Where does Ashish Popli work?

Ashish Popli is at FEBE Ventures.

Where did Ashish Popli go to school?

Ashish Popli studied at Carnegie Mellon University (CISO Executive Education and Certification Program, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Product Management); Stony Brook University (M.S., Computer Science).

Ashish Popli

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Investor at FEBE Ventures

United States

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Javier SolterounlockedAshish: together at Carnegie Mellon University (2015–2016)

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×2Ashish: together at Google

About

Ashish Popli is founder and CEO of Defendermate, a vulnerability management platform. He previously served as CISO at UiPath, Spotnana, and 2K Games, and held engineering and security leadership roles at Microsoft and Google. Popli invests in and advises security startups through RiskEyeQue, with portfolio companies including ConductorOne, StepSecurity, and Prophet Security.

Experience

DefendermateFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
DeFUD PodcastHostcurrent2024 — presentGreater Seattle Area
RiskEyeQueFounder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentGreater Seattle Area
SpotnanaVP, Security & Corp Eng2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
UiPathFounding CISO2018 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
GoogleProduct Trust and Safety Engineering Group Leader2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
2KHead of Product & Information Security2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
MicrosoftDirector, Information Security & Risk Management2006 — 2015Greater Seattle Area
Various CompaniesSenior Security Engineer2001 — 2006

Skills & more

Enterprise Software2Cloud Security12Application Security25Information Security27Cybersecurity2Software Development13Security12Penetration Testing10Information Security Management6Vulnerability Assessment4Program Management4Cloud Computing5

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Enterprise Risk ManagementCISSPNetwork SecurityProduct DevelopmentIntegrationIdentity ManagementBusiness PlanningISO 27001Risk ManagementStrategic PlanningComputer SecurityAnalysis

Chief Information Security Officer (CiSO) — Carnegie Mellon University
CISM
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ashish Popli?: Ashish Popli is founder and CEO of Defendermate, a vulnerability management platform. He previously served as CISO at UiPath, Spotnana, and 2K Games, and held engineering and security leadership roles at Microsoft and Google. Popli invests in and advises security startups through RiskEyeQue, with portfolio companies including ConductorOne, StepSecurity, and Prophet Security.
Where does Ashish Popli work?: Ashish Popli is at FEBE Ventures.
Where did Ashish Popli go to school?: Ashish Popli studied at Carnegie Mellon University (CISO Executive Education and Certification Program, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Product Management); Stony Brook University (M.S., Computer Science).

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Carnegie Mellon University mafia481

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Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01 Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1 Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AI Joshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGen Jonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4 Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3

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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia265

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Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2 Wendy JohanssonExecutive Education: Product ManagementFounded Misaludhealth +2 Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1 Raj Shekhar SinghManagement of TechnologyFounded Z21 +1 Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1 Kevin ChouBachelor of Science - BSFounded Superlayer +1

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Stony Brook University mafia50

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David R. WaltDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Sherlock Biosciences +4 Raymond YipInformation Systems EngineeringFounded Shopline +1 Daniel KivatinosMastersFounded loopfour +1 Gabe RuttnerBachelor of Engineering (B.E.)Founded Hatchet +1 Jordan GihaB.A.Founded Companyventures +1 Ben ParkerBiologyFounded Kronologic +1

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FEBE Ventures mafia15

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Sheji HoCo-founder & CEO of HDFounded Hd +1 Fabien MendezFounded Sanctu +1 Akanksha JagwaniCEO and Co-FounderFounded Sixsense Avni AgrawalCTO and Co-Founder of SixSenseFounded Sixsense Vidush MahansariaFounded Vara Ofir EjnesFounded Elfie

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UiPath mafia12

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Jeff HinckInvestorFounded Vertical Insure +1 Shail KhiyaraCustomer Experience Officer (CXO)Founded Plutoshift AI +1 Codrut LemeniMachine Learning Software Engineer InternFounded Educato +1 Ben CohenSoftware Engineer IIFounded GovWell Technologies +1 Faisal IlaiwiDirector Of EngineeringFounded Intuned Sparsh SharmaProduct DesignerFounded Paasa

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Same school

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Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Lucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of Passes Guillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AI Joshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGen Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business968

Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel Capital Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital DennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital Anna ChenInvestor at Madrona Venture Group Johnny HooperAssociate at March Capital Partners

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Also attended Stony Brook University122

Mojca SkoberneEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Alex BardManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures Konstantinos AprilakisPartner at Deerfield Management Company David WhittakerVenture Partner at Elm Street Ventures Jeffrey SachsAdvisor at Windham Capital Partners Brittany MartorellaExecutive Assistant at Level Equity

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Also worked at 2K7

Elizabeth TobeyMarketing Mentor at Lair East Labs Reed BaumDirector of Research at Sarson Funds Stanley RaoAngel at Winning Together Fund Eoghan O'NeillFounder at Audyo Ben KvaloFounder & CEO at Midwest Games Matthew BrownFounder at ThoughtForge

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Founder mafias

Carnegie Mellon University mafia481

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia265

Stony Brook University mafia50

FEBE Ventures mafia15

UiPath mafia12

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University728

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business968

Also attended Stony Brook University122

Shared employers

Also worked at Defendermate4

Also worked at DeFUD Podcast1

Also worked at Google2,000

Also worked at 2K7