Investing Profile

Gil Zimmermann

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Investor at Cyberstarts - The Founders Powered VC

2048.vcBoston, Massachusetts

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Tel Aviv University Network

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Tel Aviv University Network

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Cisco Network

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Northeastern University Network

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Current Investing Position

Cyberstarts - The Founders Powered VC Investor

Investment Range

$500K - $2.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.3M

Investments On Record

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Gil Zimmermann's Investments On Record (3)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
ORION Security	Series AFeb 2026$32M SeedMar 2025$6M	$38M
Co-investors: David Zilberman (Norwest Venture Partners), Amir Jerbi (Aqua Security)
Terra Security	Series ASep 2025$30M SeedApr 2025$8M	$38M
Co-investors: Jay Leek (Syngenta Ventures), Shai Horovitz (Cyberstarts VC), Ohad Bobrov (Cyberstarts VC), Ofer Ben-Noon (Cyberstarts VC), Brian Devaney (Underscore VC), Yossi Matias, Gerhard Eschelbeck
Root	Series AJan 2022$31M SeedJan 2021$7M	$47M
Co-investors: Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Yaron Samid (TechAviv Founder Partners), Jon Sakoda (Decibel Partners), Matthew Brown (TCG (The Chernin Group))

Gil Zimmermann's Experience

Founding Board Director and Investor Jit2020 - Present

Founding Board Chairman and Investor Slim.AI Inc2020 - Present

Founding Partner FXP2020 - Present

Board Member on E4E Boston (NGO) Educating For Excellence - חינוך לפסגות2019 - Present

Board Director Zoomin2019 - Present

Investor 2048 Ventures2019 - Present

Investor Cyberstarts - The Founders Powered VC2018 - Present

Customer Advocacy & Business Development Dell EMCPresent

Entrepreneur In Residence CedarPresent

Investor CyberstartsPresent

Independant Board Director (Acquired by Salesforce NYSE:CRM) ZoominPresent

Founding Investor and Board Chairman RootPresent

Founding Investor and Board Director JitPresent

Founding Investor Orion SecurityPresent

Founding Investor and Board Observer Orion SecurityPresent

Founding Investor and Board Observer Terra SecurityPresent

Founding CEO and Board Chairman (pivoted to CloudLock) CloudLockPresent

Founding CEO and Board Chairman (Acquired by Cisco NASDAQ: CSCO) CiscoPresent

Founding General Partner Lama PartnersPresent

Council Member at Israeli-American Council, IAC Boston (NGO) Israeli-American Council (IAC)2020 - 2023

Cloud Security Business Cisco2016 - 2019

Founding CEO and Board Chairman (Acquired by Cisco) CloudLock2011 - 2016

Founding CEO and Board Chairman Aprigo2007 - 2010

Founding Organizer of Boston Branch TechAviv2007 - 2007

Entrepreneur In Residence Cedar Fund2006 - 2007

Customer Advocacy & Business Development EMC2001 - 2006

Product Management Backweb Technologies2001 - 2001

Technical Sales Sun Microsystems1997 - 2001

IT Leadership Bezeq Bit1996 - 1997

Software Development // SysAdmin // DBA Israel Defense Forces - Military Intelligence1993 - 1996

Gil Zimmermann's Education

Northeastern University Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Tel Aviv University Bachelor's Degree

MAMRAM, IDF Software Programmer & System Architect

Mamram, IDF Software Programmer & System Architect Computer Science

Tel Aviv University Bachelor's Degree Computer Science & Mathematics, Philosophy

Northeastern University Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) High Technology & Innovation

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