# Gil Ben-Artzy

> Gil Ben-Artzy is a seed investor at UpWest (Palo Alto) backing SaaS and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [UpWest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upwest-labs)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gilbenartzy
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/gilbenartzy
- Website: http://gilbenartzy.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gilbenartzy

Gil Ben-Artzy is a Founding Partner at UpWest.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| eSports | 1 | 17% |
| Legal Tech | 1 | 17% |
| Video Games | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TrialKit | TrialKit is a SAAS company that offers a platform for legal professionals to manage discovery data. | $4.3M | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| CyCognito | CyCognito is a revolutionary new approach to external cyber risk management driven to create positive business impact. Far deeper than external attack surface management, our platform helps organizations identify, understand and master their risk in profound new ways. Fully-automated, highly scalable, and designed to function as promised, ourplatform uses advanced machine learning and natural language processing to allow for unprecedented reach, speed and accuracy. We can step into the shoes of potential attackers—which in turn helps us identify and secure gaps better than anyone. We help teams secure their attack surface by helping them determine true risks, where they need to focus and how they should invest. And then we use what we learn to help bridge cyber risk remediation across departments unlike ever before. | $100M | Series C | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| CyCognito | CyCognito is a revolutionary new approach to external cyber risk management driven to create positive business impact. Far deeper than external attack surface management, our platform helps organizations identify, understand and master their risk in profound new ways. Fully-automated, highly scalable, and designed to function as promised, ourplatform uses advanced machine learning and natural language processing to allow for unprecedented reach, speed and accuracy. We can step into the shoes of potential attackers—which in turn helps us identify and secure gaps better than anyone. We help teams secure their attack surface by helping them determine true risks, where they need to focus and how they should invest. And then we use what we learn to help bridge cyber risk remediation across departments unlike ever before. | $30M | Series B | Jul 23, 2020 |  |
| CyCognito | CyCognito is a revolutionary new approach to external cyber risk management driven to create positive business impact. Far deeper than external attack surface management, our platform helps organizations identify, understand and master their risk in profound new ways. Fully-automated, highly scalable, and designed to function as promised, ourplatform uses advanced machine learning and natural language processing to allow for unprecedented reach, speed and accuracy. We can step into the shoes of potential attackers—which in turn helps us identify and secure gaps better than anyone. We help teams secure their attack surface by helping them determine true risks, where they need to focus and how they should invest. And then we use what we learn to help bridge cyber risk remediation across departments unlike ever before. | $18M | Series A | Nov 19, 2019 |  |
| Quarterback | While esports continues to grow rapidly and more gaming influencers grab the spotlight, most of them struggle to monetize their fan-base and rely heavily on creating new content for their fans to consume. Founded by a team of experienced software industry veterans, Quarterback is the first fan-engagement platform that enables streamers andprofessional players to continuously engage with their audiences by creating their own fan-club gaming leagues. These leagues can host daily challenges, give away prizes, compete against other clubs worldwide, help fans compete with like-minded players and offer other perks.Quarterback is on a mission to evolve the way esports enthusiasts interact with each other. Quarterback creates a new language of engagement, where esports talents and streamers become an integral part of their fans gameplay. |  | Seed | May 15, 2018 |  |
| CyCognito | CyCognito is a revolutionary new approach to external cyber risk management driven to create positive business impact. Far deeper than external attack surface management, our platform helps organizations identify, understand and master their risk in profound new ways. Fully-automated, highly scalable, and designed to function as promised, ourplatform uses advanced machine learning and natural language processing to allow for unprecedented reach, speed and accuracy. We can step into the shoes of potential attackers—which in turn helps us identify and secure gaps better than anyone. We help teams secure their attack surface by helping them determine true risks, where they need to focus and how they should invest. And then we use what we learn to help bridge cyber risk remediation across departments unlike ever before. | $5M | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Sorenson Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sorenson-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Harpoon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harpoon-2271) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [97212 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/97212-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About UpWest

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

UpWest is a Silicon Valley-based seed fund investing in Israel’s most promising entrepreneurs. UpWest is focused on a hands-on approach to supercharge the growth of its startups, providing the essential ingredients for success: seed funding, proximity and access to markets and capital, and a supportive community of talented peers. For moreinformation, visit upwest.vc.

5 contacts available at UpWest.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Sirota | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-sirota |
| Don Loeb | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-loeb |
| Gil Ben-Artzy | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gil-ben-artzy |
| Guy Hirsch | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-hirsch |
| Jeff Tannenbaum | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-tannenbaum |

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## FAQ

### What does Gil Ben-Artzy invest in?

Gil Ben-Artzy invests primarily in SaaS, Software and eSports startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gil Ben-Artzy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gil Ben-Artzy closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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