Joel de la Garza
InvestorPartner at Andreessen Horowitz
Menlo Park, California
Writes $500K β $40M checks Β· typically $20M
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About
Joel de la Garza is an Investment Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and an Advisor at Socket. He has experience as a founder and operator, with a focus on early-stage investment and security companies.
Experience
- SocketAdvisorcurrent2024 β present
- Truffle Security Co.Advisorcurrent2022 β present
- LumosAdvisorcurrent2020 β present
- Eclypsium, Inc.Board Observercurrent2020 β present
- Andreessen HorowitzInvestment Partnercurrent2018 β present
- optimyzeBoard Member2019 β 2021
- BoxBox Security Officer2013 β 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- CitiDirector of Cyber Intelligence and Threat Management2006 β 2013
- Deutsche BankGlobal Head Incident Management2002 β 2006
- SecurifySecurity Services Manager2001 β 2002
Skills & more
Information SecurityInformation Security ManagementSecurityDisaster Recovery44Information Technology66Risk Management50Cloud Computing62Security Management13Business Continuity21Security Operations10IT Risk Management10Network Security35
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ISO 27001CISSPComputer SecurityArchitectureSecurity AuditsIT StrategyGovernancePCI DSSLanguages English Β· German Β· Spanish
- Certified HIPAA Professional
From Joel's professional profile.
Colleagues at Andreessen Horowitz
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Founder at Pangea.app
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Founder at Suggestr
Aiden Slavin
Policy at a16z crypto
Alex Immerman
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Alex Rampell
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Ali Yahya
General Partner at a16z crypto
Alisha Litman
Events at a16z crypto
Andrew Chen
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joel de la Garza?
- Joel de la Garza is an Investment Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and an Advisor at Socket. He has experience as a founder and operator, with a focus on early-stage investment and security companies.
- Where does Joel de la Garza work?
- Joel de la Garza is Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.
- What check size does Joel de la Garza write?
- Joel de la Garza typically writes checks of $500K β $40M.
- Where did Joel de la Garza go to school?
- Joel de la Garza studied at Stanford University (Computer Science and Economics).
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