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Amit Spitzer Appointed CTO and CISO at Glilot Capital Partners
Glilot Capital Amit Spitzer appointment marks a key move to bolster cybersecurity and tech leadership.
Amit brings 15 years of experience leading early-stage technology and innovation initiatives, with a strong focus on information security. He was the first CISO and DPO at Cato Networks and held senior leadership positions in information security and technology at companies including ControlUp, Dome9 (acquired by Check Point), ClickSoftware (acquired by Salesforce), as well as in Israel’s National Digital Agency under the Prime Minister’s Office.
Over the past three years, Amit has served as a Security Advisor within Glilot’s Advisory Board, supporting the firm’s portfolio companies and investment team. His appointment is aimed at strengthening the technological perspective in investment decision-making and supporting portfolio companies in addressing a wide range of challenges from security architecture to scaling, growth, and product development.
Kobi Samboursky, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Glilot Capital Partners: “We are super excited to have Amit with us. As our new CTO and CISO and given his strong background as a leading technology executive and a CISO in industry leading organizations, Amit will help our growing portfolio and will help Glilot shape its investment strategy in these exciting days of Cyber innovation in the AI era. In recent years we have witnessed massive growth in AUM, size of Portfolio companies and more. Amit will help us make smarter investment decisions and will help our growth companies reach new heights faster.”
Glilot Capital Partners invests in early-stage startups in the fields of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and more. Founded in 2011 by Kobi Samboursky and Arik Kleinstein, Glilot was the first Israeli VC fund to specialize in cybersecurity. They were later joined by partners Nofar Amikam and Lior Litwak. Today, Glilot manages around $1 billion across seed and early growth funds and has recorded 21 exits to date. Glilot is consistently ranked by Preqin among the best performing best venture capital funds in the world.
With the Glilot Capital Amit Spitzer appointment, the firm reinforces its commitment to smart investment and cybersecurity-led portfolio support.
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