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Yair Grindlinger
Investor at Creednz
Israel
Overview
Yair Grindlinger is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor based in Israel, with a strong background in founding and leading successful tech companies. Notable career highlights include founding SupportSpace, which was later acquired by BestBuy, and co-founding FireLayers, which was acquired by Proofpoint where he also served as Co-Founder & CEO.
Currently, Yair is actively involved in the tech investment scene, notably investing in companies like Aim Security, Adaptive Shield, and Creednz, focusing on sectors such as cybersecurity, SaaS, and enterprise applications.
Work Experience
Building
2024 - Current
Investor
2020
Investor
2023
Member
2020
Investor
2022
Creednz is a company that provides financial data management system that involves internal financial data sets.
Raised $7,000,000.00 from Blumberg Capital, Elron Ventures and Moneta VC.
Insider
2018
YL Ventures funds and supports seed-stage entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity sector.
SVP Cloud Strategy
2021 - 2023
GM, VP information Protection Products
2017 - 2021
Proofpoint provides cloud-based email security, e-discovery, and compliance solutions for companies to protect sensitive business data.
Raised $885,500,000.00 from KG Investments, Bridgescale Partners, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Benchmark, Meritech Capital Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Inventures Group, RRE Ventures, Icon Ventures and DAG Ventures.
Co-Founder & CEO
2014 - 2016
Founder, CEO
2006 - 2013
CEO
2003 - 2005