Yoav Leitersdorf
Fondateur chez YL Ventures LLC
Profil
Yoav Leitersdorf, Managing Partner at YL Ventures, has been a successful tech entrepreneur and investor for over 25 years.
He founded YL Ventures in 2007 to help brilliant seed-stage Israeli entrepreneurs transform their ideas into game-changing companies.
Today, YL Ventures is fully focused on seeding cybersecurity startups.
Under his leadership, YL Ventures has raised over $800M across five funds and expanded into a growing multidisciplinary team of experts supporting the most promising startups at every milestone with tailored value-add initiatives.
He has also overseen the firm’s network grow into a vast arsenal of thousands of chief information security officers and cybersecurity experts keen to advance startup development from the earliest stages.
Yoav works from YL Ventures' headquarters in Silicon Valley to promote Israeli cybersecurity innovation and broaden its scope and impact across the global market.
Over the past decade, YL Ventures has developed a track record of successful, high-profile portfolio company acquisitions by major corporations that include Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, CA (now Broadcom), and Proofpoint.
Yoav regularly speaks and features in interviews about the state of the cybersecurity industry and writes articles for major tech publications, including TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CSO Online, Forbes, Business Insider and Vox.
Prior to YL Ventures, Yoav founded, grew and sold three tech startups, worked at a leading U.S.
venture capital firm, studied at IMD, and earned an MBA with honors from Columbia University.
Postes actifs de Yoav Leitersdorf
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YL Ventures LLC
 YL Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance YL Ventures LLC (YL Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Yoav A.Leitersdorf,John G.Quigley in 2007.The firm is headquartered in Mill Valley,california. | Fondateur | 01/01/2007 |
Twistlock, Inc.
 Twistlock, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Twistlock, Inc. provides enterprise container security services. It offers Twistlock, a technology that enables developers and security operations teams to keep container-based applications safe; Twistlock Trust that scans images and registries to detect vulnerabilities in the code, as well as configuration errors; and Twistlock Runtime, an automatic, real-time active threat protection and policy enforcement for containerized applications. The company was founded by Ben Bernstein and Dima Stopel in 2015 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Eureka Security Ltd.
 Eureka Security Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Eureka Security Ltd. is a cloud data security posture management company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli company provides a solution for enterprises that store sensitive data in clouds such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and Snowflake. Eureka's Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solution helps security teams understand the type of data, where it is, who and what can access it, and keep it continuously secure. The company was founded by Liat Hayun and Asaf Weiss, and Liat Hayun has been the CEO since incorporation. | Private Equity Investor | 01/10/2021 |
Valence Security, Inc.
 Valence Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Valence Security, Inc. is an innovative SaaS security vendor that offers collaborative remediation workflows to contextualize and reduce SaaS data sharing, supply chain, identity, and misconfiguration risks with scalable policy enforcement and automated workflows. The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel and is backed by leading cybersecurity investors, including Microsoft's M12 and YL Ventures. Valence Security integrates with most business-critical SaaS applications, enabling security teams to quickly discover and auto-remediate risks arising from unsanctioned third-party integrations. The Israeli company was founded by Yoni Shohet and Shlomi Matichin, and Yoni Shohet has been the CEO since incorporation. | Private Equity Investor | 01/06/2021 |
Piiano Privacy Solutions Ltd.
 Piiano Privacy Solutions Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Piiano Privacy Solutions Ltd. pioneers privacy engineering infrastructure for cloud-native applications. The company is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Piiano's pii protection and management platform redefines how enterprises build and approach privacy by resolving the inherent risks of sensitive data handling. Piiano provides a data protection platform for app-sec and engineering teams to secure sensitive customer data and ensure their privacy – even in the event of a breach. Enterprises can scan their source code to find data leaks and similar data exposure issues and remediate them by securing the sensitive data by using its data protection APIs. With Piiano’s building blocks, engineers and security leaders can save significant time, effort, and resources while achieving true security without slowing down. The Israeli company was founded by Gil Dabah, Ariel Shiftan, and Gil Dabah has been the CEO since incorporation. | Private Equity Investor | 01/06/2021 |
Grip Security Ltd.
 Grip Security Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Grip Security Ltd. is a pioneer in SaaS identity risk management, providing innovative solutions to help enterprises address the security risks associated with widespread SaaS adoption. Grip Security is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli company's SaaS security control plane platform helps companies discover, prioritize, secure, and orchestrate the mitigation and remediation of risks. The innovative approach of leveraging identity as the key control point allows companies to secure all SaaS applications and empowers enterprises to embrace SaaS adoption securely. The company was founded by Lior Yaari, Idan Fast, Alon Shenkler, and Lior Yaari has been the CEO since incorporation. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2021 |
Cycode Ltd.
 Cycode Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cycode Ltd. engages in the provision of source code control, detection and response solutions. It helps security teams detects anomalies in source code access, movement, and manipulation. The company was founded by Lior Levy and Ronen Slavin and is headquartered in Tel Aviv Jaffa, Israel. | Private Equity Investor | 01/09/2019 |
Satori Cyber Ltd.
 Satori Cyber Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Satori Cyber Ltd. protects and governs information with Secure Data Access Cloud. The firm provides complete data-flow mapping with transparent, secure and compliant data access across all cloud and hybrid data stores. The company was founded by Yoav Cohen and Eldad Chai and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. | Private Equity Investor | 01/09/2019 |
Anciens postes connus de Yoav Leitersdorf
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Flipkart Israel Ltd.
 Flipkart Israel Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Flipkart Israel Ltd. provides automated competitive pricing and product analytics software-as-a-service for online retailers. Its products include pricing intelligence, assortment intelligence, lifecycle intelligence, dynamic pricer and MAP monitor. By delivering automated, competitive, it helps companies, across retailing categories; optimize retail and ecommerce pricing, merchandising, promotion and lifecycle management. The company’s cloud-based solutions are purpose-built to simplify and streamline – on a massive scale – the complex data gathering, matching and processing required for actionable retail intelligence. It was founded in 2010 by Amos Peleg and Shai Geva and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/09/2018 |
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Formation de Yoav Leitersdorf
| The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York | Masters Business Admin |
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| ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. | Electronic Technology |
| Entreprise privées | 19 |
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Movota Ltd.
 Movota Ltd. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Part of Mondia FZ LLC, Movota Ltd. provides patent-pending technologies for mass TV and radio audience participation using mobile phones. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded by Paul Aitken, Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf. Movota was acquired by arvato mobile GmbH, part of Mondia FZ LLC from December 29, 2008 on September 27, 2005. | Communications |
Gotham Ventures
 Gotham Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Gotham Ventures (Gotham Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Threshold Ventures Inc founded in 1999 by Timothy Cook Draper, Daniel J. Schultz and Ross H. Goldstein. The firm is headquartered in White Plains, New York. | Finance |
YL Ventures LLC
YL Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance YL Ventures LLC (YL Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Yoav A.Leitersdorf,John G.Quigley in 2007.The firm is headquartered in Mill Valley,california. | Finance |
ClickTale Ltd.
 ClickTale Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services ClickTale Ltd. provides solutions to maximize digital customer experiences. Its services include heat maps, session replays, conversion analytics, advanced insights and management tools. The firm also offers ClickTale Touch, a Web analytics solution for smartphones and tablets. The company was founded by Tal Schwartz and Arik Yavilevich in June 2006 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. | Technology Services |
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Seculert Ltd.
 Seculert Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Seculert Ltd. provides cloud based cyber threat management services. The firm develops solutions to automatically find malware that has been bypassed by existing legacy security measures across an entire organization including laptops, mobile devices and remote employees. The company was founded by Dudi Matot, Aviv Raff and Alex Milstein in 2010 and is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel. | Technology Services |
Flipkart Israel Ltd.
Flipkart Israel Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Flipkart Israel Ltd. provides automated competitive pricing and product analytics software-as-a-service for online retailers. Its products include pricing intelligence, assortment intelligence, lifecycle intelligence, dynamic pricer and MAP monitor. By delivering automated, competitive, it helps companies, across retailing categories; optimize retail and ecommerce pricing, merchandising, promotion and lifecycle management. The company’s cloud-based solutions are purpose-built to simplify and streamline – on a massive scale – the complex data gathering, matching and processing required for actionable retail intelligence. It was founded in 2010 by Amos Peleg and Shai Geva and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Technology Services |
Six Scan Ltd.
 Six Scan Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Six Scan Ltd. provides website protection suite to offer automatic detection and fixing of security vulnerabilities. It offers website scan, auto vulnerability repair, cross site scripting, web app firewall, blacklist monitor, security badges and notification services. The company was founded by Nitzan Miron and Yaron Tal in 2011 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Commercial Services |
BlazeMeter Ltd.
 BlazeMeter Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services BlazeMeter Ltd. provides cloud based performance testing solutions. It offers Apache JMeter, a single, cloud-based platform for all performance testing needs throughout an application’s lifecycle from early development to production performance testing and post-production monitoring. The firms product runs multiple performance tests that simulate scalability from 50 to more than 1,000,000 concurrent users from both public clouds or inside the corporate firewall. The company was founded in February 2011 by Alon Girmonsky and Dan Benger and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
FireLayers, Inc.
 FireLayers, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services FireLayers, Inc. provides application security solutions to software developers. It creates solutions that empower organizations to control and protect their cloud application usage and data to achieve high levels of security, compliance, and information technology governance. It specializes in policy-based platform for controlling, protecting, and analyzing cloud applications and data. The company was founded by Yair Grindlinger and Doron A. Elgressy in 2013 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA. | Technology Services |
Hexadite, Inc.
 Hexadite, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Hexadite, Inc. provides cyber security solutions. It offers automated incident response solutions and cyber incident response dilemma. The company was founded by Eran Barak, Idan Levin, and Barak Klinghofer in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Commercial Services |
Twistlock, Inc.
Twistlock, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Twistlock, Inc. provides enterprise container security services. It offers Twistlock, a technology that enables developers and security operations teams to keep container-based applications safe; Twistlock Trust that scans images and registries to detect vulnerabilities in the code, as well as configuration errors; and Twistlock Runtime, an automatic, real-time active threat protection and policy enforcement for containerized applications. The company was founded by Ben Bernstein and Dima Stopel in 2015 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Commercial Services |
Cycode Ltd.
Cycode Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cycode Ltd. engages in the provision of source code control, detection and response solutions. It helps security teams detects anomalies in source code access, movement, and manipulation. The company was founded by Lior Levy and Ronen Slavin and is headquartered in Tel Aviv Jaffa, Israel. | Technology Services |
Satori Cyber Ltd.
Satori Cyber Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Satori Cyber Ltd. protects and governs information with Secure Data Access Cloud. The firm provides complete data-flow mapping with transparent, secure and compliant data access across all cloud and hybrid data stores. The company was founded by Yoav Cohen and Eldad Chai and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. | Technology Services |
Grip Security Ltd.
Grip Security Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Grip Security Ltd. is a pioneer in SaaS identity risk management, providing innovative solutions to help enterprises address the security risks associated with widespread SaaS adoption. Grip Security is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli company's SaaS security control plane platform helps companies discover, prioritize, secure, and orchestrate the mitigation and remediation of risks. The innovative approach of leveraging identity as the key control point allows companies to secure all SaaS applications and empowers enterprises to embrace SaaS adoption securely. The company was founded by Lior Yaari, Idan Fast, Alon Shenkler, and Lior Yaari has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
Valence Security, Inc.
Valence Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Valence Security, Inc. is an innovative SaaS security vendor that offers collaborative remediation workflows to contextualize and reduce SaaS data sharing, supply chain, identity, and misconfiguration risks with scalable policy enforcement and automated workflows. The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel and is backed by leading cybersecurity investors, including Microsoft's M12 and YL Ventures. Valence Security integrates with most business-critical SaaS applications, enabling security teams to quickly discover and auto-remediate risks arising from unsanctioned third-party integrations. The Israeli company was founded by Yoni Shohet and Shlomi Matichin, and Yoni Shohet has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
Piiano Privacy Solutions Ltd.
Piiano Privacy Solutions Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Piiano Privacy Solutions Ltd. pioneers privacy engineering infrastructure for cloud-native applications. The company is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Piiano's pii protection and management platform redefines how enterprises build and approach privacy by resolving the inherent risks of sensitive data handling. Piiano provides a data protection platform for app-sec and engineering teams to secure sensitive customer data and ensure their privacy – even in the event of a breach. Enterprises can scan their source code to find data leaks and similar data exposure issues and remediate them by securing the sensitive data by using its data protection APIs. With Piiano’s building blocks, engineers and security leaders can save significant time, effort, and resources while achieving true security without slowing down. The Israeli company was founded by Gil Dabah, Ariel Shiftan, and Gil Dabah has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
Eureka Security Ltd.
Eureka Security Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Eureka Security Ltd. is a cloud data security posture management company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli company provides a solution for enterprises that store sensitive data in clouds such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and Snowflake. Eureka's Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solution helps security teams understand the type of data, where it is, who and what can access it, and keep it continuously secure. The company was founded by Liat Hayun and Asaf Weiss, and Liat Hayun has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
Limelight Web Technologies (IL) Ltd.
 Limelight Web Technologies (IL) Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Limelight Web Technologies (IL) Ltd. provides better browsing services. The company was founded by Ofer Gadish, Ofir Ehrlich, Leonid Feinberg and Gil Shai in 2009 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Commercial Services |