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Sundeep PeechuunlockedDorin: together at Top Hat (2012–2013)
Dorin: together at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Dorin: together at Rig Security
About
Dorin Baniel has about a decade of investing experience and joined NightDragon after serving as Vice President at Glilot Capital Partners, where she built and managed the firm's advisory board of over 150 C-level executives and led portfolio development for 20+ enterprise software companies. She previously worked at Microsoft, supporting Microsoft Accelerator portfolio founders, and at Conversant. She holds a B.Sc. in Psychology, Business and Informatics from the University of Illinois and a Global MBA from Reichman University.
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Invests in
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- NightDragonPartner, Israelcurrent2026 — presentTel Aviv and San Francisco
- NightDragonPrincipal Investor & Head of EMEA Office2023 — 2026Tel Aviv and San Francisco
- ClassiqBoard & Investorcurrent2025 — present
- CrowdStrikeMentor - AWS & Crowdstrike EMEA Cybersecurity Acceleratorcurrent2024 — present
- Artemis SecuritySeed investor (angel)current2025 — present
- Surf AISeed investor (angel)current2025 — present
- Frame SecuritySeed investor (angel)current2025 — present
- Forbes IsraelContributorcurrent2025 — present
- QIZ SecuritySeed investor (angel)current2025 — present
- Onit SecuritySeed Investor (angel)current2025 — present
- Bold SecuritySeed investor (angel)current2024 — present
- Rig SecuritySeed investor (angel)current2024 — present
- IDC VC ClubMentor2021 — 2024Herzliyya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Glilot Capital PartnersVice President2018 — 2023Herzliya
- Women Founders Forum (WFF)Steering Committee Member2019 — 2021
- MicrosoftMicrosoft for Startups - Corporate Access Program Manager2017 — 2018Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- Conversant (Acquired by Alliance Data for $2.3B)Client Development & Operations2015 — 2016Greater Chicago Area
- Conversant (Acquired by Alliance Data for $2.3B)Programmatic Media Delivery2014 — 2015Greater Chicago Area
- IndependentiOS App Developer2011 — 2014
- Top HatSales (student position)2012 — 2013Champaign, IL
- Chegg Inc.Sales (student position)2012
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignResearch (student position)2010 — 2012Interpersonal Relationships & Autism Lab, Language Comprehension Lab
Skills & more
Public Speaking3Research19Sales11Consumer Behavior8Product Innovation8Marketing14Business Development9Business Strategy8Start-ups8Advantage Database Server4Microsoft Office28PowerPoint12
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PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordDigital marketing & advertisingQA AnalysisDesign DrawingStartup ProgramLanguages English · Hebrew
- Venture Deals — Kauffman Fellows
- Cyber Attack Countermeasures (NYU Tandon School of Engineering) — New York University
- Cyber Attacks (NYU Tandon School of Engineering) — New York University
From Dorin's professional profile.
Colleagues at NightDragon
Alec Kiang
Senior Associate at NightDragon
Amy De Salvatore
Senior Partner, Business Development at NightDragon
Audrey Laginess
Senior Associate, Business Development and Platform at NightDragon
Barbara Massa
Advisor at NightDragon
Courtney Dombek
Head of Investor Relations and Capital Formation at NightDragon
Dave DeWalt
Founder, Managing Director, CEO at NightDragon
General Sir Chris Deverell
Venture Partner at NightDragon
Hannah Huffman
Partner, Defense & Aerospace at NightDragon
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dorin Baniel?
- Dorin Baniel has about a decade of investing experience and joined NightDragon after serving as Vice President at Glilot Capital Partners, where she built and managed the firm's advisory board of over 150 C-level executives and led portfolio development for 20+ enterprise software companies. She previously worked at Microsoft, supporting Microsoft Accelerator portfolio founders, and at Conversant. She holds a B.Sc. in Psychology, Business and Informatics from the University of Illinois and a Global MBA from Reichman University.
- Where does Dorin Baniel work?
- Dorin Baniel is Vice President at NightDragon.
- What does Dorin Baniel invest in?
- Dorin Baniel invests in Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where did Dorin Baniel go to school?
- Dorin Baniel studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Psychology, Business, Informatics (1 Major, 2 Minors)); Reichman University (Global MBA, Innovation & Entrepreneurship).
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