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Cyberstarts Seed Fund IV

Geography: Israel
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $60M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Cyberstarts Seed Fund IV

Cyberstarts Seed Fund IV is a venture capital firm based in Israel, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionIsrael

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Day-one cybersecurity founders building category-defining companies

pure-play cybersecurity

day-one entry

Israel-linked founders

category-defining cos

vulnerability→greatness

Bullish Signals

Wiz acquired by Google for $32Bwebsite

Cyera valued at $12B, Day 1 partnerwebsite

Island & Fireblocks $5B–$8B, Day 1website

+50% private cybersecurity market capwebsite

Founded 2018, 4 unicorns in portfoliowebsite

Cybersparx Miami 2025: 200+ cyber leaderswebsite

Contrarian Signals

100% cyber — extreme sector concentrationexternal

Israel-network may gate deal accessexternal

Day-one only — late entrants excludedexternal

Founder Do's

Build in cybersecurity — no exceptions

Come at idea stage / day one

Show category-defining ambition

Israeli founder network a plus

Target enterprise security market

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch outside cybersecurity vertical

Don't come post-product-market fit

Don't expect generalist fund dynamics

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$60M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Gili Raanan, Lior Simon, Emily Heath

Gili RaananGeneral Partner

Lior SimonPartner

Pete ChronisPartner

Hila ZigmanPartner

Adam AaronsPartner

Dor KnafoPartner

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