Cyberstarts
Venture capitalActively deployingMikhmoret · Pre-Seed–Series C · 10 people tracked
Also known as Cyberstarts Liquidity · CYBERSTARTS VENTURE FUND LTD
Investment thesis
Cyberstarts believes that entrepreneurs who have faced major challenges make the strongest founders. The firm applies a systematic process to uncover the most pressing and urgent problems in cybersecurity, then backs companies addressing them. A distinctive part of its model is an extensive network of CISOs, which portfolio companies leverage to reach rapid product-market fit and validate their solutions with real buyers early in their journey.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website & public directories
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Founder mafia
4 people who came through Cyberstarts went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 26 of 38 portfolio companiesCybersecurity ×19AI & Machine Learning ×17Enterprise Software ×16SaaS ×6Cloud Computing ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Fintech ×4Crypto & Web3 ×3
HQs:United States×9United Kingdom×1
Investments · 38 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 102025 · 12019 · 112 dated
Legit Security provides an application security platform that helps organizations identify and manage software vulnerabilities and risks across their development environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNot stated
Roni Fuchs(CEO & Co-Founder)inLiav Caspi(CTO & Co-Founder)inLior Barak(COO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)TCV
Upwind is a cloud and AI security platform that combines a runtime intelligence layer with agentless and eBPF-based sensors to correlate cloud inventory, posture, network topology, applications, and identities into a single operational view.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Amiram Shachar(Co-Founder & CEO)inTal Zur(Co-Founder & CTO)inLavi Ferdman(Co-Founder, Growth)inLiran Polak(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)inTomer Hadassi(COO)inRinki Sethi(Chief Security Officer (CSO))in
Co-investorsLeaders FundBessemer Venture PartnersArtisanal VenturesCerca PartnersCraft VenturesGreylock Partners+4 more
Vega provides a security analytics platform for security operations teams that enables access to and analysis of security data across multiple storage locations without requiring data migration, using an AI-native approach to detection and investigation.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Shay SandlerinYonni ShelmerdineinOfir NirinMike DuonginEli RozeninHadas Ofirin
Co-investorsAccelAlbum VCArtisanal VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Redpoint Ventures
Zafran provides threat exposure management and security orchestration for enterprises, helping security teams coordinate existing tools and identify real-world security gaps across complex hybrid environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Sanaz Yashar(Co-founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsMenlo VenturesSequoia Capital01 AdvisorsArtisanal VenturesCisco InvestmentsVintage Investment Partners
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsJibe VenturesSalesforce VenturesTCV
Zero trust network access vendor whose cloud-based secure access platform was acquired by HPE in 2023.
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersEmerald Development ManagersTen ElevenSpark Capital
Bionic provides an application security platform that maps cloud applications—microservices, APIs, data flows, and dependencies—and correlates runtime behavior, cloud exposure, and AI usage to prioritize risk.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Co-investorsBattery Ventures
Blockaid provides a web3 security platform that detects and blocks scams, fraud, exploits, and compliance risks for onchain finance in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityNew York, US
Ido Ben-Natan(Co-Founder and CEO)inRaz Niv(Co-Founder and CTO)Roni Sidi(General Counsel)
BoardJason Risch(Board Observer / Director (Greylock investor representative))
Co-investorsGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Jibe VenturesReverieRibbit CapitalSequoia Capital+2 more
Cyera is an AI-powered data security platform that helps organizations discover, classify, and secure their data across any environment.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Tamar Bar-Ilan(Founder)inYotam Segev(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelArtisanal VenturesCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)Evolution Equity PartnersFriends Family Capital+14 more
Dazz builds a remediation engine and Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform that correlates security data from multiple sources, maps issues to their root cause in code, and integrates cloud context into security workflows.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Merav Bahat(Co-Founder & CEO)Tomer Schwartz(Co-Founder & CTO)inYuval Ofir(Co-Founder & VP R&D)Jared Phipps(Chief Revenue Officer)
BoardAsheem Chandna(Board / Investor representative (Greylock Partners))in
Co-investorsGreylock PartnersIndex VenturesInsight Partners
Fireblocks provides infrastructure for enterprises and startups to build, launch, and operate digital asset solutions.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsBNY MellonRibbit CapitalStripes
Gambit builds an adaptive intelligence software platform for autonomous systems that enables teams to deploy and evolve autonomous behaviors across multiple hardware platforms.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Joshua Giegel(Founder)in
Co-investorsNext Frontier CapitalRiphean InvestmentsMana VenturesKleiner PerkinsSpark Capital
Glow is a sustainable energy platform that deploys solar farms across multiple continents, facilitating crowdsourced renewable energy projects and institutional investments to deliver clean energy at scale to regions in need.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
David Vorick(Founder & CEO)Julie Rhodes(Head of Operations)Chris Denaro(COO)
Co-investorsEv3 Ventures LlcNotion CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)GreenoaksIndex VenturesSequoia Capital
Glow offers workers' compensation and accident insurance for businesses, covering employees both at work and off-the-clock.
InsurTech
Samad Wahedi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAV8 VenturesCota CapitalIndex VenturesMGV.VCSequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz+1 more
Glow provides a suite of mobile applications for women's health tracking, including ovulation prediction, pregnancy monitoring, and baby health management.
FemTechHealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Kevin Ho(Founder)inMax Levchin(Founder)Michael Huang(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGreenoaksIndex VenturesSequoia CapitalSlow Ventures
Island provides a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) management platform for enterprises, enabling employees to securely use personal devices for work across all industries.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDallas, US
Michael Fey(Founder)in
Co-investorsCanapi VenturesCoatue ManagementEvolution Equity PartnersG SquaredGeodesic CapitalInsight Partners+4 more
Los Angeles, US
FRANCISCO LOPES(Director)FRANCISCO SCHMIDBERGER(Director)
Linx offers a unified platform that brings together security, governance, and access management to help organizations manage the full identity lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Israel Duanis(Founder)in
Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesIndex VenturesInsight Partners
Newcore provides an identity and access management platform designed for a blended workforce of human users and AI agents, handling authentication, authorization, credentials, sessions, and delegated or autonomous agent actions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsIndex VenturesEvolution Equity Partners
Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalInsight PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersNext47
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Oasis Security provides management and security solutions for non-human identities across hybrid cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Danny Brickman(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelArtisanal VenturesFrontline VenturesCraft VenturesSequoia Capital
Onyx builds a secure AI control plane that lets enterprise security, governance, and infrastructure teams oversee, secure, and measure the use of autonomous AI agents across their systems.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAstoria, US
Gil Elbaz(Founder)inMaxim Bar Kogan(Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersConvictionFirstMark CapitalG SquaredTCV
SailPoint provides an identity security platform that governs and secures access for human, machine, and AI agent identities across enterprise environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsBrewer Lane VenturesCanvas VenturesHouseIndustry VenturesThrive CapitalVestigo Ventures
Trail Security offers Omni DLP, an AI-driven data loss prevention platform that correlates signals across email, cloud, and AI channels to pre-analyze alerts, prioritize insider-risk incidents, and automatically write, test, and tune policies.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Transmit Security provides an enterprise platform that combines customer identity and access management (CIAM) with fraud prevention and identity verification, using predictive AI to detect fraud and secure customer access.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Mickey Boodaei(Co-founder)inRakesh Loonkar(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesBright Pixel CapitalGeodesic CapitalSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcVintage Investment PartnersGeneral Atlantic+1 more
Trustmi detects and prevents fraud and payment errors in accounts payable and vendor workflows by correlating signals across enterprise systems in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Vega builds AI agents and a data platform for private markets fund operations, providing a digital workforce, a machine-readable ontology of institutional knowledge, and a core platform with structured data models and integrations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLondon, GB
Alexis Augier(Founder & CEO)inAlfonso Bauzá de Mirabó Vidal(Co-Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALAccelCRV (Charles River Ventures)
Vega is a decentralized exchange protocol built on CometBFT proof-of-stake that enables programmable trading with public key cryptography and built-in governance for market creation.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsElliptiGenblock CapitalPantera CapitalRockawayXAccelCRV (Charles River Ventures)+3 more
Wiz provides cloud security platform that identifies and removes critical risks across multi-cloud environments.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Assaf Rappaport(Co-Founder and CEO)inAmi Luttwak(Co-Founder and CTO)inRoy Reznik(Co-Founder and VP R&D / Engineering)inYinon Costica(Co-Founder and VP Product)inYinon C.(Founder)inDali Rajic(President and COO)in
Co-investorsAglae VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCraft VenturesFelicis VenturesGreylock PartnersIndex Ventures+12 more
Threat exposure management platform that reveals, remediates and mitigates infrastructure risks.
Co-investorsPenny Jar Capital VentureSequoia Capital
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAvaloracq. by Zscaler
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Savvy · gamesindustry.biz · Aug 20, 2026
Fireblocks · cryptonews.net · Aug 4, 2026
Onyx · citybiz.co · Aug 3, 2026
Wiz · TechCrunch · Jul 31, 2026
Avalor · vcaonline.com · Jul 29, 2026
Blockaid · The Block · Jul 28, 2026
Glow · techcrunch.com · Jul 22, 2026
Island · afloat.ie · Jul 18, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cyberstarts made?
- Cyberstarts has 18 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Cyberstarts invest at?
- Cyberstarts invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
- What sectors does Cyberstarts focus on?
- Cyberstarts focuses on Cybersecurity.
- Where is Cyberstarts located?
- Cyberstarts is headquartered in Mikhmoret, US.
- Does Cyberstarts lead rounds?
- Cyberstarts typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Cyberstarts co-invest with?
- Cyberstarts most often shares deals with Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, among 26 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamGili Raanan on the contrarian bet that built Cyberstarts
Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Gili Raanan
“Don’t run after trends and buzzwords - it's fluff” | Lior Simon | Cyberstarts | CTech
CTech by Calcalist · Lior Simon
Cyberstarts' Gili Raanan on Cybersecurity, VC, & Identifying Customer Pain Points | Technovation 807
Metis Strategy · Gili Raanan
Gili Raanan, Founder, Cyberstarts joins TBPN from CYBERSPARX 2026
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Co-investors · 109
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.
Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.
CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.
Evolution Equity Partners is an international venture capital firm led by technology entrepreneurs, backing companies across stages from seed to growth with a focus on cybersecurity and software.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
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Coatue ManagementRibbit CapitalGreenoaksJibe VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Felicis VenturesCanaan PartnersSapphire VenturesBattery VenturesNext47ConvictionTLV PartnersTen ElevenForgePoint CapitalPenny Jar Capital VenturePicture CapitalNotable CapitalBain Capital VenturesUnknown VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Norwest Venture PartnersMayfield FundLiquid VenturesAccel-KKRCaffeinated CapitalLookout VenturesAcrew CapitalParadigm2048 VenturesAccompliceSalesforce Japan Co.,Ltd.Unusual VenturesEntrée CapitalHaun Venturesboldstart venturesTenaya Capital23andMeBallistic VenturesViola VenturesDnx VenturesDecibel PartnersMango CapitalRecursive VenturesTeam8A.Capital VenturesNGP CapitalZ47Zeev VenturesStageOne VenturesGraph VenturesVertex Ventures IsraelVerified CapitalGlilot Capital PartnersAmity VenturesGreatPoint VenturesGE VenturesSquare Peg CapitalUnderscore VCSorenson VenturesBlu Venture InvestorsS CapitalAllegisCyber CapitalWalden CatalystRembrandt Venture PartnersSyngenta Group VenturesF2 Venture CapitalOkta VenturesGroup 11Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)Shield CapitalMizMaa VenturesGrove VenturesBlueYard CapitalCastle Island Ventures10DMoreVCRabbit VenturesTechnology Crossover VenturesYL VenturesCardumen CapitalCrowdStrikeFirst Rays Venture PartnersDarkmode VenturesRadian CapitalRain CapitalIsrael Growth PartnersTPY CapitalFireblocksRed Dot Capital PartnersDeep InsightHolly VenturesFusion VCCarrick Capital PartnersFort Ross VenturesAmiti VenturesquadraScope Venture FundSecret Chord Ventures
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