Cheyenne Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingWoodside · Series A–Late Stage · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Cheyenne Ventures is a people-specific rather than sector-specific firm focused on growth and expansion-stage companies. It deliberately stays smaller than mega funds, prioritizing selectivity, nimbleness, and speed in structuring financing. The firm leads rounds or participates in syndicates alongside top-tier venture capital firms seeking to maintain ownership, drawing on a network of limited partners, advisors, CEOs, and VC partners. Cheyenne targets visionary, execution-focused founders showing strong market momentum and innovation, emphasizing character and integrity. Investment areas include AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud management, SaaS, consumer products, and health innovations.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 14 of 35 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×9AI & Machine Learning ×8Cybersecurity ×6Cloud Computing ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3Fintech ×3Developer Tools ×2Digital Health ×2
HQs:United States×10
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathNatera develops genetic tests and diagnostics using cell-free DNA technology to detect diseases including cancers, genetic disorders, and transplant-related conditions.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices<UNKNOWN>
Matthew Rabinowitz(Co-founder & Executive Chairman)
Burlingame, US
Peter Werner(Executive Officer)Jay Fulcher(Director)Tae Hea Nahm(Director)Sharam Fouladger-Mercer(Director)Bryan Stolle(Director)Andrea Cunningham(Director)
Board seatJay Fulcher· per SEC Form D · $6.1M raise · filed May 2018
Campbell, US
John Toth(Executive Officer)Jean-Michel Valette(Director)Bryan Stolle(Director)Kay Krafft(Director)Jaroslaw Gabor(Director)Edward M. Fields(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatJay Fulcher· per SEC Form D · $83.1M raise · filed Jan 2016
San Francisco, US
Monte Zweben(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Adams(Director)William Ericson(Director)Bruce Cleveland(Director)
Board seatJay Fulcher· per SEC Form D · $15.9M raise · filed Mar 2019
AI-powered platform that centralizes data operations and security analytics with multi-SIEM support.
Cloud access security software delivering visibility, governance, and protection.
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
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)Ankur Panchbudhe(Co-Founder and CTO)Shlomo Yanay(Executive Officer, Director)Jacob Seid(Director)Ankur Purushottam Parchbudhe(Executive Officer, Director)
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
Machine learning software platform that transforms unlabeled data into high-quality AI training data.
Therapy solutions enabling ENT physicians to improve patient quality of life.
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)
Security platform generating behavioral fingerprints to detect zero-day attacks across software supply chain and cloud infrastructure.
AI-powered SecOps platform that automates analyst workloads and improves security response times.
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(CEO & Founder)inRuss Andersson(COO, Co-founder)inRajeev Thakur(CTO & Founder)inGeorge Manuelian(CRO, Co-founder)inRobert Mee(Director)
Reach provides a platform for organizations to identify and remediate hidden security risks, exposures, and misconfigurations across their existing security tools.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Garrett Hamilton(CEO and Co-Founder)inColt Blackmore(Co-Founder and CTO)in
FintechSan Francisco, US
Unified security platform using machine learning for AI governance, data security, and privacy compliance.
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
Scale AI provides high-quality training data, annotations, RLHF, and model evaluations to power AI models, along with full-stack AI systems that help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Cannabis-infused craft beverages and soda brand created by Bubble Bud.
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Cheyenne Ventures invest at?
- Cheyenne Ventures invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage 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, 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.
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