Inner Loop Capital
Venture capitalBaltimore · Pre-Seed–Series A · 16 people tracked
Also known as INNER LOOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Investment thesis
Inner Loop Capital invests in technical founders — practitioners with deep domain expertise who understand the systems, pain points, and opportunities in their fields. The firm believes such founders build the most iconic companies when their product vision meets large markets and strong go-to-market strategy. It partners early, often before investing, and stays engaged to help founders connect product vision to a market path enabling durable scale. Trusting founders on product, the firm aims to earn trust as a partner in market strategy, the venture process, and company-building. Through its Strategic Advisor Network and sustained sector focus, it concentrates on cybersecurity, infrastructure, and AI, where category leaders are typically founded by domain practitioners.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 23 of 42 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×16AI & Machine Learning ×13Cybersecurity ×13SaaS ×9Data & Infrastructure ×7Developer Tools ×4Cloud Computing ×2HR Tech ×2
HQs:United States×15Canada×1
Investments · 42 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCheck Point delivers unified security solutions for artificial intelligence, infrastructure, data, and users across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Wilmington, US
JOSHUA SIMMONS(Executive Officer, Director)CONNOR SWALM(Executive Officer, Director)Margaret Roth(Director)
Board seatJustin Label· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Apr 2026
AppOmni provides a SaaS and AI security platform that monitors configurations, permissions, and user behavior across enterprise applications to detect threats, prevent data exposure, and enforce security controls.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSSan Francisco, US
Ariel Tseitlin(Director)Patrick Heim(Director)Robert Sayle(Director)Brian Soby(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Brendan O'Connor(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Base Operations provides threat intelligence and risk assessment software for corporate security teams, delivering standardized risk metrics (BaseScore) and location-specific security data at sub-mile granularity for global portfolios.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Cerebro Capital provides a technology-enabled platform for commercial lending that connects businesses with lenders to simplify and accelerate the business loan process.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBaltimore, US
Matthew Bjonerud(Founder & CEO)inKevin Dieter(Executive Officer)
BoardJames McGuire(Director)Douglas Becker(Director)Steve Reale(Director)
Clear Skye provides identity and access governance software built natively on the ServiceNow platform.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Thomas Gryziec(Executive Officer, Director)Arun Penmetsa(Director)Vahan Galachyan(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Tweddle(Executive Officer, Director)Rajan Aggarwal(Director)M. Brinkley Morse(Director)
ClearVector provides cybersecurity solutions focused on protecting organizations and customer data against sophisticated attackers.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareReston, US
John Laliberte(CEO)in
Crosschq provides a platform that delivers data-driven insights throughout the hiring process to help talent leaders optimize recruitment efficiency and hiring outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSDanville, US
Mike Fitzsimmons(CEO)Pete Goettner(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGlenn Solomon(Director)
Cybrary provides online cybersecurity training courses, certification prep programs, and hands-on labs for individuals and enterprise teams.
CybersecurityEdTechSaaS
Klee Kleber(Executive Officer, Director)Ron Gula(Director)Jeremy Gehring(Executive Officer, Director)Jim Curry(Director)Ryan J. Cory(Executive Officer, Director)Ralph, Jr. P. Sita(Executive Officer, Director)
DNSFilter provides DNS security filtering that sorts malicious from legitimate DNS requests to protect users during work.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWashington, US
Ken Carnesi(CEO and Co-founder)inBrian Gillis(Chief Architect)Dmitri Alperovitch(Director)Ryan Kruizenga(Director)Thomas Krane(Director)Kenneth B. Carnesi, Jr.(Executive Officer)
Qualytics provides a data quality platform that uses AI and machine learning to help enterprises proactively detect and manage data quality issues at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMaryland, US
Gorkem Sevinc(CEO)inEric(Co-founder)inNicole(Chief Marketing Officer)inTonni(Chief Sales Officer)in
PartnerJustin Label· solo GP
Qualytics provides a data control layer that validates data at the point of use for analytics, applications, and AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Gorkem Sevinc(CEO)in
PartnerJustin Label· solo GP
RunSafe Security develops cybersecurity software that hardens embedded systems and commercial/defense software against exploitation by disrupting the determinism attackers need to build reliable exploits.
CybersecurityDefense TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMclean, US
Joseph M. Saunders(Founder and CEO)Doug Britton(EVP)Shane Fry(Chief Technology Officer)Bill Stulb(Director)
BoardJoe Addiego(Director)Patricia Muoio(Director)
SCYTHE offers an AI-powered adversarial emulation platform for red teams, providing a continuously updated library of pre-built threat campaigns mapped to MITRE ATT&CK to emulate real attacker behavior across Windows, macOS, Linux, cloud, and OT/ICS environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSArlington, US
Bryson Bort(Chief Executive Officer)
Synthesize develops generative AI models that simulate human tissue responses to drugs and diseases for clinical trial design.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health
Robert Bradley, PhDinJeff Leek, PhDinAlice Walsh, PhDinGregory Koytiger, PhDin
PartnerJustin Label· solo GP
Tall Poppy provides digital safety tools and incident response services designed to protect individuals from online harassment and attacks.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechOttawa, CA
Leigh Honeywell(Founder/CEO)inLogan Dean(Founder/CTO)inL G Dean(Executive Officer)
PartnerJustin Label· solo GP
Cloud security platform simplifying management of alerts from CNAPPs and CSPM tools to prioritize critical issues.
Sammamish, US
Marina Segal(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardZohar Alon(Director)inMarcos Castro Osorio(Director)Idan Perez(Director)inShay Michel(Director)
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Inner Loop Capital invest at?
- Inner Loop Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Inner Loop Capital focus on?
- Inner Loop Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Inner Loop Capital located?
- Inner Loop Capital is headquartered in Baltimore, US.
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