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Jake Seid

Investor

Founding Partner at Ballistic Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $750K – $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

  1. Ballistic VenturesCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2021 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. NativeBoard Member - Series A Lead Investorcurrent2025 β€” present
  3. ArmadinBoard Member - Seed Round Lead Investorcurrent2025 β€” present
  4. Above SecuritySeries A Lead Investorcurrent2026 β€” present
  5. Noma SecurityBoard Member - Series A Lead Investorcurrent2024 β€” present
  6. Oligo SecurityBoard Member - Series A Lead Investorcurrent2024 β€” present
  7. AuthMindBoard Member - Pre-Seed Lead Investorcurrent2023 β€” present
  8. AembitBoard Member - Pre-Seed Lead Investorcurrent2021 β€” present
  9. Snorkel AIInvestorcurrent2021 β€” present
  10. Abnormal SecurityInvestor - A roundcurrent2020 β€” present
  11. NetskopeInvestorcurrent2018 β€” present
  12. VezaInvestor - A roundcurrent2020 β€” present
  13. ModerneInvestorcurrent2021 β€” present
  14. DrataInvestor - A roundcurrent2021 β€” present
  15. Talon Cyber SecurityInvestor - Seed Roundcurrent2021 β€” present
  16. You.comInvestorcurrent2020 β€” present
  17. WorkOSInvestorcurrent2019 β€” present
  18. Offchain LabsInvestorcurrent2018 β€” present
  19. CrestaInvestorcurrent2020 β€” present
  20. BrexInvestorcurrent2017 β€” present

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Electrical Engineering; Minor in Economics
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM. Eng, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship99Start-ups99Investments99Venture Capital75Fundraising41Mobile Devices42Marketing38Real Estate20Mergers & Acquisitions35Cloud Computing22Strategic Partnerships39Business Strategy11
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