Gili Raanan
Founder, Cyberstarts
Age – 56
Residence – Michmoret, Israel
Citizenship – Israel
Rank : #3 on The Midas Seed List (2025)
#24 on The Midas List: Top Tech Investors (2025)
Notable Deal -Wiz
● The former Sequoia Israel partner spun out to form his fund Cyberstarts in 2018 makes his debut on the Midas List after appearing on the Midas List Europe, and Seed List. Raanan led a seed round for cloud security startup Wiz in 2020.
● In 2025, Google made a $32 billion takeover offer for the Tel Aviv-based company, in what would not only be the tech giant’s largest buyout but also the largest-ever deal for a venture-backed startup.
● Hailing from Israel, he was the first investor and a mentor for over 20 cybersecurity companies, including Wiz, Fireblocks, Armis, Moovit, Island and Noname, among others.
● In 2024, Raanan’s firm scrapped a controversial scheme that shared fund profits with corporate executives who advised its startups, but were also often potential customers, according to Forbes.
● Raanan won the Israeli Defense Forces Innovation Award in 1992 and the Israel Defense Presidential Prize for his decade in Israel’s intelligence agency in 1996.
