# Roger Hale

> Roger Hale is a seed investor at YL Ventures (Austin) backing Security and Open Source. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [YL Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yl-ventures)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerhale

Roger Hale is a Venture Advisor at YL Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security | 1 | 100% |
| Open Source | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 100% |
| Developer Platform | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Endor Labs | Endor Labs is the fastest-growing application security company. Founded by seasoned entrepreneurs who previously built category-defining companies, and supported by a world-class R&D team, over a third holding PhDs, Endor Labs delivers a modern Application Security platform tailored for today's software development revolution. It secureseverything from 40-year-old C/C++ code to vibe-coded applications. As teams increasingly adopt AI coding assistants and accelerate code deployment, they're inundated with security alerts lacking context. Endor Labs addresses this by deeply analyzing code execution and dependencies, constructing a comprehensive call graph to identify and prioritize the most pertinent risks, facilitating swift remediation. The company has raised over $163 million from top investors, including Lightspeed Venture Partners, DFJ Growth, Coatue, Salesforce Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Section 32, and Citi Ventures. Endor Labs counts among its customers leading technology, AI, and financial services companies, such as OpenAI, Cursor, Robinhood, Dropbox, Peloton, Snowflake, Rubrik, and Citi. |  | Seed | Nov 09, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About YL Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

YL Ventures funds and supports brilliant Israeli tech entrepreneurs from seed to lead. YL Ventures manages over $300 million and exclusively invests in cybersecurity. YL Ventures accelerates the evolution of portfolio companies via strategic advice and U.S.-based operational execution, leveraging a powerful network of Chief Information SecurityOfficers and global industry leaders. The firm's track record includes successful, high-profile portfolio company acquisitions by major corporations, including Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, CA, and Proofpoint.

5 contacts available at YL Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guy Leibovitz | Insider Company Nam | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-leibovitz |
| Michael Cortez | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-cortez |
| Nati Hazut | Insider | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nati-hazut |
| Ofer Schreiber | Partner & Head of Israel Office | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ofer-schreiber |
| Roger Hale | Venture Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-hale |

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## FAQ

### What does Roger Hale invest in?

Roger Hale invests primarily in Security, Open Source and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Roger Hale last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Roger Hale closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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