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Michael Kantarovich

Investor

Insider at YL Ventures · Investor at Cyberstarts

Israel

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Michael Kantarovich is an entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of executive leadership experience. He founded multiple cybersecurity companies that were acquired by Zscaler, Forcepoint, and Imperva, and previously served as VP of Products at Imperva and held positions in product and R&D at the Israeli Air Force. His expertise spans product development, market analysis, and technology strategy.

Experience

  1. Self EmployedInvestor & Advisorcurrent2024 — present
  2. Cyberstarts VCMembercurrent2018 — presentIsrael
  3. YL VenturesInsidercurrent2018 — presentIsrael
  4. ZscalerVP Products2022 — 2024Israel
  5. ZscalerVP Engineering2021 — 2022Israel
  6. TrustdomeCo-Founder, CPO (Acquired by Zscaler)2019 — 2021Israel
  7. ForcepointVP Products, CASB2017 — 2018Israel
  8. Imperva SkyfenceVP Products, CASB (Acquired by Forcepoint)2014 — 2017Israel
  9. SkyfenceCo-Founder, VP R&D (Acquired by Imperva)2012 — 2014Israel
  10. ImpervaDirector of R&D2009 — 2012Israel
  11. ImpervaSoftware Team Leader2006 — 2009Israel
  12. ImpervaSoftware Developer2005 — 2006Israel
  13. IAFSoftware Developer1998 — 2005Israel

Skills & more

Multithreading38Object Oriented Design33OOP16Software Design18Network Security17Software Development26Security55TCP/IP14Java Enterprise Edition8Computer Security12System Architecture22Web Applications8
+6 moreSoftware EngineeringLinuxJavaDesign PatternsDistributed SystemsUnix

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Colleagues at YL Ventures

Adi Greenwald
Associate at YL Ventures
Adi Shamai
Office Manager at YL Ventures
Amichai Shulman
Venture Partner at YL Ventures
Andrew Offer
CEO at Scientific Health Development
Avi Shua
Chief Innovation Officer & Co-founder at Orca Security
Dan Amiga
Investor at Cyberstarts
Dave Reed
CFO at YL Ventures
Gal Spiner Abramovich
Marketing Partnerships Manager at YL Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Michael Kantarovich?
Michael Kantarovich is an entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of executive leadership experience. He founded multiple cybersecurity companies that were acquired by Zscaler, Forcepoint, and Imperva, and previously served as VP of Products at Imperva and held positions in product and R&D at the Israeli Air Force. His expertise spans product development, market analysis, and technology strategy.
Where does Michael Kantarovich work?
Michael Kantarovich is Insider at YL Ventures.
What check size does Michael Kantarovich write?
Michael Kantarovich typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Michael Kantarovich go to school?
Michael Kantarovich studied at Basmach - IDF School of Computer Science (Computer science); The Open University of Israel (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).

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Also worked at Trustdome1

Gili RaananFounder at Cyberstarts