Jake Seid
InvestorFounding Partner at Ballistic Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $750K β $15M checks Β· typically $7M
About
Jake Seid is a dual operator-investor whose firm produced 12 unicorns and who led a marketplace to a $1.6B exit, using Cisco security-product experience to vet must-have cyber infrastructure solutions.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- Ballistic VenturesCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2021 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NativeBoard Member - Series A Lead Investorcurrent2025 β present
- ArmadinBoard Member - Seed Round Lead Investorcurrent2025 β present
- Above SecuritySeries A Lead Investorcurrent2026 β present
- Noma SecurityBoard Member - Series A Lead Investorcurrent2024 β present
- Oligo SecurityBoard Member - Series A Lead Investorcurrent2024 β present
- AuthMindBoard Member - Pre-Seed Lead Investorcurrent2023 β present
- AembitBoard Member - Pre-Seed Lead Investorcurrent2021 β present
- Snorkel AIInvestorcurrent2021 β present
- Abnormal SecurityInvestor - A roundcurrent2020 β present
- NetskopeInvestorcurrent2018 β present
- VezaInvestor - A roundcurrent2020 β present
- ModerneInvestorcurrent2021 β present
- DrataInvestor - A roundcurrent2021 β present
- Talon Cyber SecurityInvestor - Seed Roundcurrent2021 β present
- You.comInvestorcurrent2020 β present
- WorkOSInvestorcurrent2019 β present
- Offchain LabsInvestorcurrent2018 β present
- CrestaInvestorcurrent2020 β present
- BrexInvestorcurrent2017 β present
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Electrical Engineering; Minor in Economics
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM. Eng, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship99Start-ups99Investments99Venture Capital75Fundraising41Mobile Devices42Marketing38Real Estate20Mergers & Acquisitions35Cloud Computing22Strategic Partnerships39Business Strategy11
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
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Shared employers
Also worked at Native3
Also worked at Armadin1
Also worked at Above Security3
Colleagues at Ballistic Ventures
Adrian Mallinger
Operations & Administration at Ballistic Ventures
Agnes So
Chief Financial Officer at Ballistic Ventures
Andy Johnson
Investor at Ballistic Ventures
Barmak Meftah
General Partner at Ballistic Ventures
Bonnie Komar
Controller at Ballistic Ventures
Caroline Salas
Investor at Ballistic Ventures
Chris Inglis
Investor at Ballistic Ventures
David Hahn
CISO Operating Partner at Ballistic Ventures
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