hosting John Curtius, Partner at Tiger Global Management at our recent Fireside Chat to discuss recent investment trends and strategies. View the full photo album here»
Co-founder & CEO Gil Dabah presents the first self-hosted PII Vault and code scanner.
Know your market. As an early lifecycle company, it’s important to be malleable to market, while providing enough commitment to your roadmap that you remain viable for future customers. I’ve often advised early companies to think of 4 key things about their product - (1) What market are you in? (2) Who’s your buyer? (3) What are your buyer’s key needs? (4) Work with engineering to solve #3. This exercise might help to align the impulsive desire to build custom requirements for every potential client, with a strategic objective of a longer-term roadmap.
YL Ventures funds and supports brilliant Israeli tech entrepreneurs from seed to lead. Based in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures manages over $300 million and specializes in cybersecurity. YL Ventures accelerates the evolution of portfolio companies via strategic advice and U.S.-based operational execution, leveraging a powerful network of Chief Information Security Officers and global industry leaders.
