Gili Raanan is the Founder of Cyberstarts and one of the most successful seed investors ever. In his 19 company portfolio, Gili has invested in a decacorn (Wiz), seven unicorns and had three others acquired. Prior to Cyberstarts, Gili spent over 15 years as a General Partner @ Sequoia Capital investing in some of the world’s best cyber security companies. In Today’s Episode with Gili Raanan We Discuss: 1. From Founder to World’s Best Seed Investor: How did Gili make the move into the world of venture with Sequoia? How did Mike Moritz and Doug Leone recruit him? What was that process like? What are 1-2 of Gili’s biggest takeaways from working with Doug and Mike? 2. How to Find and Pick the Best Founders: What did Mike Moritz teach Gili about getting to know founders? Why does Gili look for the pain in the eyes of the founder? What questions does he ask? What are the most common signals of truly exceptional founders, having backed 7 unicorns? Why does Gili believe that both market and product is BS? Why are the founders all that matters? Why does Gili believe that the founder does not have to be a domain expert in a market to create a... https://lnkd.in/gYyr7KjU
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📢 Rapid7 Acquire Noetic Cyber 📢 I believe this is Rapid7's 13th acquisition, the last one was Minerva Labs (Acquired by Rapid7) in March of last year, and before that, IntSights, a Rapid7 company in August 2021. CAASM (cyber asset attack surface management) gets talked about as being a noisy space, this is the 2nd acquisition in the last month, the last being NetSPI acquiring Hubble. Congratulations to the Noetic team, founded in 2019, they raised a Series A of $20m in 2021 and were backed by Energy Impact Partners, Ten Eleven Ventures & Glasswing Ventures. Interesting times at Rapid7, it was reported recently that Activist investor JANA Partners has a stake in Rapid7 and plans to push the cybersecurity company to sell itself. As per WSJ, Rapid7 shares have dropped more than 30% so far this year, bringing the company’s market capitalization below $2.5 billion. The stock is down about 60% over the past three years.
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We’re thrilled to announce that Emproof has successfully completed a Seed Plus investment round. This funding will enable Emproof to scale up in preparation for a Series A round in late 2025, focusing on growth, further technological development, and new opportunities. Reinout vander Meulen of TIN Capital | European Cybersecurity Investors commented, “Emproof is one of our most promising portfolio companies, poised to set a new standard for embedded software security. Our enthusiasm is clearly shared among the company’s shareholders, as most of them participated in this oversubscribed round. Go Emproof!” Geoffroy Rosset of Auriga Cyber Ventures said: “This reinvestment demonstrates our confidence in the team and in the immense prospects we see for this business. Excited to see what comes next!” Emproof CEO Brian Kelly added, “We had the seed extension in mind when closing the initial seed round, particularly to match Auriga’s investment with TIN’s, forming a strong double-lead with two of Europe’s prominent cyber-focused VCs. We're excited about this next chapter, especially with the launch of the Emproof Nyx demos, allowing people to experience our innovative product first-hand." Find out more about the Emproof Nyx demos: https://lnkd.in/eKHuQKqD HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds #embeddedsecurity #embeddedsoftware #softwaresecurity #cybersecurity #IPtheft #reverseengineering
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TIIN CAPITAL CHANGES ITS NAME TO TIN CAPITAL As 2023 comes to an end, we look back at a successful year. Highlights include our 25th anniversary, 3 exits and the recent first closing of our European Cyber Tech Fund V. Before we say goodbye to 2023, we want to share exciting news with you. You might know that The Informal Investors Network (TIIN) was founded in 1998 by a group of successful entrepreneurs. After 25 years in business, we have decided to change our name to better represent who we are today. By removing the I that stood for ‘Informal’, we do justice to the diversity of our Limited Partner community, which now includes (among others) family offices, corporates, institutional investors and angel investors. From now on, we will be known as TIN Capital, which stands for The Investors Network. Moreover, we have refreshed our logo to reflect who we are today. #namechange #rebranding #venturecapital #startups #cybersecurity
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Guardz – secures $18M in Series A round funding ten months after launching from stealth. With a resilient, purpose-driven team and a clear goal, Guardz is working tirelessly to transform the ever-critical #cybersecurity landscape for MSPs and their small business clients. Guardz dedicated team, supportive MSP-partners, and passionate investors, including the early growth-fund of Glilot Capital Partners, Glilot+, Hanaco Ventures, iAngels, GKFF, and ClearSky, are the pillars of its strength. Guardz are committed to forging a safer digital world for small business. The newly raised funds will be allocated to fuel the company’s overall growth. This includes accelerating product development to deliver more hyper-automated detection and response across all attack vectors in a holistic, cost-effective way. Additionally, Guardz plan to expand sales, marketing, and customer success operations globally. CEO Dor Eisner and CTO Alon Lavi founded Guardz in 2022 with the vision to tackle the challenge and created Guardz to empower MSPs to proactively secure and insure small businesses with a robust and unified cybersecurity platform that protects against ever-evolving #cyberthreats. In less than a year, Guardz has seen substantial growth by partnering with hundreds of MSPs and ensuring the security of thousands of businesses in the #US and #Europe. Kobi Samboursky Arik Kleinstein Nofar Amikam Lior Litwak Alon Lifshitz Pasha Romanovski Lior Prosor Gabi Heller David Frankel Mor Assia Shelly Hod Moyal David Assia Liat Sameach-Shaulov Alex Weiss Bernard Noble #funding #vc #investment #startupsfunding
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🚨 Get out the vote [for Oleria]! Oleria raised over $42.5M in 2023 to reimagine the future of Identity Security. Our investors, Evolution Equity Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Zscaler and Tapestry VC: 🔐 Agree that identity security is among the top cyber challenges organizations face, and 💥 Believe our groundbreaking adaptive and autonomous identity security solution is the answer. Now, we’ve been selected as a finalist in the Deal of the Year category for the upcoming #GeekWireAwards! 🏆 And we need your help to take home the trophy. Vote now for Oleria! www.geekwire.com/votenow The Deal of the Year category recognizes dynamic companies involved in blockbuster acquisitions or venture financing deals, and we're honored to be among the finalists. The GeekWire Awards is one of the most hotly-anticipated events in the Seattle tech community, and we’ll be there to celebrate the region’s innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit.
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🚀 LATEST FUNDING/M&A IN CYBERSECURITY 🚀 With the public holiday last week, activity certainly was down but there was another cyber start-up acquisition to note for the books. Noetic Cyber was acquired by Rapid7. Noetic Cyber was a key figurehead in innovating the CAASM (cyber asset attack surface management) space. This acquisition will enhance Rapid7's existing stack to include more visibility into both internal and external assets. This is the 2nd acquisition in the last month for the CAASM space, the last being NetSPI acquiring Hubble. This is Rapid7's 13th acquisition, with the last one being Minerva Labs (Acquired by Rapid7) for $45M in March 2023, and IntSights, a Rapid7 company in August 2021 for $335M. Congratulations to the Noetic team! They were founded in 2019 and raised a Series A of $20m in 2021 and were backed by Energy Impact Partners, Ten Eleven Ventures & Glasswing Ventures. The acquisition is expected to close during Rapid7's fiscal third quarter. Congrats to all involved! 👨🎤 👩🎤 #venturecapital #cybersecurityfunding #startups
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During the Mission Possible venture building program by cyber/nnov8, supported by the Western NIS Enterprise Fund and in partnership with the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, mentors play an crucial role in guiding the development of our participants' projects 📈 A special thanks to Alyona Mysko, CEO & Founder at Fuelfinance, for sharing Top 3 Tips for Early-Stage Startup Founders. Enjoy! 💚 Learn more about the program: https://lnkd.in/dnpZda86
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NEW: The Cambridge-based cyber security firm is set to be taken over by US private equity firm Thoma Bravo, pushing its share price up by over 19%. #cybersecurity #privateequity #londonstockexchange #listings #london #technology #shareprice #stocks #investments https://lnkd.in/eZWy-3Td
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