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Angel Investor & Advisor
Nov 2023
Building the future of AI-mediated cooperation. Pre-seed backed by:
Village Global: a fund chaired by Reid Hoffman (founder of Linkedin) and world-class visionaries like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Anne Wojcicki, Eric Schmidt.
Niremia Collective: a fund investing in human flourishing and wellbeing.
Dnipro: a fund investing in AI and Ukranian founders.
Newtopia: a leading early-stage fund investing in Latino founders.
Future Fund: a fund formed by European senior AI executives from Google, Apple, and Swisscom.
Angels:
Zac Bookman, CEO and Founder of OpenGov
Nick Bilogorskiy, Googles former Director of Security
Mariano Battan, founder of Mural
Anton Borzov, founder of WhatsApp
Idan Levin, Chief Architect of Microsoft GenAI Security
Martin Rand, founder of Pactum AI
Diego Saez-Gil, founder of Pachama
Boruch Greenberg, founder of Payrix
Remi Essaid, founder of Finmark, SVP of Product at Bill.com
Julien Denaes, founder of Alpin, Director of Partnerships Bill.com
Matt Doka, founder of Fivestars
Diego Meller, founder of Jampp
Daniel Heise, founder of Scup (acquired by Sprinklr)
Advisors:
Niall Wall (ex CPO at Benchling, ex-SVP at Box, Workday, Symantec)
Marcus Gosling (co-founder Long Term Stock Exchange)
Ravi Spicereddy (founder E8 Security, acquired by VMware)
Kwiri Yang (founder Second Time Founders)
Chris Ategeka (founder Unintended Consequences of Technology)
Angel Investor
Nov 2021
The first and only solution that combines data security posture management (DSPM) with real-time data detection and response (DDR) – a full-encompassing solution that helps discover, classify, protect, and govern your cloud data.
Recent Awards
–Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) 2023 Global InfoSec Awards
🏆Most Comprehensive Cloud Security Solution
🏆Most Comprehensive Data Security Solution
🏆Most Comprehensive Cybersecurity Startup
–2023 Globee® Cybersecurity Award
🥇Gold for Data Security
🥈Silver for Most Innovative Security Company of the Year – Security Cloud/SaaS.
–2023 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
🥇Data Security Posture Management
🥇Cloud Native Data Security
🥈Best Cybersecurity Startup
–The Cloud Awards
🏆Security Innovation of the Year (Enterprise)
Dig’s comprehensive solution gives you instant visibility into your data risk in real-time. With access to context for each of your data assets, Dig helps you locate, classify and prioritize your Cloud data estate to ensure your data is protected.
Learn more about our platform: https://www.dig.security/product
Check out our Buyer’s Guide: https://www.dig.security/pages/dspm-buyers-guide
Dig by Industry
Finance: https://www.dig.security/solution-financial-services
Healthcare: https://www.dig.security/solution-healthcare
Tech: https://www.dig.security/solution-tech
Dig by Cloud
AWS: https://www.dig.security/aws
Azure: https://www.dig.security/dig-for-azure
Get a free risk assessment here: https://www.dig.security/pages/data-risk-assessment
Angel Investor
May 2021
Zenity is the first security and governance platform purpose-built for AI agents - spanning SaaS, home grown platforms (Cloud), and end-user devices (Endpoint). Trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises, Zenity helps security teams confidently adopt AI by delivering defense in depth with full-lifecycle coverage: from agent discovery and posture management to real-time detection, prevention, and response. As enterprises adopt Microsoft Copilot, Salesforce Agentforce, AWS Bedrock, and developer tools like GitHub Copilot, Zenity eliminates blind spots and enforces consistent policy across environments so organizations can innovate with AI, without compromising security. Learn more at www.zenity.io.
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2023
Angel Investor & Advisor
Nov 2023
Building the future of AI-mediated cooperation. Pre-seed backed by:
Village Global: a fund chaired by Reid Hoffman (founder of Linkedin) and world-class visionaries like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Anne Wojcicki, Eric Schmidt.
Niremia Collective: a fund investing in human flourishing and wellbeing.
Dnipro: a fund investing in AI and Ukranian founders.
Newtopia: a leading early-stage fund investing in Latino founders.
Future Fund: a fund formed by European senior AI executives from Google, Apple, and Swisscom.
Angels:
Zac Bookman, CEO and Founder of OpenGov
Nick Bilogorskiy, Googles former Director of Security
Mariano Battan, founder of Mural
Anton Borzov, founder of WhatsApp
Idan Levin, Chief Architect of Microsoft GenAI Security
Martin Rand, founder of Pactum AI
Diego Saez-Gil, founder of Pachama
Boruch Greenberg, founder of Payrix
Remi Essaid, founder of Finmark, SVP of Product at Bill.com
Julien Denaes, founder of Alpin, Director of Partnerships Bill.com
Matt Doka, founder of Fivestars
Diego Meller, founder of Jampp
Daniel Heise, founder of Scup (acquired by Sprinklr)
Advisors:
Niall Wall (ex CPO at Benchling, ex-SVP at Box, Workday, Symantec)
Marcus Gosling (co-founder Long Term Stock Exchange)
Ravi Spicereddy (founder E8 Security, acquired by VMware)
Kwiri Yang (founder Second Time Founders)
Chris Ategeka (founder Unintended Consequences of Technology)
Partner Chief Architect
Mar 2023
Every company has a mission. Whats ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesnt diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters.
Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
2021
Angel Investor
Nov 2021
The first and only solution that combines data security posture management (DSPM) with real-time data detection and response (DDR) – a full-encompassing solution that helps discover, classify, protect, and govern your cloud data.
Recent Awards
–Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) 2023 Global InfoSec Awards
🏆Most Comprehensive Cloud Security Solution
🏆Most Comprehensive Data Security Solution
🏆Most Comprehensive Cybersecurity Startup
–2023 Globee® Cybersecurity Award
🥇Gold for Data Security
🥈Silver for Most Innovative Security Company of the Year – Security Cloud/SaaS.
–2023 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
🥇Data Security Posture Management
🥇Cloud Native Data Security
🥈Best Cybersecurity Startup
–The Cloud Awards
🏆Security Innovation of the Year (Enterprise)
Dig’s comprehensive solution gives you instant visibility into your data risk in real-time. With access to context for each of your data assets, Dig helps you locate, classify and prioritize your Cloud data estate to ensure your data is protected.
Learn more about our platform: https://www.dig.security/product
Check out our Buyer’s Guide: https://www.dig.security/pages/dspm-buyers-guide
Dig by Industry
Finance: https://www.dig.security/solution-financial-services
Healthcare: https://www.dig.security/solution-healthcare
Tech: https://www.dig.security/solution-tech
Dig by Cloud
AWS: https://www.dig.security/aws
Azure: https://www.dig.security/dig-for-azure
Get a free risk assessment here: https://www.dig.security/pages/data-risk-assessment
Angel Investor
May 2021
Zenity is the first security and governance platform purpose-built for AI agents - spanning SaaS, home grown platforms (Cloud), and end-user devices (Endpoint). Trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises, Zenity helps security teams confidently adopt AI by delivering defense in depth with full-lifecycle coverage: from agent discovery and posture management to real-time detection, prevention, and response. As enterprises adopt Microsoft Copilot, Salesforce Agentforce, AWS Bedrock, and developer tools like GitHub Copilot, Zenity eliminates blind spots and enforces consistent policy across environments so organizations can innovate with AI, without compromising security. Learn more at www.zenity.io.
2018
Insider
Jun 2018
YL Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to cybersecurity. For nearly two decades, the firm has partnered with top Israeli founders from inception, helping build category-leading companies that define the market. With offices in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv and $800M under management, YL Ventures provides access to an unrivaled network of CISOs and industry leaders, shaping the next generation of Israeli cybersecurity innovation. Repeatedly recognized by PitchBook and TIME magazine for both performance and influence, YL Ventures stands at the forefront of cybersecurity venture capital.
Our portfolio includes:
- Opti Security
- Hush Security
- MIND
- Miggo Security
- Minimus
- MCPTotal
- Valence Security
- Grip Security
- Cycode
- Orca Security
- Hunters
- Ride Vision
- Aim Security - Acquired by Cato Networks
- Satori - Acquired by Commvault
- Opus Security - Acquired by Orca Security
- Vulcan Cyber - Acquired by Tenable
- Eureka Security - Acquired by Tenable
- Spera Security - Acquired by Okta
- Enso Security - Acquired by Snyk
- Medigate - Acquired by Claroty
- Build Security - Acquired by Elastic
- Axonius - Exited to late-stage investors
- Twistlock - Acquired by Palo Alto Networks
- Hexadite - Acquired by Microsoft
- Upstream Commerce - Acquired by Walmart
- FireLayers - Acquired by Proofpoint
- BlazeMeter - Acquired by CA
- Seculert - Acquired by Radware
- Acceloweb - Acquired by Limelight Networks
- ClickTale - Exited to Amadeus Capital
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