Cybersecurity Luminaries from Microsoft, Intuit, Zscaler and Kraft Heinz join YL Ventures’ Growing Venture Advisory Board to Guide Israeli Cybersecurity Startups to Success
Summary
In the case of Sounil Yu, former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America, it resulted in him joining YL Ventures as its full-time CISO-in-Residence, providing the firm’s portfolio companies with hands-on support and an in-house lens into their customers’ needs. Venture Advisors are leveraged to enrich entrepreneurs’ ideation processes before investment, share essential insights and guide the firm’s portfolio companies on product development, product-market fit and go-to-market strategies, as well as provide continuous support throughout the companies’ lifecycle. There’s a symbiotic learning relationship that takes place in such engagements.” “ CISOs are approached hundreds of times a day by cybersecurity vendors and it’s a job in and of itself to sort through what can be an overwhelming amount of noise. Working with YL Ventures and companies in their pipeline allows me to help the next generation of solutions learn how to really address my needs, rise above the competition and ultimately have the privilege of speaking with some really brilliant teams,” says Justinian Fortenberry, CISO at GrubHub. YL Ventures accelerates the evolution of portfolio companies via strategic advice and U.S.-based operational execution, leveraging a powerful network of CISOs and global industry leaders.
