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Cheyenne Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingWoodside · Series A–Growth · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Cheyenne Ventures invests at the expansion/growth stage in transformational companies across AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud management, SaaS, consumer products, and health innovation. Describing itself as 'people-specific, not sector,' the firm prioritizes visionary, execution-focused founders demonstrating market momentum and innovation. Deliberately smaller than mega-funds, Cheyenne is closely managed, selective, and nimble, moving quickly to structure creative financing. It leads rounds or participates in broader syndicates, often alongside top-tier VCs seeking to maintain ownership, and leverages a network of limited partners, advisors, CEOs, and VC partners. The firm emphasizes hands-on operational support, helping founders go to market and scale, and values leadership rooted in integrity and trust.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Cheyenne Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 29 of 46 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×13Cybersecurity ×10SaaS ×9Cloud Computing ×6Data & Infrastructure ×4Fintech ×4Developer Tools ×3
HQs:United States×16Canada×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 26 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×113 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ×2Carnegie Mellon University ×2Santa Clara University ×2Stanford University ×2Tel Aviv University ×2The University of Texas at Austin ×2University of Waterloo ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×14Engineering ×4Business & Management ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Economics ×2Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 35 founders with career history
Palo Alto Networks ×5Carnegie Mellon University ×2ColorTokens, Inc. ×2Efi ×2Exabeam ×2Google ×2Imperva ×2Microsoft ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 34 with degree data)
Investments · 46 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 32023 · 22022 · 12019 · 12015 · 12013 · 111 dated
Natera develops genetic tests and diagnostics using cell-free DNA technology to detect diseases including cancers, genetic disorders, and transplant-related conditions.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Matthew Rabinowitz(Co-founder & Executive Chairman)inJonathan Sheena(Founder)inSteven Chapman(Chief Executive Officer & President)
Co-investorsBain Capital Life SciencesClaremont Creek VenturesForesite CapitalHarmony PartnersHBM Healthcare InvestmentsLightspeed Venture Partners+4 more
Onclusive provides media monitoring and intelligence infrastructure that aggregates global content through a proprietary database and partners with publishers, news agencies, and technology providers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentBurlingame, US
Sharam Fouladger-Mercer(Director)Rajagopal SathyamurthiinSharam Fouladgar-MercerinDan BeltramoinJim.heinzen Jim.heinzenPeter Werner(Executive Officer)
Board seatJay Fulcher· per SEC Form D · $6.1M raise · filed May 2018
Co-investors500 GlobalPereg VenturesStgStorm VenturesWildcat Venture Partners
San Francisco, US
Monte Zweben(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardSteve Adams(Director)William Ericson(Director)inBruce Cleveland(Director)in
Board seatJay Fulcher· per SEC Form D · $15.9M raise · filed Mar 2019
Co-investorsAccenture VenturesCorrelation VenturesGreatPoint VenturesMohr Davidow VenturesSalesforce VenturesWildcat Venture Partners
Abstract builds an AI-powered policy intelligence platform that tracks and interprets legislation and regulatory changes in real time.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechLegalTechSaaSNew York, US
Co-investorsAspira CapitalBonfire VenturesCommunitas Capital PartnersHawk Hill VenturesMana VenturesPath Ventures+4 more
Abstract is a web3 platform for building, deploying, and scaling onchain applications, offering an ecosystem portal for users to discover apps, communities, and earning opportunities.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsGaming
Co-investors1k(x)1kxAtlantic Vantage PointCrosslink CapitalRally Ventures Management, Llc
Abstract has built an AI-powered composable SIEM platform that enables organizations to detect threats, route security data to any destination without vendor lock-in, and migrate between different SIEM solutions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Aaron Shelmire(Founder)inChris Camacho(Founder)Colby DeRodeff(Founder)
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalRally Ventures Management, LlcStifel Venture BankingBlumberg CapitalGradient VenturesMunich Re Ventures
ArmorCode provides unified vulnerability management and application security posture management for enterprises, aggregating findings across security tools to prioritize and remediate security risks in software, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Nikhil Gupta(Founder)inMark Lambert(Founder)
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesCervinHarmonic Growth PartnersNGP CapitalSierra VenturesTau Ventures+5 more
AuthMind develops an AI-powered identity security platform that identifies and prevents identity access risks across on-premises and cloud applications, targeting enterprise organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareBethesda, US
Shlomi Yanai(Co-Founder and CEO)inAnkur Panchbudhe(Co-Founder and CTO)inShlomo Yanay(Executive Officer, Director)Ankur Purushottam Parchbudhe(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJacob Seid(Director)
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesBlack Opal VenturesTeam Builder VenturesBlu Venture InvestorsK2 Access Fund
Axonify offers an AI-powered frontline enablement platform that combines microlearning, task execution, and analytics to train and coordinate frontline workers.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsBDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)BDC Venture CapitalBridgescale PartnersHarmony PartnersJMI EquityRBCx+2 more
Bolster is a marketplace and search platform matching startups with full-time, fractional, interim and board-level executives.
Santa Clara, US
Abhishek Dubey(Founder)in
Co-investorsCervinCrosslink CapitalCyber Mentor FundM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Rain CapitalCERVIN VENTURES+3 more
Bolster provides construction management software for residential construction, focusing on estimation and digital workflows to modernize how projects are bought, sold, and managed.
Construction TechFintechMarketplacesPropTechSaaSCalgary, CA
Mike Bignold(Founder)inAbhishek Dubey(Founder)Shashi Prakash(Founder)Dave VassLewis Cowie(COO)Jena Rhydderch(Human Resources)
Co-investorsCathexis VenturesFUSESoma CapitalTakeoff CapitalY CombinatorCERVIN VENTURES+13 more
Brius (Brava) makes orthodontic teeth-straightening technology using its Independent Movers system, which it integrates with orthodontic practices.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Mehdi Peikar(Founder)in
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersSand Hill AngelsShangBay Capital LLCTech WildcattersView Ventures
Chunk Foods makes plant-based meat alternatives produced through fermentation, including a whole-cut product designed for slicing, slow-cooking, marinating, and roasting.
BiotechConsumerFoodTechNew Materials
Amos Golan(Founder)inAmir Gueron(CFO)inItay Uri(VP R&D)inAlex Malamud(VP Business, US)Michal Gayer(Director of Operations)inJoe Loria(Director of Marketing)in
Co-investorsFall Line CapitalFLORA VenturesKey1 CapitalStray Dog CapitalThe E14 FundFootPrint Coalition+1 more
Credit Key provides buy-now-pay-later and net terms financing for B2B eCommerce merchants, enabling customers to purchase with flexible payment options ranging from Net 30 to 24 months while merchants receive payment within 48 hours.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintech
John Tomich(Founder)in
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesGreycroftLoeb.nyc
Machine learning software platform that transforms unlabeled data into high-quality AI training data.
Lukas Biewald(Founder)
Co-investorsCanvas VenturesGen CapitalK9 VenturesPromus VenturesThe Perkins FundTrinity Ventures+2 more
Provides therapy solutions enabling ENT physicians to improve patient quality of life (NASDAQ: XENT).
Co-investorsHarmony PartnersKleiner PerkinsNorwest Venture PartnersUS Venture Partners
Kencko produces freeze-dried, plant-based smoothies and nutritional products designed to help consumers meet daily fruit and vegetable intake targets while reducing food waste.
Direct to ConsumerFoodTechWellness & FitnessBrooklyn, US
Tomás Froes(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundDraycottFLORA VenturesGATHER VENTURESLince CapitalLocalGlobe+7 more
Mandiant provides cybersecurity consulting and services, including incident response, compromise assessments, red team and offensive security testing, threat intelligence, and AI security consulting.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Kevin Mandia(Founder)in
Co-investorsClearSkyKleiner PerkinsOne Equity Partners8VCAccelBallistic Ventures+3 more
Phind offers a search engine that applies reasoning algorithms to locate relevant information and generates interactive visual presentations of results.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerSan Francisco, US
Michael Royzen(Founder)inJustin Wei(Founder)inRussell Coleman(Phind)Grant Skaggs(Phind)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesY CombinatorBessemer Venture PartnersSV Angel
PlaceIQ provides location intelligence data for the marketing and media industry, offering audience targeting and consumer visitation measurement based on real-world foot traffic.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Duncan McCall(Founder)in
Co-investorsArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture CapitalHarmony PartnersRaptor GroupUS Venture PartnersAlibaba Group+4 more
Provarity provides a presales platform that automates technical evaluations and manages the presales workflow for complex enterprise sales.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsIlluminate VenturesCrosslink CapitalRembrandt Venture Partners
Security platform generating behavioral fingerprints to detect zero-day attacks across software supply chain and cloud infrastructure.
Brooke M.(Founder)inJimmy Mesta(Founder)in
Co-investorsGula Tech Adventures.406 VenturesTRANSFORMATION CAPITAL
Brooke M.(Founder)in
Co-investors.406 VenturesForgePoint CapitalLytical VenturesVertex Ventures
Radiant Security offers an AI-powered Security Operations Center (SOC) platform that uses AI triage and research agents to investigate every security alert across attack surfaces such as endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and SIEM, escalating only significant cases with explainable reasoning.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Shahar Ben-Hador(Founder)inBarry Shteiman(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalJibe VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersNext47Uncorrelated VenturesGeneral Advance
Raken provides a mobile and cloud-based daily reporting app for construction field teams to log work activity, time cards, safety checklists, photos, and weather, then automatically compile them into branded PDF reports shared with the office.
Cloud ComputingConstruction TechPropTechSaaS
Ty Kalklosch(Founder)in
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesEniac VenturesSpider CapitalUS Venture PartnersRincon Venture PartnersU.S. Venture Partners
RapidFort provides a software supply chain security platform that analyzes and hardens container images to eliminate vulnerabilities and reduce attack surface across development and production environments.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSunnyvale, US
Mehran Farimani(Founder)inRuss Andersson(Founder)inRajeev Thakur(Founder)inGeorge Manuelian(Founder)inRajeev T(Founder)
BoardRobert Mee(Director)
Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalAlumni VenturesBloomberg BetaDelta-v CapitalEvolution VenturesFelicis Ventures+8 more
Reach provides a platform for organizations to identify and remediate hidden security risks, exposures, and misconfigurations across their existing security tools.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Garrett Hamilton(Founder)inColt Blackmore(Founder)in
BoardGregory Eaton(Founder & Managing Director)in
Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesBallistic VenturesIn-Q-TelM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Ridge VenturesTechOperators Venture Capital+2 more
FintechSan Francisco, US
Naman Srivastava(Founder)Perrin Quarshie(Founder)
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalTechstarsInertia VenturesLeft Lane Capital
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Relyance AI provides a data security platform that delivers visibility into data movements, transformations, and access across cloud, container, and code environments for security leaders and CISOs.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Abhi Sharma(Founder)inLeila Golchehreh(Founder)
Co-investorsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Menlo VenturesUnusual Ventures
RightRev provides an AI-powered revenue recognition platform that automates rev rec calculations, contract modifications, SSP allocation, and journal entries with traceable, auditable rules.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAustin, US
Jagan Reddy(Founder)inMarc J. Diouane(Director)Helen Chua Te(Director)
BoardJohn Cambier(Director)in
Co-investorsCorrelation VenturesIDEA Fund PartnersInnovius CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersTop Corner Capital
Scale provides high-quality training data, model evaluations, and full-stack AI systems for enterprises and governments to build and deploy AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Alexandr Wang(CEO)inLucy Guo(Founder)inFrancis deSouza(CEO)inTim Dingman(Strategic Product Manager)inCharles Lambert(Web Developer)Jesse Tinsley
Co-investors1435 CapitalAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcAIspace VenturesAlpana VenturesAlpha Square Group+103 more
Signos is a metabolic health platform that pairs a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) with an AI-powered app to help consumers understand how food, movement, and daily habits affect their glucose and to support weight management.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsCourtside VenturesDaniel GutenbergGV (Google Ventures)Samsung NextStartFastStartFast Ventures+1 more
Spot AI provides a video intelligence platform for security and operations teams, offering tools to monitor camera feeds, search footage, and respond to incidents.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTRetail TechSan Francisco, US
Rish Gupta(Founder)inTanuj Thapliyal(Founder)Sud Bhatija(Founder)
Co-investorsCrosscourt VenturesFOG VenturesMVP VenturesNazcaQualcomm VenturesRedpoint Ventures+2 more
Mclean, US
Christopher Key(Founder)inBenito A. Cianciaruso, Jr.(Executive Officer, Promoter)Chris Key(Founder)
BoardCharles Beeler(Director)Matt Bigge(Director)inJay Leek(Director)
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersCisco InvestmentsClearSkyCrosslink CapitalSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcTen Eleven+4 more
Xactly provides an intelligent revenue platform for sales teams that combines sales compensation, planning, forecasting, and territory management capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Chris CabrerainArnab Mishrain
Co-investorsVista Equity PartnersCamber PartnersIlluminate VenturesRembrandt Venture Partners
Zerto provides software for ransomware resilience, disaster recovery, and data mobility across on-premises and cloud environments, enabling enterprises to protect, replicate, and recover applications and data at scale.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareHerzliya Pituach
Ziv Kedem(Founder)inOded Kedem(Founder)inLiat Nachmani(Executive Officer)inGil Levonai(Executive Officer)inPaul Zeiter(Executive Officer)inShlomi Oren(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors83NorthBattery VenturesClaltechClear VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Harmony Partners+3 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
HotChalkAdallomAirshopChinook TechnologiesFour51Good TechnologyRadiantZeleZèleZiploop
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 5
1 IPOs · 4 acquisitions · showing 3Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesXactly · trysignalbase.com · May 11, 2026
RapidFort · thesaasnews.com · Feb 4, 2026
Reach Security · securityweek.com · Jul 31, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cheyenne Ventures made?
- Cheyenne Ventures has 46 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Cheyenne Ventures invest at?
- Cheyenne Ventures invests at the Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Cheyenne Ventures focus on?
- Cheyenne Ventures focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Construction Tech, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Digital Health, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Marketing Tech, SaaS.
- Where is Cheyenne Ventures located?
- Cheyenne Ventures is headquartered in Woodside, US.
- Does Cheyenne Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Cheyenne Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Cheyenne Ventures co-invest with?
- Cheyenne Ventures most often shares deals with Harmony Partners, Crosslink Capital, US Venture Partners, among 170 tracked co-investors.
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