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CyberStart Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

CyberStart Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Security. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $500K

AUM

$1.4B

Portfolio

4+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused exclusively on early-stage companies building solutions for cybersecurity infrastructure, compliance monitoring, and secure systems.

How CyberStart Ventures invests

CyberStart Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Security. It does not invest in Consumer.

CyberStart Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment, backed by approximately $1.4B in assets under management.

CyberStart Ventures has backed 4 companies in our records, including LogSecure, AuditChain, CyberStart.

Meet the Team

LS

Lior Simon

General Partner

Cybersecurity investing
Seed & early-stage companies
Portfolio support / Board roles
GR

Gili Raanan

General Partner

Cybersecurity
Early-stage venture investing
Mentorship
Board governance
HZ

Hila Zigman

General Partner

API/security products
Founder/operator backgrounds
Scaling product & engineering
Growth to exit
EH

Emily Heath

General Partner

Early & late stage cyber ventures
Enterprise security operations
CISO-level insights
DK

Dor Knafo

General Partner

Technical founders
Real-world cybersecurity architecture
Early-stage seed investing
AA

Adam Aarons

Partner

Go-to-market strategy
Scaling sales & revenue
Enterprise software GTM execution
LS

Laura Stevens

Managing Partner

Cybersecurity
RegTech
Compliance Tech
PC

Pete Chronis

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Security

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (4)

Other

LO

LogSecure

Compliance Tech
AU

AuditChain

RegTech
CY

CyberStart

The innovative gamified cybersecurity learning platform

HE

Helical Levity

First version of CyberStart built under this company name.

How to pitch CyberStart Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Security — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $500K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lior Simon, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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