AlphaDrive
Venture capitalTel Aviv · Pre-Seed–Seed · 13 people tracked
Investment thesis
AlphaDrive invests in cybersecurity × AI companies, built on the belief that thriving in the current AI paradigm shift requires more than capital. The firm unifies multiple perspectives—investors who have scaled category-defining companies, founders and operators, enterprise leaders, and PE/M&A specialists—into a single continuous support layer applied from early conviction through growth. Its AlphaWisdom group of leading enterprise CISOs contributes personal capital and hands-on involvement in screening, diligence, and founder support. AlphaDrive Channels, a U.S.-based MSSP and VAR platform built by acquiring and transforming traditional providers into AI-powered security offerings, serves as an embedded distribution and innovation engine. The team spans Israel's technology and company-creation depth and the U.S. enterprise market.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
Team · 13 people
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What they invest in
from 21 of 28 portfolio companiesCybersecurity ×17AI & Machine Learning ×15Enterprise Software ×15SaaS ×8Cloud Computing ×7Data & Infrastructure ×3Crypto & Web3 ×1Defense Tech ×1
HQs:United States×8Israel×2United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders worked beforefrom 10 founders with career history
Mimecast ×2Solebit (Acquired by Mimecast) ×2
Investments · 28 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12018 · 12 dated
Intuit develops financial software products—including TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp—for consumers and small businesses to manage taxes, credit, accounting, and marketing.
AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketing TechSaaSMountain View, US
Sasan Goodarzi(CEO)in
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpAllegisCyber CapitalAugust CapitalAura VenturesCanvas VenturesCrosscut Ventures+6 more
Smith+Nephew is a medical technology company that develops products for the repair, regeneration, and replacement of soft and hard tissue, including sports medicine solutions for treating sporting injuries.
HealthtechMedical DevicesSports TechLondon, GB
Thomas James Smith(Founder)Horatio Nelson Smith(Co-founder)Deepak Nathin
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersTargeted Technology Funds
Aryon provides a cloud security platform that enforces security policies at deployment to prevent risks before they reach production, working across infrastructure managed via IaC, ClickOps, or third-party providers.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ron Arbel (רון ארבל)(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalBrightmindViola Ventures
Astrix provides security solutions for AI agents and non-human identities (NHIs) in enterprise cloud environments, helping organizations discover, secure, and govern API keys, OAuth tokens, and service accounts across their infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Alon Jackson(CEO & co-founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)F2 Venture CapitalMenlo VenturesRain CapitalVenrock+1 more
Bitsight provides a cyber risk intelligence platform that monitors entities across the internet to identify vulnerabilities and emerging threats in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCambridge, US
Nagarjuna Venna(Executive Officer, Director)inStephen Boyer(Executive Officer)inShaun McConnon(Executive Officer, Director)Robert T Turner(Executive Officer, Director)Elizabeth Fischer(Executive Officer)inBrian Cohen(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors33NCapital Midwest FundComcast VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersGlobespan Capital PartnersMenlo Ventures+7 more
Concentric AI provides AI-powered data security and governance solutions that help organizations discover, classify, and protect sensitive information across cloud and on-premises environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Paolo Gaudiano(Executive Officer, Director)Greg Silverman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesClear VenturesCore Ventures GroupHomebrewCiti VenturesEngineering Capital+2 more
Dean Sysman(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAccelmed PartnersALIVE Israel HealthTech FundAlkeon InnovationBessemer Venture PartnersEmerge Ventures+4 more
Cyvers provides real-time detection and prevention of threats to digital assets and blockchain transactions.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Co-investorsCrescendo Venture PartnersDifferential VenturesElron Ventures
Traces every AI interaction from actor to model to database, giving security teams real-time lineage, intent, and control over enterprise AI data access.
Entitle provides automated access provisioning and management software that enables organizations to implement least privilege access policies while maintaining compliance with security standards like SOC2 and ISO27001.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsGlilot Capital Partners
Iron Scales provides an email security platform that combines artificial intelligence and human-powered threat analysis to protect organizations against advanced email attacks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
AI-native identity security platform unifying identity governance, access control, and policy enforcement for the AI era.
Palo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations' digital infrastructure across cloud, network, and security operations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareCupertino, US
Nir Zuk(Founder - Emeritus)Slavik Markovich(Co-Founder and CEO)Rishi Bhargava(Co-Founder)Dan Sarel(Co-Founder and VP Product)Guy Rinat(Co-Founder and VP Engineering)
BoardJake Flomenberg(Board Member (via Accel; later General Partner at Wing Venture Capital))
Co-investorsAccelACTAI VenturesAmplify PartnersaVentureBallistic VenturesBase Partners+17 more
Ping Identity provides identity management and access solutions designed to enable secure, scalable digital growth.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDenver, US
Andre Durand(Founder & CEO)inMichael Jossi(Executive Officer)inWilliam Dedrick(Executive Officer)Michael Sullivan(Executive Officer)in
BoardBill Bryant(Director)Rob Ketterson(Director)
Co-investors1414 VenturesCapitalGDraper AssociatesF-Prime CapitalGolub GrowthOpenView Venture Partners+6 more
Predict is a workforce security platform that monitors endpoint activity across browsers, desktop applications, internal tools, and AI assistants to detect and stop insider risk such as data exfiltration and shadow AI use.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
AI-native security platform addressing insider threats via behavioral models, an AI endpoint agent, and HR context for human-centric visibility.
Prompt Security provides AI governance and control software that helps organizations discover, monitor, and enforce policies across AI tools and code assistants used by employees and developers.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsHetz Ventures
Red Access is a cloud-native, agentless security platform that protects employee and contractor web and SaaS sessions across any browser, device, or location, combining SSE and browser security capabilities.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTel Aviv, IL
Dor Zvi(Co-Founder & CEO)inTal Dery(Co-Founder & CTO)in
BoardDoug Brockett(Executive Chairman)in
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersTen Eleven
RingCentral provides cloud-based unified communications and AI-powered contact center solutions for businesses, serving over 600,000 customers worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesArka Venture LabsDag VenturesKhosla VenturesSequoia CapitalWing+1 more
Tamnoon offers an AI-assisted cloud security remediation service that triages, prioritizes, and fixes cloud misconfiguration alerts from CNAPP and cloud security tools.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecuritySammamish, US
Marina Segal(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardZohar Alon(Director)inMarcos Castro Osorio(Director)inIdan Perez(Director)inShay Michel(Director)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalInner Loop CapitalMindset VenturetoDay VenturesElron VenturesMerlin Ventures+1 more
Rapid7 provides AI-powered managed cybersecurity operations and detection services for enterprise organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US
Co-investorsGlilot Capital PartnersMenlo VenturesTola Capital
Wonder Robotics develops autonomous guidance software for drones, providing AI-based navigation, target tracking, precision maneuvering, and real-time obstacle avoidance that reduces dependence on communication links and GPS in complex environments.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Co-investorsGENIUS NYElron Ventures
Next-generation crypto wallet with MPC-powered security and no seed phrase vulnerability
Ouriel Ohayon 🇮🇱(Founder)in
Co-investorsCollider VenturesSamsung NextSero Capital, LLCSpark Digital CapitalInsight PartnersTether
Zscaler operates a cloud-based cybersecurity platform built on Zero Trust architecture to protect users, workloads, branches, and devices across an inline security cloud.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Jay Chaudhry(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Schlossman(Executive Officer)inRemo Canessa(Executive Officer)inSyam Nair(Executive Officer)inCharles Giancarlo(Director)Karen Blasing(Director)
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalaVentureBright Pixel CapitalCapitalGDell Technologies CapitalJunipero+3 more
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioIntuit®NASDAQ: INTUSmith+NephewNYSE: SNN
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Palo Alto Networks · techcrunch.com · Sep 2, 2026
Zscaler · tickerreport.com · Aug 22, 2026
Aryon · work-management.org · Aug 9, 2026
Tcell Io · pulse2.com · Jul 18, 2026
Intuit® · qubit.capital · May 14, 2026
Zengo · finance.yahoo.com · Apr 16, 2026
Ping Identity · ventureburn.com · Dec 9, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has AlphaDrive made?
- AlphaDrive has 28 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does AlphaDrive invest at?
- AlphaDrive invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does AlphaDrive focus on?
- AlphaDrive focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity.
- Where is AlphaDrive located?
- AlphaDrive is headquartered in Tel Aviv, US.
- Who does AlphaDrive co-invest with?
- AlphaDrive most often shares deals with Glilot Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, Accel, among 94 tracked co-investors.
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