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Yoav Leitersdorf

Investor

Managing Partner at YL Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $2M

About

Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf pioneered focusing on very-early-stage Israeli cybersecurity startups selling to U.S. enterprises, running small portfolios to act as a co-founder on product strategy and U.S. market entry.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. YL VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2007 — present
  2. Novee SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
  3. NativeSeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  4. MINDSeed Investorcurrent2023 — present
  5. MinimusSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
  6. Miggo SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2023 — present
  7. OptiSeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
  8. Hush SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  9. CycodeSeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  10. Grip SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  11. Valence SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  12. Orca SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  13. Autonomous SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  14. Hunters.AISeed Investorcurrent2018 — present
  15. Ride VisionSeed Investorcurrent2018 — present
  16. Aim SecuritySeed Investor2022 — 2025
  17. Satori CyberSeed Investor2019 — 2025
  18. Opus SecuritySeed Investor2022 — 2025
  19. Vulcan CyberSeed Investor2018 — 2025
  20. Eureka SecuritySeed Investor2021 — 2024

Education

  1. IMDMaster of Business Administration, International Business2001
  2. Columbia Business SchoolMBA, Finance2001 — 2003

Skills & more

Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99Corporate Development99Product Management99Mobile Devices97Business Strategy98Cloud Computing87E-commerce82Acquisitions77Security9Network Security6
+8 moreInformation SecurityApplication SecurityWeb Application SecurityStrategyManagementEnterprise SoftwareSaaSComputer Security

From Yoav's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended IMD137

Karthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation CapitalKulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanGrant AllenFounding GP, Schneider Electric Ventures at Giant Ventures Global LlpDavidFormer Chief Technology Officer at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcXavier MesnierPartner, Head of Frontiers in Health & Bio Investments at Verve VenturesChris EdwardsManaging Partner at Tall Grass Ventures

+ 131 more

Also attended Columbia Business School576

Aryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 570 more

Shared employers

Also worked at MIND5

John BrennanFounder & Managing Partner at Holly VenturesKate BurkhardtSenior Principal at Autotech VenturesOfer SchreiberSenior Partner at YL VenturesKirk ManoogianPartner at YL VenturesSue BarsamianInvestor at Ballistic Ventures

Also worked at Minimus5

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldKate BurkhardtSenior Principal at Autotech VenturesOfer SchreiberSenior Partner at YL VenturesBen BernsteinPrincipal at BeringeaMichael CortezPartner at ForgePoint Capital

Also worked at Miggo Security5

John BrennanFounder & Managing Partner at Holly VenturesKate BurkhardtSenior Principal at Autotech VenturesOfer SchreiberSenior Partner at YL VenturesKirk ManoogianPartner at YL VenturesMichael CortezPartner at ForgePoint Capital

Also worked at Opti3

Ofer SchreiberSenior Partner at YL VenturesJudah TaubManaging Partner at Hetz VenturesPavel LivshizGeneral Partner at Hetz Ventures

Deals · 1

AXONIUS, INC.Board seat

via YL Ventures · filed Sep 2019 · $20M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at YL Ventures

Adi Greenwald
Associate at YL Ventures
Adi Shamai
Office Manager at YL Ventures
Amichai Shulman
Venture Partner at YL Ventures
Dave Reed
CFO at YL Ventures
Gal Spiner Abramovich
Marketing Partnerships Manager at YL Ventures
Gili Berkovitz
Associate at YL Ventures
Gye Cohen
VP Operations and HR at YL Ventures
John Brennan
Founder & Managing Partner at Holly Ventures