YL Ventures Shines as Top Cybersecurity VC, Earns Prestigious TIME and PitchBook Accolades
August 19, 2025
The firm's portfolio features leading cybersecurity startups such as Aim Security, Orca Security, Minimus, and MIND, which have attracted significant follow-on funding and achieved strategic exits, building on past successes like Axonius, Medigate, and Twistlock.
Yoav Leitersdorf, Managing Partner, highlights that these rankings reflect their results-driven approach, emphasizing disciplined execution, early investment, and active involvement in portfolio companies to develop lasting cybersecurity leaders.
The rankings by TIME, Statista, and PitchBook are based on operational, financial, and long-term fund performance metrics, including fundraising strength, investment capacity, exit outcomes, IRR, DPI, and TVPI, illustrating the firm’s strong capital efficiency and value creation.
YL Ventures, a prominent Israeli cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm managing $800 million across five funds, has been recognized as one of America's Top Venture Capital Firms for 2025 by TIME and Statista, and received a gold badge from PitchBook for top decile performance, making it the only cybersecurity-focused VC in this elite tier.
YL Ventures partners with early-stage cybersecurity startups at inception, providing crucial support in validation, securing initial customers, and developing go-to-market strategies to ensure growth and success.
This recognition underscores YL Ventures' exceptional performance in the venture capital landscape, standing out as the only cybersecurity-focused firm in the top tier and one of just two Israeli-focused firms in the top 10 globally.
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