About
Gilad Levy served as a pilot and cyber security specialist in the Israeli Air Force for six years, subsequently worked at Spot.io (acquired by NetApp), spent three years at Microsoft, and held a role at Rivery (acquired by Boomi). He holds an MSc in Computer Science from Reichman University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
Co-Founder and CTO at ClosureYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Gilad went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Closure's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gilad can intro founders to Closure's investors below.
Closure's investors · 6
Co-founders at Closure
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Aaron ZelingerCo-Founder
Experience
- Closure (YC W25)Co-founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- RiverySoftware Engineering Manager2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- RiverySoftware Engineer2021Tel Aviv District, Israel
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2018 — 2021Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- Career BreakTravel2018
- Spot by NetAppSoftware Engineer2017Tel Aviv - Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- IAF - Israeli Air ForceCaptain, Devops Team Leader (Storage & Backup)2015 — 2017Tel Aviv - Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- IAF - Israeli Air ForceNetwork Cyber Security Engineer2013 — 2015Tel Aviv - Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- IAF - Israeli Air ForceHelicopter Pilot Cadet | B.Sc. Student, Flight School Academy2011 — 2013
Skills & more
Team Leadership10Python13Java8Network Security22Cloud Computing11Storage14Security15Virtualization9Node.js4Amazon Web Services (AWS)3Microsoft Azure4SQL3
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NetworkingBackup SolutionsSecurity ClearanceLanguages Chinese · English · Hebrew
- Commercial Helicopter Pilot — Federal Aviation Administration
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gilad Levy?
- Gilad Levy served as a pilot and cyber security specialist in the Israeli Air Force for six years, subsequently worked at Spot.io (acquired by NetApp), spent three years at Microsoft, and held a role at Rivery (acquired by Boomi). He holds an MSc in Computer Science from Reichman University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
- Where does Gilad Levy work?
- Gilad Levy is Co-Founder and CTO of Closure.
- What companies did Gilad Levy found?
- Gilad Levy founded Closure.
- Where did Gilad Levy go to school?
- Gilad Levy studied at Tel Aviv University (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Management); Reichman University (Master’s Degree, Computer Science); Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science).
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