Where does Dan Amiga work?

Dan Amiga is General Partner at Picture Capital Scale.

What check size does Dan Amiga write?

Dan Amiga typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.

What companies has Dan Amiga invested in?

Investments tracked here include Axis Security, build.security, Cyclops Security.

Where did Dan Amiga go to school?

Dan Amiga studied at Reichman University (BA, Computer Science); Bar-Ilan University (MA, Business Law).

Dan Amiga

Investor

General Partner at Picture Capital Scale · Partner at Picture Capital · Insider at YL Ventures · Investor at Cyberstarts

Israel

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

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About

Dan Amiga is Co-Founder and CTO of Island. He previously founded and served as CTO of Fireglass, which Symantec acquired in 2017, and has been a founding investor in several security companies including Axis Security, Cycode, Build.Security, and ScaleOps. His background includes roles as chief software architect at Schneider Electric, work in security at Microsoft's Technology Center in Tel Aviv, and five years at Israel's 8200 unit developing security solutions; he has also taught advanced cloud computing at the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel and spoken at industry conferences including RSA and Black Hat.

Experience

IslandCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2020 — presentTel Aviv, Israel
Picture CapitalPartnercurrent2024 — present
Axis SecurityFounding Investorcurrent2018 — present
build.security (acquired by Elastic)Founding Investor & Board Membercurrent2020 — present
CycodeFounding Investor & Board Membercurrent2019 — present
Cyclops SecurityFounding Investorcurrent2022 — present
ScaleOps - Cloud-Native OptimizationFounding Investorcurrent2022 — present
Cyberstarts - The Founders Powered VCMembercurrent2018 — present
Forbes Technology CouncilOfficial Member & Contributorcurrent2022 — present
YL VenturesInsidercurrent2019 — present
IDC HerzliyaAdjunct Professorcurrent2012 — presentIsrael
SymantecVP Engineering - Web Isolation2017 — 2019Tel Aviv Area, Israel
Fireglass acquired by SymantecCo-Founder & CTO2014 — 2017
Schneider ElectricChief Software Architect2011 — 2014
Indpendent ConsultantIndependent Contractor2008 — 2011United States
DevelopMentorLead Author and Instructor2007 — 2011United States
Microsoft Technology Center, Tel AvivSenior Consultant, Solution Architect2005 — 2008
Bank Leumi, IsraelSecurity Solutions Architect2004 — 2005
Unit 8200 - Israeli Intelligence CorpsSoftware Security Innovator2000 — 2004

Skills & more

Windows Azure5SharePoint11ASP.NET16.NET71C#17Java5SaaS11IIS6LINQ3Windows1AJAX1Enterprise Software1

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Microsoft TechnologiesMicrosoft SQL ServerXMLC# 4.0DatabasesWCFCloud ComputingArchitectureSecurityScalabilityAmazon EC2Software Development

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Axis Securitybuild.securityCyclops Security

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Colleagues at Picture Capital Scale

Michael Boodaei

General Partner at Picture Capital Scale

Michael Fey

General Partner at Picture Capital Scale

Rakesh Loonkar

General Partner at Picture Capital Scale

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Guy GuznerScout

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Who is Dan Amiga?: Dan Amiga is Co-Founder and CTO of Island. He previously founded and served as CTO of Fireglass, which Symantec acquired in 2017, and has been a founding investor in several security companies including Axis Security, Cycode, Build.Security, and ScaleOps. His background includes roles as chief software architect at Schneider Electric, work in security at Microsoft's Technology Center in Tel Aviv, and five years at Israel's 8200 unit developing security solutions; he has also taught advanced cloud computing at the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel and spoken at industry conferences including RSA and Black Hat.
Where does Dan Amiga work?: Dan Amiga is General Partner at Picture Capital Scale.
What check size does Dan Amiga write?: Dan Amiga typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies has Dan Amiga invested in?: Investments tracked here include Axis Security, build.security, Cyclops Security.
Where did Dan Amiga go to school?: Dan Amiga studied at Reichman University (BA, Computer Science); Bar-Ilan University (MA, Business Law).