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Gerhard Eschelbeck

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Investor at Inner Loop Capital · Board director at Crash Override · Board director at Cranium

San Francisco Bay Area

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

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About

Strategic Advisor to Inner Loop Capital; former CISO of Google.

Board director at Crash Override

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Crash Override's investors · 5

Bessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2022Essence Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $10M checksFirestreak VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2025Syn Ventures Seed Management LlcWest Palm Beach · since 2024

Co-founders at Crash Override

MCMark Curphey
Mark CurpheyDirector
JVJohn Viega
John ViegaExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Cranium

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Cranium's investors · 4

Capra Ventures H1San Francisco · since 2023Syn Ventures Seed Management LlcWest Palm BeachTitanium VenturesSydney Nsw · $5M – $10M checksYork IEManchester

Co-founders at Cranium

JDJonathan Dambrot
Jonathan DambrotExecutive Officer, Director
FKFelix Knoll
Felix KnollExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Terra SecurityBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  2. Crash OverrideBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  3. CraniumBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  4. Kodiak RoboticsChief Security Officercurrent2022 — present
  5. Acalvio TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  6. SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO InvestmentsVenture Advisor and Investorcurrent2020 — present
  7. International Olympic Committee – IOCDigital & Technology Advisor - Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024current2019 — present
  8. Onapsis Inc.Board Member2019 — 2025
  9. AuroraChief Security Officer2020 — 2022
  10. Deutsche BankMember Of The Supervisory Board2017 — 2022
  11. GoogleVice President Security & Privacy Engineering (CISO)2014 — 2019
  12. SophosCTO & SVP2011 — 2014
  13. WebrootCTO & SVP Engineering2006 — 2011
  14. QualysCTO & VP Engineering2001 — 2005
  15. Network AssociatesSVP Engineering1999 — 2001
  16. Network AssociatesVP Engineering1997 — 1999

Skills & more

Cloud Computing99Network Security99Start-ups99Security99Information Security99Vulnerability Management22Software Development53Virtualization29Agile Methodologies26Scalability14Distributed Systems22Software Engineering37
+12 moreProduct ManagementEnterprise ArchitectureDLPArchitectureData WarehousingInformation TechnologyInformation Security ManagementTCP/IPSaaSEnterprise SoftwareWindowsLinux

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Colleagues at Inner Loop Capital

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Investor at Inner Loop Capital
Bill Murphy
Venture Partner at LegalTech
Brendan O'Connor
Investor at Inner Loop Capital
Bryson Bort
Investor at Inner Loop Capital
Chris Petersen
Investor at Inner Loop Capital
Coleman Miller
General Partner at Inner Loop Capital
Dave Merkel
Investor at Inner Loop Capital
Grant Geyer
Investor at Inner Loop Capital

Network5

Arik KleinsteinScout
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Glilot Capital Partners
Brian DevaneyScout
Early-stage investor at Underscore VC focused on vertical AI and B2B software transforming legacy business processes
Dave BarrettScout
Senior Advisory Partner at Polaris Partners
Fred WangScout
General Partner at Trinity Ventures
John Cowgill
Partner at Costanoa Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Gerhard Eschelbeck?
Strategic Advisor to Inner Loop Capital; former CISO of Google.
Where does Gerhard Eschelbeck work?
Gerhard Eschelbeck is at Inner Loop Capital and Board director at Crash Override and Board director at Cranium.
What check size does Gerhard Eschelbeck write?
Gerhard Eschelbeck typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies has Gerhard Eschelbeck invested in?
Investments tracked here include 1Password, Altitude Networks, Anecdotes, Archestra.AI, Armorblox, Ayraa, Cobalt, Cyberhaven, Devocean, Empirical Security, Fleet Device Management, Knostic, and 4 more.
Where did Gerhard Eschelbeck go to school?
Gerhard Eschelbeck studied at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (PhD, Computer Science); Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (MSc, Computer Science).

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