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Early-stage investors YL Ventures<\/a> have raised a $75 million fund, their third, to back Israeli software startups seeking to enter the U.S. market. The firm maintains offices in Tel Aviv and Mill Valley, Calif. It is best-known for its use of predictive analytics to find promising entrepreneurial teams before they have officially launched a business.<\/p>\n YLV founder and Managing Partner Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf said his firm\u2019s proprietary software generates several hundred alerts each month about companies being formed. Partners reach out to about 30 to 40 of these teams to learn what they are doing. \u201cSome are gems, many are not relevant,\u201d the investor said. \u201cUsing this lead-nurturing platform, we work on our relationships until an investment becomes appropriate. Some founders are shocked we found them so early.\u201d<\/p>\n The firm only invests in about 3, seed-stage companies a year, generally promising them more capital and hands-on help than other very early stage funds. YLV intends to use its new, $75 million fund to back fewer than 10 startups, Leitersdorf said. It will focus on companies building enterprise and cybersecurity software and software for self-driving vehicles, drones, virtual- and augmented-reality.<\/p>\n Leitersdorf said despite advances in manufacturing that reduce the cost of building hardware or robotics, the fund remains completely software-focused. \u201cWith software every new unit you sell has virtually zero incremental costs. It\u2019s just a software copy. Hardware economics are more challenging for venture,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n With this focus on Israeli tech talent, and strictly software,\u00a0YL Ventures has\u00a0racked\u00a0up three exits in just the past year, with the acquisitions of: Seculert, FireLayers and Blazemeter.<\/p>\n Featured Image: YL Ventures<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/ylv_team_photo.jpg?w=680\")
Early-stage investors YL Ventures have raised a $75 million fund, their third, to back Israeli software startups seeking to enter the U.S. market. The firm maintains offices in Tel Aviv and Mill Valley, Calif. It is best-known for its use of predictive analytics to find promising entrepreneurial teams before they have officially launched a business. YLV founder and Managing Partner Yoav… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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