John Brennan

John Brennan is the current Director at Cycode, and they have over four years of experience with YL Ventures, where they are a Senior Partner. YL Ventures funds and supports brilliant Israeli tech entrepreneurs from seed to lead. Based in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures manages over $800M and specializes in cybersecurity. YL Ventures accelerates the evolution of portfolio companies via strategic advice and US-based operational execution, leveraging a powerful network of CISOs and global industry leaders. The firm's track record includes investment in Israeli cybersecurity unicorns Axonius and Orca Security, as well as successful, high-profile acquisitions by major corporations including Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, CA and Proofpoint.

Before YL Ventures, John was a seed investor for Eureka Security, Piiano, Valence Security, Grip Security, enso.security, Satori, and Cycode. John has also been with Orca Security for over three years and Hunters.AI for just under four years.

John Brennan has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where they focused on entrepreneurship and finance. John also has a degree in economics and political science from Trinity College-Hartford, and they attended St. Sebastian's for their high school education.