Kevin Rowney
InvestorVenture Partner at Hack VC
San Francisco, California
Writes $5M – $10M checks · typically $7.5M
About
Kevin Rowney is a Venture Partner at Hack VC and serial entrepreneur with experience in security technology. He founded Vontu, which was acquired by Symantec for $350 million, and contributed to multiple startup exits. At Symantec, he held roles involving crisis response, sales leadership, and patent development in data loss prevention and security search algorithms.
Experience
- Hack VCVenture Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Mod N LabsCo-Foundercurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Type A MachinesCEO2012 — 2013San Francisco, CA
- Era Automata IncFounder2012San Francisco Bay Area
- SymantecDirector2007 — 2012
- VontuFounder2001 — 2010
- Netcentives, Inc.Security Architect1997 — 2001
- Enterprise Integration TechnologiesSecurity Architect1994 — 1997
- InformixSr. Software Developer1991 — 1994
Skills & more
Cloud Computing82Sales Management5PKIEnterprise Software44DLP15Computer Security31SaaS33Security64Encryption9Network Security17Data Security7Endpoint Security1
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Application SecurityIdentity ManagementPre-salesStrategic PartnershipsE-commerceGo-to-market StrategyProfessional ServicesStart-upsStrategyEntrepreneurshipSolution SellingLanguages French
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Colleagues at Hack VC
Alexander Pack
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Partner, Trader at Hack VC
Chichi Hong
Venture Partner at Hack VC
Chris Maree
Research Partner at Hack VC
Daniel Bulaevsky
Partner, GC, COO at Hack VC
Darren Langer
Partner at Hack VC
Ed Roman
Special Advisor at Hack VC
Hannah Nixon
Operations Manager at Hack VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Rowney?
- Kevin Rowney is a Venture Partner at Hack VC and serial entrepreneur with experience in security technology. He founded Vontu, which was acquired by Symantec for $350 million, and contributed to multiple startup exits. At Symantec, he held roles involving crisis response, sales leadership, and patent development in data loss prevention and security search algorithms.
- Where does Kevin Rowney work?
- Kevin Rowney is Venture Partner at Hack VC.
- What check size does Kevin Rowney write?
- Kevin Rowney typically writes checks of $5M – $10M.
- Where did Kevin Rowney go to school?
- Kevin Rowney studied at UCLA (Masters Degree, Mathematics); University of Chicago (B.S., Mathematics and Liberal Arts).
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Also attended University of Chicago349
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Shared employers
Also worked at Symantec86
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