Built, run and financed by people like you
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Cyberstarts is not a financial vehicle. Nor is it a social club of successful business people. It is a first VC of its kind. The only fund in the world that is mostly financed by entrepreneurs from its domain of focus. It is built, run and financed by people like you! Cyberstarts was born out of many hours of conversations among experienced successful cybersecurity entrepreneurs focused on identifying the most difficult cybersecurity challenges and solving them, while giving back to a younger generation of entrepreneurs.
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Cyberstarts’ vision is to become the leading platform for amazing teams of entrepreneurs to solve the next big problems of the cybersecurity world. Cyberstarts leverages the collective experience and networks of the best brains in the cybersecurity world.
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Cyberstarts aspires to partner with amazing entrepreneurs solving the most critical pain points in cybersecurity, and help them build the most important cybersecurity companies of the next 10 years.
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We are all here to guide and support you, based on our past mistakes and successes
Founders
We have been in your shoes. Numerous times. We have been in the ups and downs of every stage in the startup life. We know it is everything but easy. We know how demanding it is. Therefore, our first goal is to help entrepreneurs build amazing businesses. This comes first and long before any financial incentive.
Gili’s experience and domain expertise, coupled with our vast experience in establishing companies and building innovative products, will help younger entrepreneurs build amazing
Shlomo KramerCheck Point, Imperva, Cato Networks Founder
companies.
In order to respond rapidly to the market’s needs, you must have deep understanding of the field, and this is a major advantage that our fund offers
Mickey BoodaeiImperva, Trusteer, and Transmit Founder
In 10 years, Palo Alto Networks became the largest independent cybersecurity company due
Nir ZukPalo Alto Networks Founder & CTO
to our relentless focus on our customers’ success. Cyberstarts holds the same philosophy
and will guide young entrepreneurs down the right path.
Gili mentored Adallom from the start, helping us define the product and sharpen our value
Assaf RapoportGeneral manager at Microsoft
proposition, until the sale of the company. I invested in Cyberstarts so that a new
generation of entrepreneurs receives the best mentoring and support from Israel’s
cybersecurity dream team.
Successful cybersecurity startups require a mix of amazing product, positioning, access to
Rakesh K. LoonkarTransmit Security President
top executive talent, customers and worldwide distribution channels - and a lot of market
credibility. You bring the product, Cyberstrats brings the rest.
Knowing Gili for many years, I am confident that Cyberstars and its unique composition of investors will play a key role in growing a new generation of leading cybersecurity start-ups
Roy ZisapelRadware CEO
Cyberstarts maximizes the symbiotic relationship between young and talented entrepreneurs and successful industry veterans
Amichai ShulmanImperva Founder
CISOs
Cyberstarts has partnered with a US-based group of Chief Information Security Officers that work closely with us to identify and rank pain points that will need to be solved in the near future. Our CISOs and market experts are ready to help your company figure out product-market fit, go-to market, pricing, procurement considerations and more.
My mission at Cyberstarts is to bring the world’s top CISOs and security experts to work with a hand-picked group of bright entrepreneurs. Our team assists startups in finding the product market fit, creating awareness and driving adoption. Together, we create simple solutions to today’s most complex problems.
Jason ClarkChairmen of the CISO board
My goal is to drive needed change across the security landscape and help the industry evolve. I joined Cyberstarts’ CISO board to help entrepreneurs build effective solutions to the complex problems that we are all challenged with.
Dave EstliskCISO at Starbucks
There is an incredible group of professionals behind Cyberstarts and I’m honored to join some of the brightest minds in the business in a united effort to help young entrepreneurs build game-changing companies in the security world.
Emily HeathCISO at United Airlines
Getting the product market fit right is incredibly important both for the entrepreneur and myself, the CSO, who is leveraging the technology. I’m honored to join the world’s most experienced CISOs and help young cybersecurity entrepreneurs achieve that.
James ChristiansenGlobal CISO at Teradata
As a CISO passionate about security and technology, I’m excited to be able share my experience and contribute to the larger community. Working alongside fellow technologists with the same passion means that the sky’s the limit as far as future outcomes. Truly happy to be a part of something great.
Curtis SimpsonVP & Global CISO
Gili Raanan
Cyberstarts founder and General Partner
Gili is also a General Partner at Sequoia Capital (Israel) since 2009. Gili started and led two private companies in the enterprise software market till their acquisition by EMC and IBM. Earlier, Gili worked for 10 years at the Israeli Intelligence agency, and for this work, he was awarded the Israel Security Presidential award in 1996 and the Israeli Defense Forces Innovation award in 1992. Over the year, Gili’s innovation has been recognized in the 10 United States patents that he holds for various inventions in security and application management fields. Gili is also a recognized inventor of CAPTCHA, one of the world’s most popular security algorithms.
Gili Raanan
Cyberstarts founder and General Partner
Gili is also a General Partner at Sequoia Capital (Israel) since 2009. Gili started and led two private companies in the enterprise software market till their acquisition by EMC and IBM. Earlier, Gili worked for 10 years at the Israeli Intelligence agency, and for this work, he was awarded the Israel Security Presidential award in 1996 and the Israeli Defense Forces Innovation award in 1992. Over the year, Gili’s innovation has been recognized in the 10 United States patents that he holds for various inventions in security and application management fields. Gili is also a recognized inventor of CAPTCHA, one of the world’s most popular security algorithms.
