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Dan Amiga

Founder of Island

Israel

Overview 

Dan Amiga is the Co-Founder & CTO at Island, with a strong background in Cloud Computing and Security. He has successfully invested in and supported various startups, such as Cyclops Security and build.security, showcasing his expertise in the cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure sectors. Dan's career highlights include founding successful companies like Island and being a founding investor in build.security, which was later acquired by Elastic, demonstrating his leadership in the tech industry and ability to identify and support innovative startups.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & CTO

    2020 - Current

    Each year the cost and complexity of cyber security increases disproportionately to security posture. It’s time to rethink our design -- this is our mission.

Island is a cybersecurity company that develops an enterprise browser to enhance security and productivity within corporate environments.

Raised $560,000,000.00 from Coatue, Citi Ventures and Sequoia Capital.

  • Founding Investor

    2022

ScaleOps is a platform that automates Kubernetes resource management in real-time.

Raised $79,500,000.00 from Glilot Capital Partners, Picture Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and NFX.

  • Founding Investor

    2022

  • Founding Investor

    2018

    Acquired by HPE 02/2023

Axis Security is a cloud security company that makes it simple to secure access to business resources.

Raised $99,500,000.00 from Alicorn Venture Partners.

  • Founding Investor & Board Member

    2020

    Acquired by Elastic 09/2021

Build.Security provides developers with easy deployment, ecosystem integrations, and code extensibility.

Raised $6,000,000.00 from StoneMill Ventures, Dan Amiga, Eyal Gruner, Eran Barak, YL Ventures and George Kurtz.

  • Founding Investor & Board Member

    2019

  • Official Member & Contributor

    2022

Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for senior-level tech executives.

  • Insider

    2019

YL Ventures funds and supports seed-stage entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity sector.

  • Adjunct Professor

    2012

    Author and teacher of an advanced cloud computing course for computer science master degree and BSc students.

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