Yoav Tzruya

General Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners

Biography

Yoav Tzruya is a General Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners, where his bio cites over thirty years of experience in enterprise software, cyber security, AI and fintech and fifteen years as a partner. He was promoted to General Partner and Executive Committee member in November 2017 from his prior role as Partner and Head of JVP Labs in Be'er Sheva, and he led the development of JVP's Cybersecurity Hub in Be'er Sheva and its International Cybersecurity Hub in New York. JVP lists him on the boards of ControlUp, Coro, Pyramid Analytics, ThetaRay, Centrical, ChainReaction, Akeyless, Morphisec, Appdome, Quali, Secret Double Octopus, 1Touch.io and SourceDefense, and credits him as lead partner on exits including CyActive to PayPal, Loom to ServiceNow, cnvrg.io to Intel, ScadaFence to Honeywell and Logpoint to Summa Equity. He served six years as an officer in the Israeli Air Force and holds mathematics and computer science degrees from Tel Aviv University and an executive M.B.A. from Kellogg.

Education

• B.Sc. Mathematics (cum laude), Tel Aviv University
• M.S. Computer Science (cum laude), Tel Aviv University
• Executive M.B.A., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Previous Experience

• Partner and Head of JVP Labs, Be'er Sheva
• Executive roles in general management, product, strategy, marketing and business development at technology startups
• Officer, Israeli Air Force (six years)

Notable Investments

Board Seats

• ControlUp
• Coro
• Pyramid Analytics
• ThetaRay
• Centrical
• ChainReaction
• Akeyless
• Morphisec
• Appdome
• Quali
• Secret Double Octopus
• 1Touch.io
• SourceDefense

Career Timeline

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