About
Dan Amiga is Co-Founder and CTO of Island. He previously founded and served as CTO of Fireglass, which Symantec acquired in 2017, and has been a founding investor in several security companies including Axis Security, Cycode, Build.Security, and ScaleOps. His background includes roles as chief software architect at Schneider Electric, work in security at Microsoft's Technology Center in Tel Aviv, and five years at Israel's 8200 unit developing security solutions; he has also taught advanced cloud computing at the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel and spoken at industry conferences including RSA and Black Hat.
Experience
- IslandCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2020 — presentTel Aviv, Israel
- Picture CapitalPartnercurrent2024 — present
- Axis SecurityFounding Investorcurrent2018 — present
- build.security (acquired by Elastic)Founding Investor & Board Membercurrent2020 — present
- CycodeFounding Investor & Board Membercurrent2019 — present
- Cyclops SecurityFounding Investorcurrent2022 — present
- ScaleOps - Cloud-Native OptimizationFounding Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Cyberstarts - The Founders Powered VCMembercurrent2018 — present
- Forbes Technology CouncilOfficial Member & Contributorcurrent2022 — present
- YL VenturesInsidercurrent2019 — present
- IDC HerzliyaAdjunct Professorcurrent2012 — presentIsrael
- SymantecVP Engineering - Web Isolation2017 — 2019Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- Fireglass acquired by SymantecCo-Founder & CTO2014 — 2017
- Schneider ElectricChief Software Architect2011 — 2014
- Indpendent ConsultantIndependent Contractor2008 — 2011United States
- DevelopMentorLead Author and Instructor2007 — 2011United States
- Microsoft Technology Center, Tel AvivSenior Consultant, Solution Architect2005 — 2008
- Bank Leumi, IsraelSecurity Solutions Architect2004 — 2005
- Unit 8200 - Israeli Intelligence CorpsSoftware Security Innovator2000 — 2004
Education
- Reichman UniversityBA, Computer Science2003 — 2006
- Bar-Ilan UniversityMA, Business Law2007 — 2008
Skills & more
Windows Azure5SharePoint11ASP.NET16.NET71C#17Java5SaaS11IIS6LINQ3Windows1AJAX1Enterprise Software1
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Microsoft TechnologiesMicrosoft SQL ServerXMLC# 4.0DatabasesWCFCloud ComputingArchitectureSecurityScalabilityAmazon EC2Software DevelopmentFrom Dan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Cyberstarts
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Adam Aarons
Operating Partner at Cyberstarts
Dor Knafo
General Partner at Cyberstarts
Gili Raanan
Founder at Cyberstarts
Hila Zigman
General Partner at Cyberstarts
Jason Clark
Chairman of the CISO Advisory Board at Cyberstarts
Lior Simon
General Partner at Cyberstarts
Michael Kantarovich
Investor at Cyberstarts
Pete Chronis
Operating Partner at Cyberstarts
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Dan Amiga work?
- Dan Amiga is Investor at Cyberstarts.
- What check size does Dan Amiga write?
- Dan Amiga typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
Founder mafias
Reichman University mafia24
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Schneider Electric mafia10
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Bar-Ilan University mafia9
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Chen AtlasBAFounded Optery +1Amir ZilbersteinBachelor of Science - BSFounded ClarotyTal ElyashivB.ScFounded ExactorEyal LifschitzNF BAFounded Peregrine VenturesDaniel LiechtensteinMaster of Science (M.Sc.)Founded HypercoreOr AvidovMaster of Science (MSc)Founded Elementary
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Cyberstarts mafia4
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YL Ventures mafia4
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Same school
Also attended Reichman University170
Juriaan DuizendstraalInvestor at Index VenturesLisa CohenInvestment Director at Intel CapitalDean MeyerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalYaron CarniFounder at Maverick Ventures IsraelNoa RandOperations Manager at Ibex InvestorsLior AvisarVenture Investor at Alpha Partners
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Also attended Bar-Ilan University83
Yaron CarniFounder at Maverick Ventures IsraelGil RotenbergInvestment Principal at Samsung Catalyst FundDina RaabController at PeakSpan Capital PartnersAdi HarariCFO at Key1 CapitalBarak SalomonManaging Partner at Red Dot Capital PartnersGadi PoratGeneral Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
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Shared employers
Also worked at IDC Herzliya42
Eric BenhamouVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcChen EphraimVP Finance at Qumra CapitalEden ShochatInvestor at AlephMichal Gilon-YanaiPartner at Two Lanterns Venture PartnersMichal GevaManaging Partner and Co-Founder at TriventuresGal Spiner AbramovichMarketing Partnerships Manager at YL Ventures
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Also worked at Symantec84
AyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalGeyer JonesFormer Chief Strategy Officer at RSA Security at Scale Venture PartnersDoug NealManaging Director at eLab VenturesTed SchleinGeneral Partner at Ballistic Ventures
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Also worked at Schneider Electric39
Tony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalChristofer FloresSoftware Engineer at Struck CapitalBetsy AtkinsAdvisor at Colle Capital PartnersWang ChenyuSenior Manager at SGInnovateReagan BoltAssociate at Harbert Growth PartnersDaniel SalvucciPartner at Draper Cygnus
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