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
- Self EmployedInvestor & Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- Cyberstarts VCMembercurrent2018 — presentIsrael
- YL VenturesInsidercurrent2018 — presentIsrael
- ZscalerVP Products2022 — 2024Israel
- ZscalerVP Engineering2021 — 2022Israel
- TrustdomeCo-Founder, CPO (Acquired by Zscaler)2019 — 2021Israel
- ForcepointVP Products, CASB2017 — 2018Israel
- Imperva SkyfenceVP Products, CASB (Acquired by Forcepoint)2014 — 2017Israel
- SkyfenceCo-Founder, VP R&D (Acquired by Imperva)2012 — 2014Israel
- ImpervaDirector of R&D2009 — 2012Israel
- ImpervaSoftware Team Leader2006 — 2009Israel
- ImpervaSoftware Developer2005 — 2006Israel
- IAFSoftware Developer1998 — 2005Israel
Education
- Basmach - IDF School of Computer ScienceComputer science
- The Open University of IsraelBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
Skills & more
Multithreading38Object Oriented Design33OOP16Software Design18Network Security17Software Development26Security55TCP/IP14Java Enterprise Edition8Computer Security12System Architecture22Web Applications8
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Software EngineeringLinuxJavaDesign PatternsDistributed SystemsUnixFrom Michael's professional profile.
Colleagues at Cyberstarts
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Adam Aarons
Operating Partner at Cyberstarts
Dan Amiga
Investor 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
Pete Chronis
Operating Partner at Cyberstarts
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Michael Kantarovich work?
- Michael Kantarovich is Investor at Cyberstarts.
- What check size does Michael Kantarovich write?
- Michael Kantarovich typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Same school
Also attended The Open University of Israel37
Rutie AdarInvestments & Innovation Sr. Director, Israel at Samsung Catalyst FundLidia VerraBookkeeper at TriventuresAdi GreenwaldAssociate at YL VenturesGad HuldaiGeneral Partner | First at PitangoOr GitPrincipal at Grove VenturesAriel AnatiPartner at Catalyst Investments, L.P.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Zscaler9
Andrew ForysiakOwner, AJF and Associates at Riphean InvestmentsAjit MayyaInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesScott DarlingPresident at Dell Technologies CapitalAllan Jean-BaptisteInvestor at Ansa CapitalMichaelInvestor at Runtime VenturesRavi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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