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About Us
Glilot Capital Partners is an Israeli early stage VC fund investing in the brightest and most extraordinary entrepreneurs in Israel and backing teams that develop sophisticated technology, particularly in the areas of Cybersecurity, AI and other B2B software. Consistently ranked by Preqin among the top five best-performing venture capital funds in the world, our success has been driven by our hands-on approach. We give personalized attention to each of our portfolio companies to ensure growth into successful global companies. We do so by offering end-to-end support through our unique Value Creation team and our ability to accompany you from seed stage to growth.
Glilot Capital Partners was established in 2011 by our Managing Partners Kobi Samboursky and Arik Kleinstein, with Nofar Amikam later joining as General Partner. In 2021, we welcomed Lior Litwak to the team as Managing Partner to lead the Glilot+ early growth fund. All our partners have extensive experience in establishing, managing and financing startups and have led our funds to impressive achievements over the last decade.
Glilot’s Seed funds and Glilot+ amount to five funds to-date, bringing total assets under management to $730 million.
Glilot Seed Fund
Through our seed funds, we have consistently helped build successful startups from inception, employing our hands-on Value Creation approach. We've achieved 18 exits in 13 years, with a perfect 100% hit rate from the initial eight companies in Fund One.
Glilot+
Glilot+, our early growth fund, focuses on post-Series A startups in the enterprise software and cybersecurity sectors. Up until the end of 2020, we have participated in nearly 20 post-A rounds, and have created significant value to our portfolio companies throughout their growth process.
We seek to provide flexible funding solutions by leading or participating in early growth rounds and offering convertible notes. Glilot+ includes a large community of industry leaders, strong financial backing and extensive resources to drive the growth of your business. Glilot+ provides you a strong foundation on which to scale up rapidly, outperform your competition and expand globally.
100+
Advisors
28
Current Portfolio Companies
18
Exits
$730M
Funds Under Management
Portfolio Companies
anecdotes
Data-driven Compliance OS boosts growth by automating manual tasks, empowering leaders, advisors & auditors.
accessiBe
Automated web accessibility for ADA & WCAG compliance by using machine learning and computer vision.
AppCharge
A platform helping gaming studios boost profits with mobile-first webstore, enhance engagement, monetize effectively, minimize fraud, and optimize strategies.
At-Bay
The InsurSec provider that merges tech & expertise, empowering businesses to tackle cyber risk with end-to-end protection.
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AtmoSec
A SaaS security venture whose platform is designed to secure hyperconnected SaaS ecosystems as they evolve.
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BlazeMeter
A cloud platform which provides a complete, continuous testing platform.
CardinalOps
Continuous security improvement: AI analytics & automation to assess inefficiencies, close gaps in core security functions.
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Cider
Unified platform for Security, DevOps, and Developers, orchestrating CI/CD security activities.
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CyberX
Helps secure the Industrial Internet by providing complete visibility into the OT Network.
devOcean
SaaS platform aggregates cloud security insights, offering a unified interface to assess risks .
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Entitle
Reducing persistent access while maintaining a seamless employee experience.
ESGgo
Leaving a good impact by serving corporate executives and employees with business ESG solutions.
Genoox
Revolutionary big data platform for storing, analyzing and managing genomic data in the cloud.
Guardz
Built to empower MSPs to holistically secure and insure their clients against ever-evolving threats.
Healthee
Healthee makes health benefits user-friendly with AI-driven platform for cost-effective care, aiding finance execs in cost containment.
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Intsights
Delivers powerful cyber intelligence platform for identification and remediation of cyber threats.
LayerX
A user-first browser security platform that turns any browser into the most protected & manageable workspace.
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Mintigo
Delivers intelligent customer engagement powered by predictive analytics and AI for marketing and sales teams.
Mitiga
A complete cloud and SaaS threat detection, investigation, and response automation solution to empower the modern SOC.
PayEm
A global procurement and spend management platform that automates finance and procurement processes from request to reconciliation.
Phone.do
An advanced platform with AI and vetted service pros that provides human answering services for businesses.
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Polar
Discovering and protecting cloud data against compliance violations & vulnerabilities, ensuring privacy.
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Polyrize
Empowers security teams to manage user identities, privileges, and access behavior in the cloud.
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Porticor
Cloud Encryption & Cloud Security solutions provider for enterprise and SME with solutions that install in minutes.
redefine
One click CI optimization platform to accelerate your development cycle and save cloud costs.
Refine Intelligence
Refine Intelligence is the only crime-fighting fintech focused on "greenflagging" legitimate customer behavior.
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Rewire
Secure financial services designed to help migrants make cross-border money transfers.
Seemplicity
A risk reduction and productivity platform connects security findings with those who can fix them in the organization.
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Solebit
The No-Code Company. Preventing targeted, zero-day and unknown attacks from penetrating the enterprise network.
Statement
Streamlines financial management for innovative companies by optimizing their financial processes.
Testimonials
advisors
The value is the opportunity to meet with teams that are trying to solve really hard security and privacy problems. They have fresh, excited (and exciting) conversations about a major problem in security, they are energized by what they are hearing from potential customers, and they can't wait to change the world for the better. It's a real pleasure to be able to provide even the tiniest bit of influence and insight into their process.
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founders
Exited
GCP's high level of professionalism, immense support, and extensive financial experience is invaluable to us as we rapidly grew our startup. The knowledge, experience, and vast network both Arik and Kobi have are just some of the key value-adds GCP has brought to the partnership.
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founders
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As a second-time entrepreneur, I knew I wanted to partner with a VC that would support me beyond the capital, especially at the beginning. Glilot has supported us from day 1 (ideation) and helped us get our very first customers via an abundance of market discussions with their network of C-levels prior to launching out of stealth. As an example, with their support, I was able to recruit a strong Advisory Board of CISOs for Ermetic.
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advisors
Through Glilot specifically, I always know the technologies presented are well thought out and have a differentiated place in the market and therefore I give those demos enough time to fully grasp the product. Generally, Glilot's portfolio includes experienced entrepreneurs who inherently understand the dynamics of managing product scope creep, cultivating messaging, prioritizing R&D, and more.
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founders
Exited
Partnering with Glilot felt natural to us from our first meeting. Their knowledge and experience in the cybersecurity world, combined with their commitment to invest in early-stage startups is not something entrepreneurs take for granted.
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advisors
Through my position as an Advisor at Glilot, I have met with top-notch Founders who are in the very early stages of their companies and I have been able to provide my inputs as they scale. It's been enjoyable as well as enabled me to understand what new solutions are out there so that I can solve problems early on and stay ahead of the curve.
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founders
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GCP's vast experience, professionalism and high standing in the cybersecurity industry made them the ideal partners for Polyrize. From day one, Kobi and Arik were our thought partners and aided us in critical business decisions for the company, from investment through to the acquisition by Varonis. It was clear that Glilot was committed to our success and actively worked on our behalf to help us scale.
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founders
Exited
There are few investors that are as sophisticated in cybersecurity and willing to take early-stage venture risk as Glilot Capital. We were lucky to have them as our partners from the very beginning and through to the acquisition by Palo Alto Networks.
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founders
Glilot has been a true partner from the very beginning when we were first figuring out how to best approach the market. They continue to support us by introducing us to real experts in the space, some of which have become our very first customers. Through the market discussions we have, we are able to understand what is most critical to develop, including integrations and platforms to support as we expand.
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founders
Exited
From day one and all the way to our acquisition by Mimecast, we felt that Glilot is not just a financial investor but a true partner that is with us, come hell or high water!
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founders
Exited
I always felt that having a board member who is an entrepreneur was extremely helpful and made the communication more productive. Kobi's support was obvious, his advice and wide network of connections were instrumental in BlazeMeter's success, from the beginning to the acquisition by CA Technologies (now Broadcom) in late 2016.
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founders
Partnering with GCP is one of the best decisions we've ever made since we started Upstream. Arik and Kobi have supported us on every major decision we have had to make and we have greatly benefited from their knowledge, experience, and amazing network.
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founders
Exited
As a previous CISO, I've known and met with numerous counterparts. Glilot Mach5 brought new, world-leading C-levels to the table that contributed a completely fresh angle to our discussions. These have significantly upgraded our market understanding and enabled us to perfect the product development cycle to reach the right fit, and win.
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advisors
With Glilot Mach5, I always know that the companies and technologies that will be presented to me are tailored towards my focus areas and have been well evaluated. Glilot Mach5 allows me to explore new technologies as emerging challenges arise.
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founders
As a third time entrepreneur, I knew I wanted to partner with a VC that would support me beyond funding. Glilot has supported us from day 1 (ideation) and helped us get our very first customers via an abundance of market discussions with their network of C-levels prior to launching out of stealth.
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advisors
Through Glilot specifically, I always know the technologies presented are well thought out and have a differentiated place in the market and therefore I give those demos enough time to fully grasp the product. Generally, Glilot's portfolio includes experienced entrepreneurs who inherently understand the dynamics of managing product scope creep, cultivating messaging, prioritizing R&D, and more.
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founders
We're still in stealth mode and already met with dozens of potential customers which sped up our product market fit process significantly. We're truly fortunate to be partnering with Glilot who are guiding us every step of the way
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advisors
Helping Glilot's Founders is a rare and enjoyable opportunity to make an impact and stay ahead of emerging cyber security risks and new types of technologies to protect against those potential threats. I've had the chance to work with several of the Founders more closely and it's been great to support them as they work to solve serious, global security challenges.
Testimonials
founders
As a former Partner and leader of a value creation practice, I was blown away by the remarkable strategic work and the execution of Glilot's Mach5 program. The team is able to access almost any executive for feedback and deals with a rigorous, truly value-creating process. They are fully attuned to servicing the startup and their business needs.
Testimonials
advisors
Supporting Glilot Capital Partners provides me real insight into cutting-edge innovation around cyber security. It affords me the opportunity to meet and learn from some fantastically talented people focused on addressing some of our most complex challenges.
Milestones
2011
Established
Glilot Capital Founded, First Cyber & B2B Focused VC in Israel
2014
First Three Exits
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2015
Glilot Capital II Launch
Glilot Capital launches $80M Fund
2016
Glilot Annex Fund Launch
Launch of Glilot's First Post-A Fund, Glilot Annex Fund, $30M
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2017
Global Recognition
Glilot Capital Ranked #1 Top-Performing VC by Preqin for the Second Time in a Row
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2018
Expanding Operations
Glilot Capital Expands, Establishing a Value Creation Arm
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2019
Glilot Capital III Launch
Glilot Capital III Launched, a $110M Fund
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2020
Ongoing Success
Glilot Capital is the Only Israeli VC Ranked as a Top-Performing VC for the Fourth Time by Preqin
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2021
Glilot+ Launch & 12th Exit in 10 Years
Glilot Capital+, Early-Growth Vehicle, Launched, Marking $500M Total in AUM for Glilot Capital. Glilot Capital Celebrates its 12th Exit in 10 Years.
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2022
Mach5 Program Launched
Value Creation Program for portfolio companies.
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2023
5 Exits
Top Quartile across all funds
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2024
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