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51 tracked investments · listed companies and verified rows first
Private networking platform connecting users, devices, and services with LAN-like simplicity, replacing VPN/MPLS/SD-WAN.
Co-investorsMizMaa VenturesPerot Jain
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)inKim Tremblay(Founder)
Co-investors1435 Capital33NArtisanal VenturesAxevil CapitalBlue Cloud VenturesBlue Owl Capital+22 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)inBlake Darche(Founder)Oren Falkowitz(Founder)Phil Syme(Founder)
BoardDerek W. Smith(Director)
Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalCowboy VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)EPIC VENTURESFocus Opportunity FundForgePoint Capital+3 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 CapitalThomvest 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 VenturesFUSERedbud VCSoma CapitalTakeoff CapitalY Combinator+13 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(Founder)
Co-investorsDay One VenturesExpeditionsFrontline VenturesGaingelsHakluyt CapitalMana Ventures+3 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)inOwen Madrick(Founder)in
Co-investorsInovia CapitalAngel Collective Opportunity FundB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBDC Growth Venture FundGaingels+13 more
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)in
Co-investorsBenhamou Global VenturesBGVFirst Rays Venture PartnersStreamlined 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)inCristian Zamfir(Founder)George Candea(Founder)Radu Banabic(Founder)Vitaly Chipounov(Founder)Nishant Doshi(CEO)in
Co-investorsCollective LiquidityCrane Venture PartnersForgePoint CapitalLaunchBay CapitalRedpoint VenturesVertex Ventures+9 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(Founder)inDima Potehkin(Founder)Rob Gurzeev(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelAmiti VenturesBright Pixel CapitalGeodesic CapitalHarpoon VenturesKli Capital+7 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(Founder)inIon Stoica(Founder)inMatei Zaharia(Founder)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAlpha Square GroupAltra Venture+116 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
Ari Jacoby(Founder)inRobert PanasiukAndy Sheldon
Co-investorsGaingelsInnovating CapitalFreestyle CapitalTrue Ventures
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(Co-Founder)inSanthosh Purathepparambil(Co-Founder)inSai Venkataraman(Co-Founder)
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)inJon Lavender(Founder)Justin Cavinee(Founder)
Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalBYU Cougar CapitalCanaan PartnersDataTribeEarth FoundryEnergy Foundry+10 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)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
François Locoh-DonouinAnkur Singla(Founder)Derek Smith(Founder)Igor Sysoev(Founder)inJustin Call(Founder)Maxim Konovalov(Founder)in
Co-investorsJC2 VenturesKoch Disruptive TechnologiesMayfield FundMenlo VenturesRidge VenturesStageOne Ventures+2 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)inShane McGregor(Executive Officer, Director)in
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)
BoardOWEN MATTHEWS(Director)TIM EADES(Director)MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN(Director)
Co-investorsDcode CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)S3 VenturesWesley Clover International Corporation
Insane Cyber provides cybersecurity monitoring and threat detection built for operational technology (OT) environments, converging host and network data to expand visibility across remote sites, legacy assets, and networks where traditional tools can't deploy.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTSan Antonio, US
Dan Gunter(Founder)in
BoardMourad Yesayan(Director)in
Co-investorsIn-Q-TelPaladin 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
Amandeep Khurana(Founder)Nong Li(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBessemer Venture Partners
Paladin provides software and data-driven solutions to help organizations manage cyber risk more affordably and effectively.
CybersecurityInsurTechSaaS
Daniel Bilbao(Founder)inHan Wang(Founder)inXing Xin(Founder)
Co-investorsAquiline Technology GrowthChaos VenturesExpansion Venture CapitalGround Up VenturesHemi Ventures, LlcTrajectory Ventures+4 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 PartnersPlug and Play VenturesShield 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(Founder)inJonathan Benhamou(Founder)inDavis Hake(Founder)Mario Vitale(Founder)Matt Hall(Founder)
Co-investorsCathay InnovationPICUS CAPITAL137 Ventures8VCGeneral CatalystGV (Google Ventures)+4 more
Bob Kruse(Founder)Josh McCarthy(Founder)
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalRally Ventures Management, LlcSyn Ventures Seed Management Llc
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
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(Founder)inBrad Fitzpatrick(Founder)inDavid Crawshaw(Founder)inDavid Carney(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAvenir Growth CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Flex Capital PartnersGaingelsHeavybit+9 more
Templarbit offers a developer-oriented security platform that protects software applications from malicious activity, serving both small and large companies.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Bjoern Zinssmeister(CEO)inMatthias Kadenbach(Founder)Matt Kadenbach(CTO)
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 TechDover, US
Skye Spear(Co-founder and CEO)inKatelyn Williams(Treasurer, Director, Founder)David Shull(CEO, Director, Founder)inBrian Reath(Founder)inNick Kim(Director)
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
Ori Eisen(Founder)in
Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)OurCrowdSeven Peaks Ventures
Upfort offers a platform that combines cyber security tools with cyber insurance underwritten by partner insurers, using proprietary data and automation to assess and mitigate cyber risk.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Han Wang(CTO)inDaniel Bilbao(Founder)inXing XinDan Siegel(Head of Customer Success)Sajal Rohatgi(Chief of Staff)Sahaja Pandey(People Associate)
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.
DeuceKognosMessageControlWebLife
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