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Cyber Mentor Fund
Venture capitalNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
CMF invests in cybersecurity entrepreneurs and their emerging technologies, aiming to fill gaps in the cybersecurity landscape by backing founders committed to continuous learning. Beyond capital, the fund emphasizes hands-on mentorship both before and after funding, connecting portfolio companies to relevant methods, processes, and industry experts. It leverages a community of advisors, limited partners, early-adopting practitioners, and industry luminaries to support, educate, and promote its portfolio, positioning itself to help develop the next generation of cybersecurity leaders.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 37 of 50 portfolio companiesCybersecurity ×31AI & Machine Learning ×24Enterprise Software ×22SaaS ×14Data & Infrastructure ×9Cloud Computing ×5Fintech ×4InsurTech ×4
HQs:United States×21Canada×3France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 26 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×162 founders×53 founders×34+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 32 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×4Stanford University ×3United States Air Force Academy ×3Vanderbilt University ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2University of Sydney ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 29 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×15Engineering ×9Business & Management ×8Mathematics & Statistics ×3Social Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 33 founders with career history
Google ×6McAfee ×2RentMoola ×2The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ×2UC Berkeley ×2United States Air Force ×2World Economic Forum ×2
8 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 33 with degree data)
Investments · 50 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 22023 · 22022 · 12021 · 32020 · 12018 · 32017 · 113 dated
Private networking platform connecting users, devices, and services with LAN-like simplicity, replacing VPN/MPLS/SD-WAN.
Co-investorsMizMaa VenturesPerot Jain
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Anetac offers an AI-powered Identity Vulnerability Management (IdVM) platform that discovers, monitors, and responds to identity risks across human, non-human, and agentic AI identities in hybrid on-premises and SaaS environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareLos Altos, US
Timothy Eades(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMichael Brown(Director)inEric Newman(Director)
Co-investorsShield Capital
Appaegis (Mammoth) offers an enterprise AI browser that combines productivity with zero-trust security, providing data-loss prevention, insider-threat protection, and controls over GenAI usage.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsTaiwania Capital
Arctic Wolf provides managed detection and response (MDR) services with 24x7 security teams that detect, investigate, and respond to threats using an open XDR platform processing trillions of events weekly.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSEden Prairie, US
Brian NeSmith(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors1435 Capital33NArtisanal VenturesBlue Cloud VenturesBlue Owl CapitalBright Pixel Capital+21 more
Area 1 Security, now part of Cloudflare as Cloudflare Email Security, provides AI-powered email and collaboration security that detects and blocks phishing, business email compromise, malware, and multi-channel link-based attacks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMenlo Park, US
Oren J. Falkowitz(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDerek W. Smith(Director)
Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalCowboy VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)EPIC VENTURESFocus Opportunity FundForgePoint Capital+2 more
Arms Cyber develops ransomware detection and prevention technology to protect organizations from ransomware attacks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise Software
Brad Potteiger(Co-founder)inTim Potteiger(Co-founder)inMichael Bryant(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsOverlineWestWave Capital
Menlo Park, US
Demetrios Lazarikos(Executive Officer, Director)David Walter(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJay Leek(Director)Charles Beeler(Director)
Co-investorsClearSkyRally Ventures Management, LlcSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcCrosslink Capital
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-investorsCervinCheyenne VenturesCrosslink CapitalM12 (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)in
Co-investorsFUSESoma CapitalY CombinatorCathexis VenturesCERVIN VENTURESCheyenne Ventures+10 more
BOXX Insurance combines cyber threat prediction, prevention, and protection tools with cyber insurance coverage for small businesses and individuals.
CybersecurityFintechInsurTech
Co-investorsSixThirty Ventures
AI security company entering an agreement to be acquired by F5; Paladin led its Series A and follow-on financings.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Neil Serebryany(Cofounder)
Co-investorsDay One VenturesExpeditionsFrontline VenturesHakluyt CapitalManta Ray VenturesPaladin Capital Group+2 more
Certn provides background screening and identity verification software for HR and talent acquisition teams, offering criminal record checks, credit and civil litigation checks, professional register verifications, and reference checks across multiple countries.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityGovTechHR TechSaaS
Andrew McLeod(Founder & CEO)inOwen Madrick(Founder)in
Co-investorsInovia CapitalAngel Collective Opportunity FundB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBDC Growth Venture FundMoxxie Ventures+13 more
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Cloudbrink offers a Personal SASE platform delivering zero-trust network access (ZTNA) and secure remote connectivity through an edge-native architecture, positioned as a VPN replacement.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSunnyvale, US
Prakash Mana(CEO)
Co-investorsFirst Rays Venture PartnersStreamlined VenturesBenhamou Global VenturesQualcomm Ventures
Cyberhaven provides data detection and response (DDR) software that helps security teams investigate incidents involving data exfiltration and insider threats by reconstructing the complete timeline and context of user actions and data movements.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Volodymyr Kuznetsov(Founder)in
Co-investorsCollective LiquidityCrane Venture PartnersForgePoint CapitalLaunchBay CapitalRedpoint VenturesVertex Ventures+8 more
CyCognito provides an external attack surface management (ASM) platform that continuously discovers, tests, and prioritizes exposures across an organization's internet-facing assets, subsidiaries, and third-party connections.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Rob N. Gurzeev(CEO and Co-Founder)inDima Potekhin(CTO and Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAmiti VenturesBright Pixel CapitalGeodesic CapitalHarpoon VenturesKli Capital+6 more
Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ali Ghodsi(Co-founder & CEO)inIon Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMatei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAlpha Square GroupAltra Venture+110 more
OnID is an identification platform that uses biometric validation, liveness (Proof of Life) detection, and document verification to authenticate individuals during transactions and onboarding.
CybersecurityFintechSaaS
Deduce builds an identity graph that detects stolen and synthetic identities to protect financial institutions and fintech companies from fraud at account opening and within customer databases.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Robert PanasiukAndy Sheldon
Co-investorsInnovating CapitalFreestyle CapitalTrue Ventures
DeepView is a cybersecurity company, founded in 2015 as Social Media Compliance and rebranded in 2018, that helps enterprises use social media safely while managing risk and meeting compliance requirements.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Catherine (Kitty) Parry(Founder)in
Discern is an AI agent-powered security platform that assesses, benchmarks, and optimizes security controls across tools such as EDR, SASE, email, SIEM, IAM, and vulnerability management.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Rohan Puri(Founder)inSanthosh Purathepparambil(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst Rays Venture PartnersIncubate USForgePoint CapitalWestWave Capital
Dragos provides cybersecurity software, threat intelligence, and professional services to protect operational technology (OT), IT, and IoT assets in industrial environments.
CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHanover, US
Robert M. Lee(CEO and co-founder)in
Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalBYU Cougar CapitalCanaan PartnersDataTribeEarth FoundryEnergy Foundry+9 more
Enveil develops Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) that protect data while it is being used or processed, including its ZeroReveal solutions for secure data usage, collaboration, monetization, and secure AI.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFulton, US
Ellison Anne Williams(Founder and CEO)in
BoardTim Eades(Director)inZulfe Ali(Director)Robert R. Ackerman Jr.(Director)in
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaC5 CapitalDataTribeIn-Q-TelAllegisCyber Capital
F5 develops application delivery and security software and hardware platforms, including BIG-IP load balancers and application firewalls, for enterprise and government networks.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Co-investorsJC2 VenturesKoch Disruptive TechnologiesMayfield FundMenlo VenturesRidge VenturesStageOne Ventures+1 more
Chattanooga, US
John Anthony Smith(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Michael Webb(Executive Officer)Mark Grazman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardZach Powell(Director)in
Co-investorsEos Venture Partners Limited
ForceMetrics provides a data platform for law enforcement investigators to centralize and analyze case information, including reports, evidence, and people data, with features like timeline reconstruction and relationship visualization to accelerate investigation work.
Data & InfrastructureGovTechSaaSDenver, US
Andre McGregor(Chief Executive Officer & Founder)inJason Truppi(Executive Officer, Director)Shane McGregor(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersStand Together Ventures Lab
HYAS provides a preemptive cyber defense platform that uses DNS activity analysis and Indicators of Future Attack to identify and neutralize threats before compromise.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureSaaSNanaimo
CHRIS DAVIS(Executive Officer, Director)JEFF SPENCER(Executive Officer, Director)
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BoardOWEN MATTHEWS(Director)TIM EADES(Director)MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN(Director)
Co-investorsDcode CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)S3 VenturesWesley Clover International Corporation
Insane Cyber develops purpose-built operational technology (OT) security tools that combine packet-level network visibility with host data for monitoring, threat hunting, and assessments across industrial environments.
CybersecurityIoTSan Antonio, US
Dan Gunter(Founder)in
BoardMourad Yesayan(Director)in
Co-investorsPaladin Capital Group
LeakSignal provides data governance and protection solutions for securing sensitive data in motion, including classification, policy enforcement, and compliance monitoring across AI applications, APIs, and endpoints.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
BoardKunal Anand(Chief Innovation Officer (at F5); formerly co-founder of Prevoty)
Co-investorsTFX CapitalVela PartnersShasta Ventures
Mammoth Cyber offers an enterprise AI browser that combines zero-trust access controls, data-loss prevention, and GenAI usage policies in a single workspace.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Yonghui Cheng(Founder)inMichael Shiehin
Co-investors500 GlobalFirst InTSVC
Message Control (MessageControl) built AI that detects social-engineering and human-identity attacks — impersonation, business email compromise and credential theft — inside cloud email.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBessemer Venture Partners
Paladin provides software and data-driven solutions to help organizations manage cyber risk more affordably and effectively.
CybersecurityInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsAquiline Technology GrowthChaos VenturesExpansion Venture CapitalGround Up VenturesHemi Ventures, LlcHaystack+3 more
RADICL delivers a managed security operations platform that unifies threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and compliance oversight for small and mid-sized businesses.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Chris PeterseninDave Graff
Co-investorsCervinDenver VenturesPaladin Capital GroupService Provider CapitalAccess Venture PartnersCERVIN VENTURES
RADICL provides an AI-native autonomous virtual security operations center for SMBs in the U.S. defense industrial base.
Boulder, US
Christopher Petersen(Founder)David Graff(Founder)inMatt Petersen(Founder)in
BoardMourad Yesayan(Director)in
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersAccess VenturesCERVIN VENTURESDenver VenturesPaladin Capital Group
A cyber risk management platform that combines security expertise, software, and insurance products to help organizations make better decisions about cyber risk.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareInsurTech
Vishaal Hariprasad(Co-Founder & CEO)inMario P Vitalein
Co-investors137 VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Granite HillLightspeed Venture PartnersShield Capital
Resilience Care builds digital tools that capture and analyze patient data in real time to support personalized medicine and clinical research, initially in oncology and expanding to psychiatry and gastroenterology.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechParis, FR
Nicolas Helleringer(Founder)inCéline Lazorthes(Co-founder)inJonathan Benhamou(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCathay InnovationPICUS CAPITAL137 Ventures8VCGeneral CatalystGV (Google Ventures)+1 more
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KnowBe4 offers Real-Time Coaching, an AI-powered security awareness training capability that delivers contextual guidance to employees at the moment of security risk, such as when they click suspicious links or fail phishing tests.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsSixThirty Ventures
San Jose, US
Nate Kharrl(Executive Officer, Director)inBryce Verdier(Executive Officer)inPatrick Chen(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJonathan Lim(Director)inMike Jennings(Director)Tim Eades(Director)in
Co-investorsSignalFire
Chandler, US
Jori VanAntwerp(Executive Officer, Director)Ron Fabela(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPatrick Heim(Director)inZenas Hutcheson(Director)in
Co-investorsRally Ventures Management, LlcSyn Ventures Seed Management Llc
Tailscale provides secure connectivity infrastructure.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsToronto, CA
Avery Pennarun(CEO)inBrad Fitzpatrick(Founder)inDavid Crawshaw(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAvenir Growth CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Flex Capital PartnersHeavybitInsight Partners+7 more
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A security platform that detects and prevents malicious activity targeting software applications, serving both small and large companies through developer-focused tooling.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Bjoern Zinssmeister(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsOkapi Venture CapitalY CombinatorK5 VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersVenture Investment Associates
Tern provides commerce technology for managing product returns and reverse logistics for both consumers and merchants.
AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech
Skye Spear(Co-founder and CEO)inBrian Reath(Founder)in
Co-investorsNotion CapitalResolute Ventures
Trusona is a cybersecurity company that verifies the real person behind an account during account recovery and reset requests to prevent account takeovers, including attacks using deepfakes, SIM swaps, and social engineering.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)OurCrowdSeven Peaks Ventures
Upfort provides software and automation solutions for managing cyber risk, combining security expertise with insurance and data analytics to improve organizational cyber resilience.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Han Wang(Founder/CTO)inDaniel Bilbao(Founder)in
Co-investorsAltai VenturesClocktower VenturesEniac VenturesFikaGround Up VenturesHemi Ventures, Llc+10 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AnandaKognosLeakSignalMammoth CyberRevelstoke
Exits · 6
6 acquisitions · showing 5Area 1 Securityacq. by CloudflareCalypsoacq. by F5Message Controlacq. by MimecastOkeraacq. by DatabricksSecurityadvisoracq. by KnowBe4
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Databricks · techcrunch.com · Aug 13, 2026
Discern Security · fintech.global · Jul 31, 2026
Cyberhaven · cyberhaven.com · Apr 24, 2026
Tailscale · tailscale.com · Jan 7, 2026
Trusona · trusona.com · Aug 19, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cyber Mentor Fund made?
- Cyber Mentor Fund has 50 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited.
- What stage does Cyber Mentor Fund invest at?
- Cyber Mentor Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Cyber Mentor Fund focus on?
- Cyber Mentor Fund focuses on Cybersecurity.
- Where is Cyber Mentor Fund located?
- Cyber Mentor Fund is headquartered in New York, US.
- Who does Cyber Mentor Fund co-invest with?
- Cyber Mentor Fund most often shares deals with Rally Ventures Management, Llc, Syn Ventures Seed Management Llc, Lightspeed Venture Partners, among 122 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 10
SixThirty is a global early-stage venture capital firm investing at the intersection of health, wealth and privacy, connecting startups with established institutions through its collaboration platform.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in AI and machine learning since its early days, backing more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
Blue Owl Capital Inc. is a leading alternative asset manager that announced the launch of Kirkwood Infrastructure Group, a developer and operator of next-generation communications infrastructure including advanced conduit and high-count fiber optic cable to support hyperscale data centers and digital connectivity across the United States.
This page announces that GGV Capital split into two separate firms in March 2024: Granite Asia (Singapore, covering APAC) and Notable Capital (US, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, investing in the US, Israel, Europe, and Latin America).
DST Global is a global internet-focused investment firm that backs fast-growing, high-value internet companies. It does not solicit or accept retail investors.
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm that backs high-growth companies, emphasizing partnership and hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale toward market leadership.
Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.
IA Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage software and frontier technology companies.
Ballistic Ventures is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on backing cybersecurity entrepreneurs, drawing on the operating experience of investors who have founded, funded, and operated over 90 companies.
Firms observed investing alongside Cyber Mentor Fund, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Cyber Mentor Fund's recorded portfolio.
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