Amit Spitzer named CTO and CISO at Glilot Capital Partners

Amit Spitzer has been appointed CTO and CISO at Israeli venture capital fund Glilot Capital Partners. He previously served as CISO and DPO at Cato Networks and had served as a Security Advisor on Glilot's Advisory Board for three years.

Glilot Capital Partners lists Spitzer on its team as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, and it listed Sarit Sharabi as Chief Financial Officer at the time of the report.

SecurityWeek reports that his earlier senior leadership roles included posts in Israel’s National Digital Agency and at ClickSoftware, which Salesforce acquired, as well as Dome9, acquired by Check Point, and ControlUp. At the time of the report, Cato Networks identified Spitzer as its Chief Security Officer, with 15 years of experience in networking and cyber security. According to Cato Networks, his earlier post at ControlUp was as that company's CSO.

According to Glilot Capital Partners, its first fund, Glilot I, was a $30M fund in 2011, followed by the $77M Glilot II fund in 2015. The company lists Glilot III at $110M in 2019, the Glilot+ early-growth fund at $180M in 2021 and Glilot IV at $220M in 2022. The company lists Glilot Seed V for 2025 along with 23 exits, a $500M fundraise and $1.3B total AUM.