YL Ventures

Venture capital · Tel Aviv, Israel · Middle East and Africa

YL Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with cybersecurity founders, providing domain expertise, company-building support, and access to CISOs, strategic networks, talent, and investors. It backs startups that transform cybersecurity, from seed through later stages.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Cybersecurity

In its own wordscybersecurity cloud security identity security data security ai security enterprise software

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23portfolio companies

7funding rounds on record3 led

6rounds, last 12 months

$20M to $100Mtypical round it comes in at

Series Amost frequent entry

YL Ventures lists 23 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (43%), Cybersecurity (41%) and Fintech (7%). 56% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Stripes, Bessemer Venture Partners and Canaan.

Counts come from funding rounds that name YL Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Round figures show recent activity, not YL Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 23. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round

33%

50%

17%

Pre-seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Growth

Stated on its site

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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
	Value
Pre-seed	0%
Seed	33%
Series A	50%
Series B	17%
Growth	0%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

Rounds it ledRounds it joinedPartly covered: rounds are complete from mid-2025

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Funding rounds per year
	Total	Rounds it led
'17	0	0
'18	0	0
'19	0	0
'20	0	0
'21	0	0
'22	0	0
'23	0	0
'24	0	0
'25	2	1
'26	5	2

Investor profile

percentile among all firms

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YL Ventures compared with all firms
Measure	Percentile of all firms	Value
Portfolio size	57th	23 companies
Recent activity	89th	6 rounds in 12 months
Early stage	64th	33% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence	83th	13% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus	77th	43% in its largest sector
Reach	58th	3 countries

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

AI & Machine Learning 43%Cybersecuritystated 41%Fintech 7%Industrial & Manufacturing 2%Healthcare & Biotech 2%E-commerce & Marketplaces 2%Mobility & Logistics 2%

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Investment themes
	This firm	All checked companies
AI & Machine Learning	43%	18%
Cybersecurity	41%	4%
Fintech	7%	12%
Industrial & Manufacturing	2%	7%
Healthcare & Biotech	2%	15%
E-commerce & Marketplaces	2%	6%
Mobility & Logistics	2%	1%

Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

Site answers1983%
No longer answers00%
Points to another company417%
Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies

Stripes 3

Bessemer Venture Partners 2

U.S. Venture Partners 2

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Co-investors
	Share
Stripes	3
Bessemer Venture Partners	2
Canaan	2
Cisco Investments	2
Harmony Partners	2
Maor Investments	2
Ten Eleven	2
U.S. Venture Partners	2

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Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together

Shared portfolio companies with YL VenturesFirms that also back companies together

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Compare YL Ventures head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

vs Stripes3 shared companies

vs Bessemer Venture Partners2 shared companies

vs Canaan2 shared companies

vs Cisco Investments2 shared companies

vs Harmony Partners2 shared companies

vs Maor Investments2 shared companies

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with YL Ventures

Date	Company	Stage
28 Jul 2026	Hushhush.security	Series A
17 Mar 2026	Nativenative.security	Series A
14 Jan 2026	novee.securitynovee.security	Series A Led
14 Jan 2026	Noveenovee.ai	Series A Led
24 Nov 2025	Optiopti.ai	Seed Led
1 Sept 2025	Hushhush.security	Seed

Round details for YL Ventures

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in YL Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

23 companies checked against their own sites

Company	What it does	Themes	First round with it	Evidence
Autonomous Securitya16y.ai · United States	The company provides security solutions for AI agents across endpoints, browsers, SaaS, and cloud with real-time policy enforcement.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Axoniusaxonius.com				Portfolio page
BlazeMeterblazemeter.com · United States	BlazeMeter provides performance, API, and AI testing services and products	AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity		Portfolio page
Clicktaleclicktale.com	The company provides digital experience analytics to help businesses understand and improve online customer behavior	E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech		Portfolio page
Cycodecycode.com	Cycode provides a development security platform to secure and govern agentic development, including code scanning, secrets detection, and AI-powered security tools.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Grip Securitygrip.security	Grip Security provides a security control plane for SaaS and AI applications to identify, prioritize, and mitigate security risks.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Huntershunters.ai · United States	Hunters provides a security information and event management (SIEM) platform that uses AI and automation to detect, investigate, and respond to security threats.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Hushhush.security · Israel	Hush provides security and identity governance solutions for AI agents	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning	Sept 2025Seed · 2 rounds	Page + round
Medigatemedigate.io · United States		CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
Miggomiggo.io	Miggo provides autonomous mitigation for exploitable vulnerabilities in applications and AI systems.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
MINDmind.io	MIND provides data loss prevention solutions to secure sensitive data across various environments	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Minimusminimus.io · United States	Minimus provides hardened container images	FintechHealthcare & Biotech		Portfolio page
Nativenative.security · United States	Native operationalizes security architecture for cloud and AI infrastructure	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning	Mar 2026Series A	Page + round
Noveenovee.ai · United Kingdom	Novee AI provides an AI-powered platform to assist underwriters in commercial and specialty insurance with risk insights and automation.	FintechAI & Machine Learning	Jan 2026Series A	Funding round
Noveenovee.io	Novee provides AI-powered penetration testing services to find and remediate vulnerabilities in various applications and systems.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
novee.securitynovee.security · Israel	Novee provides AI-powered penetration testing services to find and fix vulnerabilities in clients' systems and applications.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning	Jan 2026Series A	Funding round
Optiopti.ai · Israel	Opti develops and provides an AI-native identity and access management platform for organizations.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning	Nov 2025Seed	Page + round
Orca Securityorca.security · United Kingdom	Orca Security provides a cloud security platform to secure cloud native applications and reduce cloud risk	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Ride Visionride.vision	Ride Vision develops and sells a safety solution with real-time collision alerts for motorcycles and three-wheelers	Mobility & LogisticsAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Altitude Networkssatoricyber.com	Satori powers the future of Data & AI Security as part of Commvault.	CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page

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site last read 5 Nov 2026

Site: ylventures.com
Last read: 5 Nov 2026
Watching since: 5 Nov 2026
Rounds since: 1 Sept 2025
Companies checked: 23

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