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Brightmind
Venture capitalAustin · Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Also known as BRIGHTMIND VENTURES MANAGEMENT LLC
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Investment thesis
Brightmind is an early-stage firm focused on partnering with visionary founders in cybersecurity. It supports entrepreneurs building the next generation of security solutions, aiming to turn innovative ideas into industry-leading companies and contribute to a more resilient future.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 9 people
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What they invest in
from 13 of 17 portfolio companiesCybersecurity ×12Enterprise Software ×9AI & Machine Learning ×7SaaS ×4Developer Tools ×3Cloud Computing ×2Data & Infrastructure ×1Deep Tech ×1
HQs:United States×6Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×5
Where their founders worked beforefrom 13 founders with career history
CrowdStrike ×2Fastpoint Games ×2Google ×2Palo Alto Networks ×2
Investments · 17 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 22013 · 17 dated
Vijil develops trust infrastructure for AI agents in enterprise environments, enabling developers to build reliable agents with hardened components and helping risk officers enforce governance policies.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMenlo Park, US
Vin Sharma(Founder)inZdravko Pantic(Founder)in
Co-investorsGradient VenturesMayfield FundInsight Partners
Artemis is an AI-native security operations platform that builds a live model of an organization's environment across identity, cloud, endpoint, and SaaS to detect, investigate, and respond to attacks autonomously.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesFirst Round CapitalSPRINGROCK VENTURESTheory VenturesTwo Sigma Ventures
Artemis Real Estate Partners is a real estate investment firm.
PropTech
Co-investorsInvestcorpFelicis VenturesFirst Round CapitalLockstep VenturesTheory VenturesTwo Sigma Ventures
Artemis is an AI-native cybersecurity platform that detects and eliminates cyber threats for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Shachar Hirshberg(Co-Founder, CEO)inDan Shiebler(Co-Founder, CTO)in
Co-investorsDria VenturesFelicis VenturesSunflower Capital Management FundFirst Round Capital
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-investorsAlphaDriveBlumberg CapitalViola VenturesInsight Partners
Demisto provides automation solutions for security operations centers (SOCs) to streamline incident response workflows by reducing alert noise, automating repetitive tasks, and enabling analyst collaboration.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCupertino, US
Rishi Bhargava(Co-Founder)inSlavik Markovich(Co-Founder and CEO)Dan Sarel(Co-Founder and VP Product)Guy Rinat(Co-Founder and VP Engineering)Lior Kolnik(Head of Security Research)Aviad Lichtenstadt(VP R&D)
Co-investorsAccelClearSkyGreylock PartnersSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcWingWipro Ventures+1 more
Check Point Software Technologies is a cybersecurity company that provides threat prevention solutions for enterprises, governments, service providers, small and medium businesses, and consumers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTel Aviv, IL
David Haber(Founder)in
Co-investorsAtomicoExpedite VenturesFly VenturesRain CapitalCiti VenturesDropbox Ventures+1 more
CybersecurityDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechIoT
BoardDavid Millstone(co-CEO of Standard Industries and co-CIO of Standard Investments)
Co-investorsStandard InvestmentsBlumberg CapitalForgePoint CapitalMaor InvestmentsPartech VenturesUS Venture Partners+7 more
Onit is a Decision-Based Exposure Management platform that uses AI agents to automatically triage, prioritize, assign ownership, and resolve security vulnerabilities across an organization's existing tools.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareHouston, US
Eric M. Elfman(Executive Officer, Director)inEric A. Smith(Executive Officer)in
BoardSARAH SOMMER(Director)John Thornton(Director)Doug Erwin(Director)
Co-investorsHetz Ventures
Onum (Falcon Onum) is a real-time data pipeline for security operations that collects, parses, filters, enriches, and routes telemetry across security and IT systems, reducing noise and storage costs before data reaches SIEMs, data lakes, and analytics tools.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsDawn CapitalKibo VenturesSiesta VenturesInsight Partners
Origin provides operational intelligence and observability for an organization's AI agent workforce, continuously discovering every AI agent and MCP server across endpoints and attributing each action—prompts, tools invoked, files changed, and API calls—to the user and agent responsible.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Matt Watson(Founder)in
Co-investorsSequoia Capital
Pi builds a security system that retains and accumulates an organization's security findings and lessons over time, aimed at engineering teams dealing with fast-growing codebases and AI-generated code.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Guy Arazi(Founder)inYoni Ramon(Founder)in
Co-investorsQP VenturesInsight Partners
SGNL provides privileged identity management and access control solutions for enterprises, helping CISOs manage and secure access to sensitive information across human and non-human identities.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Scott Kriz(Co-founder & CEO/CPO)inErik Gustavson(Co-founder & CTO)in
BoardGregory Sands(Director)Stephen Ward(Director)Andrew Peterson(Director)
Co-investorsAviso VenturesCisco InvestmentsCostanoa VenturesFikaMoonshots CapitalResolute Ventures+1 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Stealth Seed IsraelStealth Seed NyStealth Seed SfWhy We Invested Aryon
Exits · 4
4 acquisitions · showing 2Medigateacq. by ClarotyOnumacq. by CrowdStrike
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPi Security · finsmes.com · Jun 10, 2026
Aryon Security · securityweek.com · Jun 10, 2026
Artemis Security · artemissecurity.com · Apr 15, 2026
Onit · finsmes.com · Mar 24, 2026
Vijil · thesaasnews.com · Nov 26, 2025
Onum · insightpartners.com · Nov 6, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Brightmind made?
- Brightmind has 17 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Brightmind invest at?
- Brightmind invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Brightmind focus on?
- Brightmind focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, SaaS.
- Where is Brightmind located?
- Brightmind is headquartered in Austin, US.
- Who does Brightmind co-invest with?
- Brightmind most often shares deals with Felicis Ventures, Atomico, Blumberg Capital, among 27 tracked co-investors.
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