Investing Profile

Gili Raanan

CEOVCInvestorFounder
Cyberstarter at Cyberstarts
cyberstarts.comIsrael
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Networks Gili is a member of
NewCo Network
1600 CONNECTIONS
Tel Aviv University Network
195 CONNECTIONS
Sequoia Capital Network
136 CONNECTIONS
Dell Technologies Network
62 CONNECTIONS
Cyberstarts Network
21 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Cyberstarts VC
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
81
Current Fund Size
$374M

Gili Raanan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Gili Raanan's Investments On Record (31)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Onyx Security
Series BJul 2026$110M
Series AMar 2026$35M
$150M
Co-investors: Amit Karp (Bessemer Venture Partners), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners)
Glow
Series BJul 2026$100M
$140M
Co-investors: Shaun Maguire (Sequoia Capital), Jake Gibson (Better Tomorrow Ventures), David Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Edward Yip (Norwest Venture Partners), Mark Selcow (Costanoa Ventures), Parker Beauchamp (Markd VC), Amir Kabir (AV8 Ventures), Stewart Pond (Operator Stack), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons)
Cyera
Series GJun 2026$600M
Series EJun 2025$540M
Series CApr 2024$300M
Series BJun 2023$100M
Series AMar 2022$60M
SeedDec 2020$5M
$62B
Co-investors: Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital), Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Casber Wang (Sapphire Ventures), Patrick Backhouse (Greenoaks Capital), David Schneider (Coatue Management), Lior Simon (Cyberstarts VC), Philippe Botteri (Accel Partners), Richard Seewald (Evolution Equity Partners), Sharin Fisher Dibrov (Fort Ross Ventures)
Linx Security
Series BMar 2026$50M
Series AJul 2024$33M
$83M
Co-investors: Shardul Shah (Index Ventures), Teddie Wardi (Insight Partners), Mickey Boodaei (Picture Capital), Rakesh K. Loonkar, Assaf Rappaport
Surf AI
Series AMar 2026$57M
$57M
Co-investors: Philippe Botteri (Accel Partners), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures)
Upwind Security
Series BJan 2026$250M
Series ADec 2024$100M
Series ASep 2023$50M
$400M
Co-investors: Saam Motamedi (Greylock), Morgan Gerlak (Technology Crossover Ventures), Sameer Dholakia (Bessemer Venture Partners), Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners), Bryant Barr (Penny Jar Capital), Kevin Gabura (Carrick Capital Partners), Gideon Hayden, Omri Casspi, Rakesh K. Loonkar
Vega
Series BDec 2025$120M
Series ASep 2025$60M
SeedJan 2024
$210M
Co-investors: Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Erica Brescia (Redpoint Ventures), Robin Godenrath (Picus Capital), Ramin Niroumand (Motive Partners), Lior Simon (Cyberstarts VC), Andrei Brasoveanu (Accel-KKR), Philippe Teixeira da Mota
Island
Series EMar 2025$250M
Series COct 2023$100M
Series AFeb 2022$100M
$800M
Co-investors: Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital), Jeff Horing (Insight Partners), David Schneider (Coatue Management)

Gili Raanan's Experience

Board Member and Seed Investor Linx Security2023 - Present
Seed Investor Blockaid2023 - Present
Seed Investor Zafran Security2022 - Present
Seed Investor Oasis Security2022 - Present
Board Member and Seed Investor Trustmi2021 - Present
Board Ovserver and Investor Transmit Security2021 - Present
Board Observer and Seed Investor Cyera2021 - Present
Board Observer and Seed Investor Legit Security2020 - Present
Board Member and Seed Investor Island2020 - Present
Chairman of the Board and Seed Investor Wiz2020 - Present
Board Member and Seed investor Fireblocks2018 - Present
Cyberstarter Cyberstarts2018 - Present
Chairman Of The Board and Seed investor Armis Security2015 - Present
Chairman Of The Board and Seed investor ArmisPresent
Board Member and Seed Investor WizPresent
Board Member and Seed Investor Upwind SecurityPresent
Seed Investor VegaPresent
Seed Investor Gambit SecurityPresent
Founder & CEO nLayersPresent
VP of Strategy Dell TechnologiesPresent
Venture Partner Gemini Israel VenturesPresent
Board member and Seed investor SnaptuPresent
Board member and Seed investor OnavoPresent
Board member and Seed investor AdallomPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Board Member Mintigo (Now Part of Anaplan)Present
Board Member and Seed investor Trustdome (acquired by Zscaler)Present
Board Member and Seed Investor Axis, acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise company in 2023Present
Board Member and Seed Investor Bionic, a CrowdStrike CompanyPresent
Seed Investor Avalor Security, a Zscaler CompanyPresent
Board Observer and Seed Investor Avalor Security, a Zscaler CompanyPresent
Board Member and Seed investor Dazz (acquired by Wiz)Present
Board Member and Seed Investor Savvy2021 - 2025
Board Member and Seed investor Dazz2020 - 2024
Board Member and Seed investor Trail Security (acquired by Cyera)2023 - 2024
Board Member and Seed investor SafeBreach2014 - 2024
Board Member and Seed Investor Noname Security2020 - 2024
Board Observer and Seed Investor Avalor Security2022 - 2024
Seed Investor Avalor Security2022 - 2024
Board Member and Seed Investor Bionic2019 - 2023
Board Member and Seed Investor Axis Security2019 - 2023
Board Member Innovid2011 - 2021
Board Member and Seed investor Trustdome2019 - 2021
Board Member Moovit2013 - 2020
Board Member Mintigo (Acquired by Anaplan)2010 - 2019
General Partner Sequoia Capital2009 - 2017
Board Member Seculert (Acquired by Radware)2013 - 2017
Board member and Seed investor Adallom (Acquired by Microsoft)2012 - 2015
Board member and Seed investor Onavo (Acquired by Facebook)2011 - 2013
Board member and Seed investor Snaptu (Acquired by Facebook)2010 - 2011
Venture Partner Gemini Israel Funds2007 - 2009
VP of Strategy EMC2006 - 2007
Founder & CEO nLayers (Acquired by EMC Corp)2003 - 2006
Founder, co-CEO, SVP Products Sanctum Inc1997 - 2003

Gili Raanan's Education

Tel Aviv University BSc Computer Science and Economics