Gerhard Eschelbeck
InvestorInvestor at Inner Loop Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
About
Strategic Advisor to Inner Loop Capital; former CISO of Google.
Experience
- Terra SecurityBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Crash OverrideBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- CraniumBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Kodiak RoboticsChief Security Officercurrent2022 — present
- Acalvio TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO InvestmentsVenture Advisor and Investorcurrent2020 — present
- International Olympic Committee – IOCDigital & Technology Advisor - Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024current2019 — present
- Onapsis Inc.Board Member2019 — 2025
- AuroraChief Security Officer2020 — 2022
- Deutsche BankMember Of The Supervisory Board2017 — 2022
- GoogleVice President Security & Privacy Engineering (CISO)2014 — 2019
- SophosCTO & SVP2011 — 2014
- WebrootCTO & SVP Engineering2006 — 2011
- QualysCTO & VP Engineering2001 — 2005
- Network AssociatesSVP Engineering1999 — 2001
- Network AssociatesVP Engineering1997 — 1999
Education
- Johannes Kepler Universität LinzPhD, Computer Science1993 — 1996
- Johannes Kepler Universität LinzMSc, Computer Science1988 — 1993
Skills & more
Cloud Computing99Network Security99Start-ups99Security99Information Security99Vulnerability Management22Software Development53Virtualization29Agile Methodologies26Scalability14Distributed Systems22Software Engineering37
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Colleagues at Inner Loop Capital
Bill Karpovich
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
Dave Merkel
Investor at Inner Loop Capital
Grant Geyer
Investor at Inner Loop Capital
Jerry Perullo
Investor at Inner Loop Capital
Network5
Arik KleinsteinScout
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Glilot Capital Partners
Brian DevaneyScout
Partner at Underscore VC
Dave BarrettScout
Senior Advisory Partner at Polaris Partners
Ethan Choi
Partner at Accel
John Cowgill
Partner at Costanoa Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Gerhard Eschelbeck work?
- Gerhard Eschelbeck is at Inner Loop Capital.
- What check size does Gerhard Eschelbeck write?
- Gerhard Eschelbeck typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
Same school
Also attended Johannes Kepler Universität Linz11
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Shared employers
Also worked at Terra Security3
Also worked at Acalvio Technologies2
Also worked at International Olympic Committee – IOC8
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Also worked at Aurora12
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