Where does Gil Beyda work?

Gil Beyda is Founder & Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures and Board director at BigID and Board director at Rocketrip and Board director at Blockdaemon.

What check size does Gil Beyda write?

Gil Beyda typically writes checks of $50K – $5M.

What boards does Gil Beyda sit on?

Gil Beyda holds tracked board seats at BigID, Rocketrip, Staq.

Where did Gil Beyda go to school?

Gil Beyda studied at California State University, Northridge (MBA); California State University, Northridge (BS, Computer Science).

Gil Beyda

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures · Managing Partner at Comcast Ventures · Board director at BigID · Board director at Rocketrip · Board director at Blockdaemon

United States

Writes $50K – $5M checks

About

A serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist who launched his first company in 1982. He co-founded Real Media in the mid-1990s and later served as CTO of TACODA, a behavioral targeting ad network acquired by AOL in 2007, after which he founded Genacast Ventures.

Invests in

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Board director at BigID

Intro paths

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In turn, Gil can intro founders to BigID's investors below.

BigID's investors · 15

Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2019 boldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checks · since 2024 Cisco InvestmentsSan Jose ClearSkyWest Palm Beach Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2018 Gaia VenturesSag Habor Genacast VenturesMiami · $50K – $5M checks · since 2016 Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park Plug and Play VenturesSunnyvale · $50K – $12M checks Riverwood CapitalMenlo Park · $25M – $250M checks Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks Scale Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $25M checks · since 2024 SYN VenturesWest Palm Beach · since 2024 Syn Ventures Seed Management LlcWest Palm Beach Top Corner CapitalBurlingame

Co-founders at BigID

Nimrod VaxSecretary, Director

Dimitri SirotaPresident, Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Board director at Rocketrip YC W14

Intro paths

Gil went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Gil can intro founders to Rocketrip's investors below.

Rocketrip's investors · 8

Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2016 Canaan PartnersStamford · $500K – $20M checks Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2015 Genacast VenturesMiami · $50K – $5M checks GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks Morgan StanleyPurchase Rho VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2016 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Rocketrip

Prasad GundumogulaFounder, Group Chairman & CEO

Daniel RuchExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Blockdaemon

Intro paths

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In turn, Gil can intro founders to Blockdaemon's investors below.

Blockdaemon's investors · 25

10SQ Capital (TenSquared)Los Angeles AFG Partners Amplify.LALos Angeles · $500K – $5M checks Aurum Venture PartnersPleasanton Baroda VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checks boldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checks · since 2022 Borderless VentureClermont Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks EQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks Fenbushi CapitalShanghai · $1.3M – $30M checks Genacast VenturesMiami · $50K – $5M checks HeavybitSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks Illuminate FinancialLondon · $1M – $8M checks Lerer HippeauNew York · $500K – $2M checks Morgan Creek CapitalChapel Hill · $1M – $5M checks Operator StackSouth Lake Tahoe Plug and Play VenturesSunnyvale · $50K – $12M checks Reciprocal VenturesNew York City · $250K – $3M checks RRE VenturesNew York · $5M – $15M checks Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks SoftBank Vision FundLondon SPiCE VCSingapore Titanium VenturesSydney Nsw · $5M – $10M checks Top Corner CapitalBurlingame Triton CapitalAustin

Co-founders at Blockdaemon

Konstantin RichterCEO and Founder

Experience

Genacast VenturesFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2008 — present
ConfettiInvestor/Board Membercurrent2019 — present
BlockdaemonInvestor/Board Membercurrent2018 — present
DrayNow, Inc.Investor/Board Membercurrent2017 — presentGreater Philadelphia
Uptycs, Inc.Investor/Board Membercurrent2016 — presentGreater Boston Area
BigIDInvestor/Board Membercurrent2016 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
YieldMoInvestor/Board Observercurrent2012 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
goTennaInvestor/Board Observer2019 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
ZeroFoxInvestor2013 — 2024Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Neural Magic (Acquired by Red Hat)Investor/Board Member2019 — 2024
Zapata ComputingInvestor2019 — 2023Greater Boston
STAQInvestor/Board Member2014 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
Comcast VenturesManaging Director2017 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
Rocketrip, Inc.Investor/Board Observer2013 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
JornayaInvestor/Board Member2012 — 2020Greater Philadelphia
RevmetrixInvestor/Board Member2014 — 2017Arlington, VA
DoubleVerifyInvestor/Board Member2009 — 2017Greater New York City Area
Mortar Data (acquired by Datadog)Investor/Board Member2012 — 2015Greater New York City Area
Divide (formerly Enterproid; acquired by Google [NASDAQ:GOOG])Investor/Board Member2010 — 2014Greater New York City Area
PackLate.com, Inc.Investor/Board Member2009 — 2013Greater Philadelphia
Demdex, Inc (acquired by Adobe [NYSE:ADBE])Investor/Board Member2008 — 2011New York City Metropolitan Area
Invite Media (acquired by Google [NASDAQ:GOOG])Investor/Board Member2008 — 2010New York City Metropolitan Area
TACODA (acquired by AOL [NYSE:AOL])EVP, Corporate Strategy & Development2007
TACODA (acquired by AOL [NYSE:AOL])CTO & EVP Engineering2003 — 2007
Real Media (24/7 RM acquired by WPP)Founder & CTO1995 — 2001
Beyda Consulting GroupChief Technology Consultant1985 — 1995

Skills & more

Management18Leadership17Strategy69Venture Capital67Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Mergers & Acquisitions19Strategic Partnerships99Corporate Development6Executive Management7Venture Financing6Angel Investing9

+12 more

Business DevelopmentBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementGo-to-market StrategyMonetizationLean StartupCompetitive AnalysisStart-up VenturesE-commerceAnalyticsMarketingSaaS

From Gil's professional profile.

Deals · 17

BigIDBoard seat

via Comcast Ventures · filed Feb 2018 · $14.1M raise

BigIDBoard seat

via Genacast Ventures · filed Mar 2016 · $2.1M raise

RocketripBoard seat

via Comcast Ventures · filed Sep 2015 · $2M raise

Neural MagicQuoted

via Comcast Ventures · filed Oct 2019

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DoubleVerifySolo GP

via Genacast Ventures · filed Jan 2022

YieldmoSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures · filed Jun 2017

DraynowSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures · filed Feb 2017

BlockdaemonSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

ConfettiSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

DatadogSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

JornayaSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

RocketripSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

StaqSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

UptycsSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

ZeroFox (NYSE: 2022)Solo GP

via Genacast Ventures

BigidSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

OverlapSolo GP

via Genacast Ventures

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Network8

David FrankelScout

Seed Stage Venture Capital in the United States

Jay LeekScout

Managing Partner at Syngenta Group Ventures

Jesse RobbinsScout

Founder and Investor in AI Developer Tools

Matt GarrattScout

General Partner at US Venture Partners

Adam Spivack

Partner at Comcast Ventures

Arjun Kapur

Managing Director at Comcast Ventures

Christian Ebersol

Associate at Comcast Ventures

Cong Ding

Investor at Comcast Ventures

Investors connected to Gil in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Gil Beyda?: A serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist who launched his first company in 1982. He co-founded Real Media in the mid-1990s and later served as CTO of TACODA, a behavioral targeting ad network acquired by AOL in 2007, after which he founded Genacast Ventures.
Where does Gil Beyda work?: Gil Beyda is Founder & Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures and Board director at BigID and Board director at Rocketrip and Board director at Blockdaemon.
What does Gil Beyda invest in?: Gil Beyda invests in Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
What check size does Gil Beyda write?: Gil Beyda typically writes checks of $50K – $5M.
What boards does Gil Beyda sit on?: Gil Beyda holds tracked board seats at BigID, Rocketrip, Staq.
Where did Gil Beyda go to school?: Gil Beyda studied at California State University, Northridge (MBA); California State University, Northridge (BS, Computer Science).