Estero · Pre-Seed–Series A · 18 people tracked
Also known as DREAMIT VENTURES 1, LLC
Investment thesis
Dreamit invests in transformative early-stage cybersecurity startups, typically writing initial checks of $500k to $1.5M into pre-Series A US companies with high growth potential. Target companies should show early product-market fit through revenue, pilots, or other indicators. Beyond capital, the firm positions itself as an active partner, using a curated process to make meaningful customer introductions via its network of 70+ enterprise partners and to streamline fundraising by leveraging relationships with 100+ co-investors. Its stated goal is to accelerate customer acquisition and strengthen fundraising readiness, turning potential into measurable performance.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Founder mafia
5 people who came through Dreamit Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 36 of 40 portfolio companiesCybersecurity ×24Enterprise Software ×21AI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×13Cloud Computing ×6Healthtech ×6IoT ×5Developer Tools ×4
HQs:United States×21
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22023 · 12022 · 22021 · 12019 · 12018 · 22017 · 12015 · 111 dated
Advanced ManufacturingGardena, US
Yueting Jia(Executive Officer)Jonathan Maroko(Executive Officer)Scott Graziano(Executive Officer)inHong Rao(Executive Officer)inMatthias Aydt(Executive Officer, Director)inChui Tin Mok(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatAvi Savar· per SEC Form D · $760.4M raise · filed Jul 2021
AccuKnox provides automated adversarial testing for large language models, machine learning models, and cloud AI infrastructure to detect security vulnerabilities including prompt injection, jailbreaks, hallucinations, and misconfigurations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAvanta VenturesNational Grid PartnersDolby Family VenturesMDSV CAPITALOutliers VCZ5 Capital
AMOpportunities operates a clinical training platform that connects medical, MBBS, and nursing students with clinical placements at U.S. and international healthcare sites, offering visa and immigration support.
B2B MarketplacesEdTechHealthtechMarketplacesSaaSTravel & HospitalityChicago, US
Benjamin Bradley(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Kyle Swinsky(President, Co-Founder)Daniel Flores(Executive Officer)Kevin Iverson(Executive Officer)inJohn Danaher(Executive Officer)Mamta Patel(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsChicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV)HealthX VenturesLaerdal Million Lives FundM25Oui CapitalPACE Healthcare Capital+1 more
AccuKnox provides an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform that integrates vulnerability management, static and dynamic application security testing, software composition analysis, and infrastructure-as-code scanning to identify and prioritize security risks across the software development lifecycle for development and security teams.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAvanta VenturesDolby Family VenturesNational Grid PartnersSparq Capital (SFO)
Tango Belt develops a wearable device that detects serious hip-impacting falls in older adults using fall-risk detection methodology.
HardwareHealthtechIoTMedical DevicesPhiladelphia, US
Dr. Robert F. Buckman(Founder)Andrew Lakatos(Executive Officer, Director)Charles Hadley(Executive Officer, Director)Neal Walker(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSacha Levy(Director)
Board seatAdam Dakin· per SEC Form D · $2.4M raise · filed Jan 2016
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundGenerator Ventures
aXiomatic is an esports and gaming investment company that provides capital and industry expertise to gaming and digital entertainment companies.
GamingMedia & EntertainmentLos Angeles, US
Peter Guber(Co-Executive Chairman)Victor Goossens(Founder & Co-CEO)Steve Arhancet(Co-CEO)Bruce Stein(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTed Leonsis(Co-Executive Chairman)in
Board seatJeff Vinik· per SEC Form D · $38.5M raise · filed Aug 2022
Co-investorsChaifetz GroupDeclaration PartnersNext Legacy PartnersRevolution
PeerFit (operating as FitOn Health) provides digital fitness and wellness content via an app, combined with access to a national network of in-person fitness experiences, targeting corporate employers seeking employee health and wellness programs.
Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechWellness & FitnessTampa, US
Edward J. Buckley, III(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Peeples(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMarc Blumenthal(Director)inLee E. Arnold, Jr.(Director)Jeffrey N. Vinik(Director)Jim Philip(Director)
Board seatJeff Vinik· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Mar 2019
Co-investorsFlorida FundersTech Square Ventures
HealthtechRedmond, US
Aadil Diwan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Sahil Diwan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Stephen Meyer(Director)Steven Levy(Director)
Board seatAdam Dakin· per SEC Form D · $13M raise · filed Dec 2022
Baltimore, US
Kevin Keenahan(Executive Officer, Director)Joshua Budman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGabriel Brat(Director)
Board seatKaren Griffith Gryga· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jan 2018
Co-investorsDigiTx Partners LLC
Acsense provides an IAM resilience platform that backs up, monitors, and recovers identity and access management systems such as Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD, Ping, and ForgeRock.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Itzik Hanan(Founder)
Co-investorsfresh.fundFusion VCJoule VenturesTachles VC
AiStrike builds an AI-native security operations platform that uses agentic AI to help organizations reduce alert noise, accelerate threat response, and modernize security operations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDublin, US
Nitin Agale(Founder & CEO)inKayzad Vanskuiwalla(Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer)inHarsh Patwardhan(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inNishtha Agale(Executive Officer)
BoardPramod Gosavi(Director)in
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalOregon Venture Fund
Cisco provides networking, data center, and security technology for enterprises, including infrastructure to run traditional and AI workloads and tools to keep organizations running against cyberattacks and outages.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTSan Jose, US
John ChambersinChuck Robbinsin
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersAllegisCyber CapitalAviv Venture CapitalBantam GroupCastile VenturesCeltic House Venture Partners+31 more
Ascent AeroSystems develops unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), ranging from compact UAVs to heavy-lift unmanned helicopters, for missions across defense, agriculture, logistics, and industrial inspection.
Defense TechHardwareRoboticsTorrance, US
Co-investorsGENIUS NY
Authnull provides phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication, access control, and identity governance for on-premises and infrastructure access across Active Directory, databases, and network protocols.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Axis provides a customizable hub for Corporate Affairs teams to access policies, updates, and resources.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkGovTechNew York City, US
Mishaal Al Gergawi(Founder)in
Co-investorsBY Venture PartnersY Combinator
Bricklayer offers an AI assistant that converts natural-language requests into structured security workflows for incident investigation, letting users build, refine, and execute investigation plans and save them for reuse.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsTech Square VenturesSovereigns Capital Venture
Co-investorsSixThirty Ventures
Cybera provides AI-powered intelligence on fraudulent mule accounts to banks, enabling detection of internal threats and blocking of unauthorized payments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Patrick Peterson(CEO)
Co-investorsArmada Investment AGBantam GroupConvergeCV VCK20 FundNew North Ventures+1 more
Cylera provides a healthcare cybersecurity platform focused on connected medical devices, IoT, and IT assets, giving hospitals and health systems visibility, risk assessment, and threat detection across their environments.
CybersecurityHealthtechIoTNew York, US
Timur Ozekcin(Executive Officer, Director)inSean Abraham(Executive Officer, Director)inApostolos Bakoyiannis(Executive Officer)Owen Wilson(Director)
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersEpsilon Health InvestorsFrontier Path VCGreat Oaks Venture CapitalRho Capital PartnersRho Ventures+1 more
DAXA is a platform that enables organizations to build and deploy generative AI applications with built-in data transparency, compliance, and security controls.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsArka Venture LabsOakseed Ventures
FaceSign provides real-time, automated identity verification that runs a live 30-second browser session applying biometric matching, deepfake detection, liveness challenges, coercion screening, and behavioral analysis.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsTenon VenturesWestchester Angels
ForMotiv provides real-time behavioral intelligence to insurance carriers, capturing in-session digital behavior data to improve conversion decisions and prevent fraud during the underwriting process.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechBryn Mawr, US
William Conners III(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Andrew Schwabe(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsVestigo Ventures
Hideez is a passwordless authentication and single sign-on platform that replaces passwords across Windows workstations, legacy apps, and modern SSO, using methods such as QR codes, Bluetooth proximity, NFC, passkeys, and FIDO2 hardware keys with automatic workstation lock.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsFulgur VenturesImpera Alfa
Lineaje provides software supply chain security tools, including SBOM360 Hub for managing software bills of materials (SBOMs), compliance, and centralized visibility into supply chain risks.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsHitachi VenturesNeotribe VenturesProsperity7 VenturesWipro Ventures
Coalfire provides cybersecurity advisory, assessment, and testing services to enterprises, helping them meet compliance requirements across multiple regulatory frameworks and manage cyber risks.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareGovTech
Co-investorsEscalate Capital Partners
Nirmata is an AI platform engineering assistant that helps teams write, validate, and enforce policy-as-code across Kubernetes infrastructure at scale.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Ritesh Patel(Founder)in
Co-investorsArka Venture LabsDallas Venture CapitalPeak XV PartnersZ5 CapitalBenhamou Global Ventures
Vantelis provides cybersecurity and operational technology data capture solutions for industrial operators managing legacy assets, offering real-time data compression, security tool cost optimization, and network segmentation without requiring network changes.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTOakland, US
Gerard Vidal Cassanya(Director)Carlos Tomas Moro(Director)David Hatchell(Executive Officer, Director)Rajeev Singh - Molares(Director)Brian Brammeier(Director)John Ho(Director)
RaySecur builds MailSecur, a security screening system that uses terahertz (T-ray) imaging to provide real-time 4D visibility into sealed mail and deliveries, detecting concealed threats and contraband such as powders, liquids, and drug-soaked paper that X-ray and metal detection miss.
Deep TechDefense TechGovTechHardwareCambridge, US
PR Yu(Director)Alexander Sappok(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Giroux(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsLaunchpad Venture GroupOutsiders
San Jose, US
Nate Kharrl(Founder)
Co-investorsRally Ventures Management, LlcSignalFire
Swif develops a device and inventory management application that uses AI to eliminate shadow IT and provide businesses with control and visibility over their device security.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Angelo (KC) Huang(Founder)in
Co-investorsAddin VentureY CombinatorZ Venture Capital
System Surveyor provides a digital platform for physical security system design and site surveys that enables system integrators, designers, and installers to collaborate in real time, generate accurate bills of materials, and deliver proposals to customers more efficiently than traditional paper-based workflows.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US
Christopher Hugman(Founder and CEO)Maureen Carlson(Co-Founder, President & VP of Growth)
Co-investorsBigfoot Capital
TestifySec turns software pipelines into continuous compliance evidence streams by automatically capturing and signing artifacts, builds, and security scans.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Tidal Cyber develops tools and services that help enterprises adopt MITRE ATT&CK framework for threat-informed defense.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Rick Gordonin
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersBright Pixel CapitalGlasswing VenturesStoneMill VenturesTFX CapitalAccess Ventures+8 more
Arctic Wolf provides AI-powered endpoint security that prevents ransomware and zero-day threats across desktops, laptops, and mobile devices, with managed detection and response delivered by its security operations center.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsOregon Venture Fund
V2verify provides passwordless multi-factor authentication technology that verifies user identity in real time over an encrypted channel, eliminating passwords, PINs, and callback codes.
CybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsInvest Nebraska
ZeroEyes provides AI-based visual weapon detection software that integrates with existing security cameras to analyze live video feeds for visible firearms in real time, with detections verified by trained analysts in its operations center before alerts are dispatched to personnel and law enforcement.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityGovTechConshohocken, US
Sam Alaimo(Chief Revenue Officer)inMichael Lahiff(President and CEO)Rob Huberty(Founder)inEdward McCullough(Director)
BoardMichael Kim(Director)
Co-investorsBroadLight CapitalIntel CapitalOctave Ventures LlcStructural CapitalBackswing VenturesSorenson Ventures
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 · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioFaraday Future Intelligent ElectricNASDAQ: FFAIPeerfitacq. by FitOnAscent AeroSystemacq. by Robinson Helicopter Company
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFaraday Future Intelligent Electric · businesswire.com · Aug 23, 2026
cloud · eu-startups.com · Aug 21, 2026
AMOpportunities · techcabal.com · Aug 17, 2026
Swif.ai · feedback.swif.ai · Jun 23, 2026
Tidal · esgtoday.com · May 29, 2026
Bricklayer · theaiinsider.tech · Nov 12, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Dreamit Ventures made?
- Dreamit Ventures has 32 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Dreamit Ventures invest at?
- Dreamit Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Dreamit Ventures's typical check size?
- Dreamit Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
- What sectors does Dreamit Ventures focus on?
- Dreamit Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Healthtech.
- Where is Dreamit Ventures located?
- Dreamit Ventures is headquartered in Estero, US.
- Does Dreamit Ventures lead rounds?
- Dreamit Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Dreamit Ventures co-invest with?
- Dreamit Ventures most often shares deals with Oregon Venture Fund, Access Venture Partners, Bantam Group, among 87 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamDavid Bookspan 'Quick No is Second Best' (DreamIt Ventures)
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David Bookspan 'Sell It Before You Build It' (DreamIt Ventures)
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Co-investors · 16
Intel Capital is the corporate venture capital arm associated with Intel, investing in and supporting technology companies as they scale.
Tensility Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs building AI-first software and services across deep tech applications.
Oakseed Ventures focuses on seeding transformative technical founders in enterprise AI and cybersecurity sectors.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm, backed by a community of founders and operators as LPs, that writes early checks (including pre-seed) into startups across many sectors and geographies.
Hyde Park Venture Partners (HPVP) is an early-stage venture fund investing in AI, software, and tech-enabled services companies connected to the Midwest, Toronto, or the Southeast.
Cisco Investments is the corporate venture arm of Cisco, investing in, merging with, and acquiring fast-growing technology startups for over thirty years.
Recursive Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund backing US pre-seed and seed technology startups using artificial intelligence to disrupt their industries.
Next Coast Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by former operators that uses thematic research to invest in and support high-growth startups.
MassMutual Ventures is the venture capital arm of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, investing in technology companies and supporting their growth with capital, connections, and expertise.
S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 that invests in technology companies and medical device/health software startups, backed by a single philanthropic limited partner.
Inventus Capital Partners is an early-stage venture firm that leads seed rounds for Silicon Valley startups and supports them toward Series A milestones.
▶4 more co-investors
Anzu PartnersUltratech Capital PartnersMundi VenturesAperture Venture Capital
Firms observed investing alongside Dreamit Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Dreamit Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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