YL Ventures Named to TIME's List of America's Top Venture Capital Firms for 2025 and Ranked Among PitchBook's Top 10 Global Fund Managers

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- YL Ventures, a global venture capital firm focused on Israeli cybersecurity innovation, has been named one of America's Top Venture Capital Firms for 2025 by TIME and Statista. This acknowledgment follows the firm's inclusion in PitchBook's 2024 Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, where it was ranked #10 out of 350 global venture capital fund families, marking the third consecutive year YL Ventures has been named among the top 10 performing VC managers worldwide.

The firm received a gold badge, reserved for the top decile of performers in each category. YL Ventures is the only cybersecurity-focused VC in this global top tier and one of the only two Israeli-focused firms in the top 10. PitchBook's methodology is grounded in fund-level returns, assessing both realized distributions (DPI) and total value (TVPI), as well as IRR and vintage year benchmarking, making this recognition a credible indicator of long-term value creation for limited partners.

The TIME and Statista 2025 ranking offers a complementary perspective, evaluating over 10,000 VC firms based on operational and financial performance metrics across three core pillars: fundraising strength, investment capacity, and exit outcomes. This accomplishment reflects not just name or brand visibility, but actual performance rooted in real firm behavior, portfolio execution, and capital efficiency.

"These rankings are based on realized results, not just projections on paper," said Yoav Leitersdorf, Managing Partner at YL Ventures. "They reflect the value we create for our limited partners, founders, and co-investors through focus, technical conviction, and disciplined execution that delivers measurable outcomes. We invest at inception, shape the path to market, and stay actively involved as companies grow. This is how lasting cybersecurity powerhouses are built, and it is the model we are committed to."

With $800M in assets under management across five funds, YL Ventures partners with cybersecurity founders at the very beginning. The firm provides early validation through its network of leading CISOs, sharpens product-market fit through real-world feedback, and helps secure initial design partners and enterprise traction. Its hands-on approach includes helping founders validate ideas with real buyers, build scalable go-to-market strategies, shape messaging, and attract top talent through its in-house team and global network.

YL Ventures' portfolio includes leading cybersecurity startups such as Aim Security, Orca Security, Minimus and MIND, as well as past portfolio successes including Axonius, Medigate and Twistlock. Collectively, they have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in follow-on funding from top global investors, built deep enterprise adoption, and achieved highly successful outcomes, including sustained category leadership and strategic acquisitions.

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