ForgePoint Capital
Venture capitalSan Mateo · Seed–Series A · 26 people tracked
Also known as FORGEPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. · Trident Capital Cybersecurity Fund I, L.P.
Investment thesis
ForgePoint Capital pursues a thesis-driven strategy focused on identifying standout companies addressing key challenges in cybersecurity, AI, infrastructure software, and adjacent sectors. The firm concentrates on early-stage investments and supports its portfolio with guidance, resources, and an expert community of more than 100 industry leaders who contribute expertise, insights, and connections to help shape product development, business strategy, and growth. Its aim is to help companies achieve global, cross-industry impact.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 26 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 35 of 83 portfolio companiesCybersecurity ×28Enterprise Software ×24AI & Machine Learning ×23SaaS ×12Data & Infrastructure ×7Developer Tools ×5Cloud Computing ×3Fintech ×3
HQs:United States×21Canada×1India×1
Investments · 83 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 22021 · 12019 · 12018 · 26 dated
Tenable provides an AI-powered exposure management platform that unifies security visibility, insight, and action across an organization's attack surface, including infrastructure, cloud, identity, operational technology, and third-party applications.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Vulnerability management for enterprise security and risk remediation (NASDAQ: QLYS)
GetReal Security develops cybersecurity solutions to detect and protect against malicious synthetic content, including deepfakes and manipulated media in images, audio, and video.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Hany Farid(Founder)Ted Schlein(Founder)Matt Moynahan(CEO)
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)
Uptycs provides a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) that normalizes security telemetry across hybrid cloud environments and delivers real-time threat detection and response through a unified security console.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBengaluru, IN
Ganesh Pai(Founder and CEO)Uma Reddy(Founder and EVP of Product and Technology)Mike Hluchyj(Founder and Board Member)
Verituity provides a verified payouts platform with pay-by-anything capabilities, aimed at making disbursements accurate, verified, and delivered on time for banks, payers, and payees.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMclean, US
Benjamin Turner(Executive Officer, Director)Ben Turner(Chief Executive Officer & President)Chris Smith(Chief Operating Officer)Anthony Renzette(Chief Product Officer)Andy Brooks(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardDonald Dixon(Director)
Tempe, US
Donald R. Dixon(Director)Steve Huffman(Director)Vincent Liu(Executive Officer, Director)Francis P. Brown(Director)
Board seatWilliam LinDonald Dixon· per SEC Form D
Surefire Cyber provides an AI-powered, end-to-end incident response platform combining expert-led services such as digital forensics, containment, negotiation, and restoration.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityInsurTechSummit, US
Cynthia Gula(Director)Mark Greisiger(Director)William Gouveia(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatAndrew McClureDonald Dixon· per SEC Form D
1Kosmos provides a platform for digital identity verification and passwordless authentication designed to prevent identity fraud for service providers and enterprises.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Rohan PintoMike Engle
BoardHemen Vimadalal
AKA builds a security layer for AI agent systems, providing real-time monitoring and control of agent operations including prompt scanning and tool call enforcement.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Anitian provides a compliance automation platform that helps SaaS companies obtain FedRAMP Authorization to Operate (ATO) certification for access to federal government and DoD markets.
GovTechSaaSBeaverton, US
Julie Crawford(Executive Officer)Sean Cunningham(Director)Thiruven Narasimhan(Executive Officer, Director)Edward Gilhuly(Director)Richard Stiennon(Director)
BoardTom Kelly(Director)
Provides AI-powered email security that detects and blocks phishing threats, including business email compromise (BEC), email-borne malware, and multi-channel link-based attacks across email and collaboration apps.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Removing execution friction between modern technology companies and the U.S. national security ecosystem
Menlo Park, US
Rachel Olney(Director and Secretary)Peter Dixon(Director and Chief Executive Officer)William Treseder(Director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer)
Cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, ICS and OT (acquired by OPSWAT)
Palo Alto, US
Josh Pouliot(Director)Ken Gonalez(Director)Chirs Barchak(Director)Simon Andrews(Director)Neil Costigan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Olov Renberg(Executive Officer, Director)
Adaptive DNS and network infrastructure optimization
AI agent security and governance
Cinchy provides a Data Collaboration Platform that integrates enterprise data across systems with governance controls, and offers PeriMind, a governance layer for AI agent access to enterprise systems.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareToronto, CA
Constella Intelligence provides Digital Risk Protection solutions that combine proprietary breach data, technology, and human analysis to detect and mitigate digital threats across the surface and dark web.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Converge is an insurtech company that underwrites cyber risk insurance, distributing coverage to broker-partners across the U.S. through a capacity partnership with QBE.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechInsurTech
Tom Kang(Chief Executive Officer)Howie Altman(Chief Technology Officer)
CyberCube delivers cyber risk analytics and quantification solutions powered by AI, serving insurance carriers, reinsurance brokers, and other institutions to model and manage cyber risk exposure.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Matthias Weber(Director)Pascal MIllaire(Executive Officer, Director)Mike S. Rogers(Director)J. Alberto Yepez(Director)Don Dixon(Director)
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
Automated threat detection and response with SOC-as-a-service (acquired by Forescout)
DataBahn builds a data pipeline platform that handles ingestion, enrichment, governance, and AI readiness of data for enterprise security teams.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareDallas, US
Nanda Santhana(Chief Executive Officer)Nithyalakshmi Nareshkumar(Chief Operating Officer)
BoardErnie Bio(Director)
Dedrone provides an AI/ML-powered airspace security platform that detects, tracks, identifies, and mitigates unauthorized drone threats while enabling authorized drone operations.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechIoTSterling, US
Ingo Seebach(Executive Officer)Joerg Lamprecht(Executive Officer, Director)William Hite(Executive Officer)
Huntress provides enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions designed for businesses of all sizes, focusing on threat detection and response to protect organizations against hackers.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareColumbia, US
Kyle R. Hanslovan(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher D. Bisnett(Executive Officer, Director)Marcos E. Torres(Executive Officer)
BoardErnie Bio(Director)Suken Vakil(Director)
Huntress operates a managed security platform offering endpoint detection and response (EDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), managed SIEM, security posture management, and security awareness training, with 24/7 threat hunting and remediation handled by its own SOC team.
CybersecuritySaaS
Hyperproof is a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform that automates compliance management and audit workflows for organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBellevue, US
Craig Unger(Founder)
Interos.ai provides supply chain risk management software that monitors financial, compliance, environmental, cybersecurity, and geopolitical risks across supplier networks using its i-Score metric.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainArlington, US
Jennifer Bisceglie(Director)Ted Krantz(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardFrank Verdecanna(Director)Phil Venables(Director)Nick Beim(Director)David DeWalt(Director)
LoginRadius provides identity-as-a-service (IdaaS) authentication, authorization, and identity management for mid-market and enterprise organizations.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Optimizing mobile application performance with agentic observability
Cybersecurity platform identifying threats and attacks affecting enterprises.
Doral, US
Maria Christina Delgado(Executive Officer)Ricardo Villadiego(Executive Officer, Director)Julian Arguelles(Director)
Lynx provides AI-based software to detect and prevent fraud, financial crime, and money laundering, processing transactions in real time for banks, fintechs, and other financial institutions globally.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Venancio Gallego Vindel(CEO (Chief Executive Officer))Carlos Santa Cruz(CTO – Chief Technology Officer)John Williams(Chief Financial Officer)Mario Ledo(CISO – Chief Information Security Officer)
Maisa is an automation platform that combines AI reasoning with deterministic logic to create accountable, auditable AI agents for enterprise business processes.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDover, US
David Villalon Pardo(Executive Officer, Director)Manuel Romero(Executive Officer)Pablo Fernandez Alvarez(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Volkov(Executive Officer, Director)Jochen Doppelhammer(Executive Officer)Raul Pucheta(Executive Officer)
Claroty is an AI-powered platform that monitors and protects cyber-physical systems (CPS) across critical infrastructure sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, energy, and utilities.
CybersecurityDeep TechIoT
BoardDavid Millstone(co-CEO of Standard Industries and co-CIO of Standard Investments)
Strategic security advisory services (acquired by Cisco)
Chicago, US
Amanda Lannert(Director)Jim Pavlik(Director)Andrew Hoog(Executive Officer, Director)Carey Alan Snyder(Executive Officer, Director)Saurabh Sharma(Director)
Nudge Security provides continuous discovery and visibility of an organization's SaaS and AI application ecosystem, including shadow IT and externally-facing apps, for security teams to identify and remediate risks.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Exits · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioErmetic TenableNASDAQ: TENBQualysNASDAQ: QLYSBayshoreacq. by OpswatCysivacq. by Forescout
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesErmetic Tenable · simplywall.st · Jul 17, 2026
Rafay · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 9, 2026
Maisa · technews180.com · Jul 8, 2026
Cyberhaven · cyberhaven.com · Apr 24, 2026
Panaseer · datacenterdynamics.com · Feb 11, 2026
RapidFort · thesaasnews.com · Feb 4, 2026
Interos · technical.ly · Jan 8, 2026
GetReal Security · securityweek.com · Mar 27, 2025
Public market activity · per SEC filings
what is this? ⓘ2 insider ownership filings (Forms 3/4/5)
From the firm's own SEC EDGAR filings — stakes and insider roles in public companies, typically portfolio companies after an IPO. Not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does ForgePoint Capital invest at?
- ForgePoint Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is ForgePoint Capital's typical check size?
- ForgePoint Capital typically writes checks of $5M – $50M.
- What sectors does ForgePoint Capital focus on?
- ForgePoint Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is ForgePoint Capital located?
- ForgePoint Capital is headquartered in San Mateo, US.
- Does ForgePoint Capital lead rounds?
- ForgePoint Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
From the blog
visit blog ↗ForgePoint Capital's recent writing focuses on AI safety and efficiency, including analysis of reward hacking risks in AI model oversight and news coverage of portfolio company developments in AI cost reduction. AI summary
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInterview with Alberto Yépez, Co-Founder & Managing Director at ForgePoint Capital
Shira Rubinoff · Alberto Yépez
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Co-investors · 43
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.
AllegisCyber Capital is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on cybersecurity investments, emphasizing deep domain expertise and operating experience.
Felicis Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that has backed founders for over 20 years, leading or co-leading the majority of its investments across seed and Series A rounds.
Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 that backs technology companies, offering operating support such as executive talent and customer introductions to its portfolio.
Paladin Capital Group is a global investment firm backing innovative companies in cybersecurity, secure AI, and deep tech.
Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.
Crosslink Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm investing in enterprise and consumer technology startups across North America.
Creandum is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies before their potential becomes obvious.
Cyberstarts is a venture firm focused on cybersecurity startups, backing founders who have overcome significant challenges and using a systematic process to identify urgent problems in the sector.
Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm that connects entrepreneurs with major corporates to help transform the global economy toward a more sustainable future.
NFX is a venture capital firm that builds software products to support founders, having developed multiple free-to-use tools for the startup community.
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.
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