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Cyberstarts

20 stories about Cyberstarts

Gili Raanan’s Sunrise payments model suspended as CISOs question ethics

28.10.24|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach

Concerns over influence and incentives prompt high-profile withdrawals, challenging Cyberstarts’ consulting approach.

Cyberstarts nets $60 million for fourth Seed fund

Gili Raanan’s VC fund took its assets under management to $720 million on the back of acquisitions of portfolio companies Axis Security, Bionic, and Noname Security.

מימין ניר צוק ו עומרי כספי

From Nir Zuk to Omri Casspi: The unexpected winners of the historic Wiz deal

17.07.24|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach

The Palo Alto Networks founder and NBA player turned VC are just two of the surprise winners in the deal. The likes of Shlomo Kramer, Mickey Boodaei, and Marius Nacht are also all set to make a handsome profit through their investment in Gili Raanan’s Cyberstarts fund, which is believed to hold a $900 million stake in Wiz.

The Gili Ra’anan model: Questions emerging from Cyberstarts' remarkable success

13.06.24|Sophie Shulman and Meir Orbach

Calcalist reveals the mechanism behind Cyberstarts’ amazing returns: points worth tens of thousands of dollars are awarded to CISOs of organizations for deepening relationships with the fund's portfolio companies, aiding their growth. Is this model, which is increasingly questioned, one of the explanations for the fund's extraordinary success? Ra'anan said in response: "No CISO received compensation for purchasing products."

Hila Cyberstarts

Cyberstarts appoints Hila Zigman as General Partner

“Hila’s unique experience, ranging from a focus on talent through building amazing market-leading products, is the perfect fit for Cyberstarts' own culture,” said Gili Raanan, Cyberstarts founder.

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Cyberstarts secures $480 million for opportunity fund

24.09.23|Meir Orbach

The new opportunity fund, named Cyberstarts Scale, comes on the back of a $200 million opportunity fund raised in March 2022. It brings Cyberstarts’ total assets under management to $663 million

CTech Early Lior Simon וידאו

“Don’t rush to run after trends and buzzwords - it's fluff”

06.07.23|James Spiro

Lior Simon, General Partner at Cyberstarts, spoke to CTech about the changing market and how early-stage companies can succeed in today’s market

גילי רענן קרן Cyberstarts

“An economic downturn compels entrepreneurs to reevaluate their core business”

07.06.23|Elihay Vidal

Gili Raanan, founder of Cyberstarts, spoke with CTech as part of the project “Where do we go from here?”, which aims to examine how the Israeli VC industry is dealing with the crisis in the sector

Cyberstarts appoints Emily Heath as General Partner

The cybersecurity-focused venture firm has added the former DocuSign and United Airlines CISO to its investment team

גילי רענן קרן Cyberstarts

Gili Raanan: "Israel is a step away from becoming an anti-liberal state"

16.01.23|Gili Raanan

מנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן והשותפה החדשה ליאור סיימון

Cyberstarts closes new $60 million Seed fund

24.08.22|Meir Orbach

The Israeli cybersecurity-focused VC firm’s first fund showed a weighted annual return to investors of 300% and its portfolio companies raised a total of $2 billion in 2021, with a combined valuation of $20 billion

ליאור סיימון שותפה חדשה ומנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן

Cyberstarts raises $200 million to double down on its Seed companies

The new Opportunity Fund will focus on follow-on investments in the cybersecurity-focused VC’s portfolio companies that are raising Series A and Series B

מנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן והשותפה החדשה ליאור סיימון

Cyberstarts fund I records 300% annual return amidst cybersecurity boom

09.02.22|Meir Orbach

50% of the companies that have raised their Series A round or more on Gili Raanan and Lior Simon’s firm’s portfolio have already become unicorns

Cybersecurity startup Island officially comes out of stealth with almost $100 million in financing

01.02.22|Meir Orbach

The startup’s enterprise browser includes built-in security control and governance for corporate applications and data

מימין דן אמיגה ו מייקל פיי

The mysterious Israeli cybersecurity startup that has raised $100 million under the radar

19.01.22|Meir Orbach

Island, which was founded by serial entrepreneur Dan Amiga together with Michael Fey, the former CTO of Symantec and McAfee, is developing a secure browser for organizations

שי לוי Noname Security CTO

Making its name: Noname Security surges solving API vulnerabilities

24.10.21|Daniel Farber-Ball

Co-founder and CTO Shay Levi discusses why the company became focused on APIs and where he wants it to be in five years

Lior Simon ctech ליאור סימון

E-commerce companies need identity protection solutions to combat fraud

“E-commerce is a large market that is growing, where fraud and security solutions need to be in place. Wherever there is a lot of money, attacks are waiting at the front door,” says Cyberstarts General Partner Lior Simon, speaking at Calcalist’s E-commerce 360 conference.

Oz Golan Shay Levi Noname

Noname Security launches from stealth with $25 million to help secure APIs

15.12.20|James Spiro

The continued digital transformation of businesses has left them exposed to threats and attack – something Noname hopes to stop

אייל ממו עידן ניניו מייסדי bionic ביוניק ו גיל רענן

Bionic comes out of stealth with $13 million series A for application intelligence platform

The Israeli startup developed a platform that gives enterprises the ability to understand and control the many application changes pushed to production every day

אסף רפפורט מייסד Wiz

Wiz, founded by former Microsoft Israel R&D head, raises $100 million series A

09.12.20|Hagar Ravet

Having the right people and operating in the hottest security sector in the market makes finding investors simple, says Assaf Rapaport