Cyber Mentor Fund
Venture capitalNew York Β· Pre-SeedβSeries A Β· 2 people tracked
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 Β· 2 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 15 of 43 portfolio companiesCybersecurity Γ11AI & Machine Learning Γ9Enterprise Software Γ9Cloud Computing Γ5Data & Infrastructure Γ5SaaS Γ3InsurTech Γ2Circular Economy Γ1
HQs:United StatesΓ9
Investments Β· 43 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path
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 SoftwareSaaS
Brian NeSmith(Founder & CEO)
Mimecast provides a platform for securing humans, data, and AI within organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareArlington, US
Ranjan Singh(CEO)Michael Madon(Executive Officer, Director)Adam Fletcher(Director)Randy Altschuler(Director)Timothy Jackson(Executive Officer)
Menlo Park, US
David Walter(Executive Officer, Director)Jay Leek(Director)Charles Beeler(Director)Demetrios Lazarikos(Executive Officer, Director)
F5 AI Guardrails is an enterprise security platform that deploys runtime guardrails to protect AI models and agents against adversarial attacks, data leakage, and policy violations while enabling compliance and observability.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Neil Serebryany(Cofounder)
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(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ion Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David Conte(Executive Officer)Tram Phi(Executive Officer)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)
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)
Enveil develops Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs), including its ZeroReveal solutions and Secure AI, that protect data while it is being used or processed.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFulton, US
Ellison Anne Williams(Founder and CEO)Tim Eades(Director)Zulfe Ali(Director)Robert R. Ackerman Jr.(Director)
Chattanooga, US
Michael Webb(Executive Officer)John Anthony Smith(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Zach Powell(Director)Mark Grazman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
ForceMetrics provides investigative software for law enforcement agencies, unifying case data across reports, evidence, people, places, and vehicles into single profiles with timeline reconstruction and relationship analysis.
Data & InfrastructureGovTechSaaS
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)
Paladin provides software and data-driven solutions to help organizations manage cyber risk more affordably and effectively.
CybersecurityInsurTechSaaS
Resilience Insurance provides cyber insurance and technology errors & omissions coverage for enterprise clients across multiple industries.
CybersecurityInsurTech
San Jose, US
Mike Jennings(Director)Bryce Verdier(Executive Officer)Patrick Chen(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Eades(Director)Nate Kharrl(Executive Officer, Director)Mike Viscuso(Director)
Chandler, US
Jori VanAntwerp(Executive Officer, Director)Patrick Heim(Director)Ron Fabela(Executive Officer, Director)Zenas Hutcheson(Director)
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
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
Co-investors Β· 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.
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.
GV (formerly Google Ventures) is a venture investment firm that backs founders across many industries, aiming to build long-term relationships and support companies across multiple stages and milestones.
Notable Capital is an early-stage venture firm that partners closely with founders, providing hands-on operational support through a platform team of experienced operators across hiring, sales, leadership development, storytelling, and engineering.
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm that backs high-growth companies, drawing on five decades of experience investing in 400 companies with 135+ IPOs.
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.
Blue Owl Capital is an alternative asset manager providing private capital solutions across credit, real assets, and GP strategic capital platforms, serving institutional investors, individual investors, and insurance companies.
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