Gili Raanan

About

Gili Raanan is a leading cybersecurity-focused venture capitalist and the founder of Cyberstarts, an premier early-stage VC firm investing in leading cybersecurity innovators. Since founding Cyberstarts in 2018, Gili has been instrumental in the early success of category-defining companies such as Wiz, Armis, Island, Fireblocks, Cyera, Transmit Security, and Upwind. Gili Raanan’s expertise in cybersecurity stems from his service in Israel’s elite Unit 8200 intelligence unit, where he was honored with the Israel Defense Forces Presidential Medal and the Innovation Award. As a technologist and entrepreneur, Gili is recognized as the inventor of CAPTCHA and played a foundational role in the creation of the web application firewall. His name appears on more than 10 U.S. patents across cybersecurity and application management. Before founding Cyberstarts, Gili launched two successful startups, Sanctum and nLayers, which were acquired by IBM and EMC, respectively. He later served as VP of S

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Tel Aviv, Israel