YL Ventures’ Senior Partner and CFO, John Brennan, Transitions to Advisory Role

By?Yoav Leitersdorf, Managing Partner of?YL Ventures

My partner John Brennan has been a significant part of the YL Ventures family for the past six years.? He will continue to play a considerable role in YL Ventures’ future achievements as he transitions to an important advisory position within the firm in September 2023. ?In addition, John is and remains one of the most important investors in several of our funds.

“JB”, as many of us call him, has greatly contributed to the firm’s success as it grew to become a leading force in the global cybersecurity industry. ?With utmost dedication, he worked closely and developed extraordinary relationships with the firm’s fastest-growing companies and Israeli founders. ?Clocking 19 investments and 4 exits that we made together during his tenure, his impact and influence on the firm’s success are absolutely remarkable.? In addition, John has acted as the firm’s outstanding Chief Financial Officer during the past several years.

Since joining YLV in 2017, John has been firmly committed to fostering, developing and nurturing its core relationships with its founders, advisors, co-investors and limited partners, as a member of the firm’s senior management team. ?As part of YL Ventures' stellar value-add services to entrepreneurs, John provides our founders with guidance and support in the most crucial stages of their company-building journey and guides them on customer engagements and rapidly achieving U.S. market traction. ?He has played a central role in helping our portfolio companies build relationships with the firm’s extensive global network of CISOs and cybersecurity professionals, as well as U.S.-based follow-on investors and strategic partners.

YL Ventures’ flagship Venture Advisory Board has grown substantially over the past few years, and today boasts over 115 CISOs and industry experts. ?John helped cultivate and develop the firm’s relationships with these luminaries, who have become crucial mentors for our founders, working with them to define and articulate their core strategies from product-market-fit to positioning and Go-to-Market. ?These relationships will continue to provide profound value to our founders as they develop and scale their companies.

Not only is John an exceptional professional and business leader, he is also a great friend and continues to be a valued member of the YL Ventures family.?His work ethic, integrity and team collaboration are second to none.? Across all of his responsibilities in the firm, John’s unique personal and professional abilities have been instrumental in the growth and expansion of YL Ventures. ?The entire YL Ventures team in the U.S. and Israel, including my Senior Partner Ofer Schreiber, Partners Sharon Seemann and Michael Cortez and I, are deeply grateful for John’s many contributions. ?We are pleased to have him continue to support YL Ventures in his new capacity, which will undoubtedly enhance our abilities and accomplishments even further. ?Here’s to you, John!