Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 9
Number of Founded Organizations 3
  • Primary Job Title Founder and Managing Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    YL Ventures
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf founded YL Ventures, which invests early in core-technology software companies in and around the Internet, and accelerates their evolution via value-added involvement and Silicon Valley-based business development.

Yoav has been a successful entrepreneur, investor, and consultant in the technology and new media fields for

the past two decades. He is the founder and managing partner of YL Ventures, a global venture capital firm that invests in high-technology start-up companies and, within a short time, brings them to market.

In addition to 6Scan, Yoav serves on the board of directors of ClickTale (customer experience analytics), Upstream Commerce (automated competitive pricing analytics) and BlazeMeter (self-service load testing cloud) and is the lead investor of Seculert (security threat intelligence). Yoav served on the board of AcceloWeb (browser experience optimization) until it was acquired by Limelight Networks.

Yoav was the CEO and cofounder of Movota (mobile gaming) acquired by Bertelsmann, the CTO and cofounder of ExchangePath (online payments) acquired by CMGI, and the CEO and cofounder of PcEnterntainer Magazine. Yoav was also an associate at DFJ Gotham Ventures, studied at IMD, and holds an MBA from Columbia University.

Number of Partner Investments 24
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 2
Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf is the Founder and Managing Partner at YL Ventures. Additionally, Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf has had 2 past jobs including Founder, Managing Director and CEO at Movoto.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Movoto
Founder, Managing Director and CEO20032006
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Project Manager19931996
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 9
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf holds 9 board and advisor roles including Seed Investor at Cycode | Complete ASPM, Founding Investor and Board Member at Seculert, and Board Member at BlazeMeter.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Clicktale
Board MemberNov 2007Apr 2013
AcceloWeb
Board MemberJul 2009May 2011
Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf studied at Columbia University.
Number of Events 4
Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf has participated in 4 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Journey /imagine 2023 on Oct 25, 2023.