Matthias Daue
Unicorn founderFounder at Obsidian · Co-founder at Rapta
Newport Beach, California, United States
FoundedObsidian$1.1BRapta
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About
Matthias Daue is co-founder of Obsidian Security and previously co-founded Carbon Black, serving as CTO at multiple companies. He has held roles at the NSA, CIA, and Department of Defense, and served as a technical advisor to the US FISA Court and the Department of Justice. Daue is an angel investor and advisor to early-stage technology companies, a board director at Rapta.ai, a founding lecturer on technology entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago, and holds minority ownership stakes in Cagliari Calcio and Leeds United.
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Experience
- Obsidian SecurityCo-Foundercurrent2017 — presentNewport Beach, CA
- Obsidian SecurityChief Technology Officer2017 — 2023Newport Beach, California, United States
- Cagliari CalcioMinority Owner - Italian Serie A Footballcurrent2025 — present
- Leeds UnitedMinority Owner - English Premier League Footballcurrent2025 — present
- U.S. Department of JusticeTechnical Advisor to the US FISA Courtcurrent2018 — present
- WedgePoint IntelManaging Partner - National Security, Product Startups, Strategic Advisorycurrent2024 — presentNewport Beach, California, United States
- Rapta, Inc.Board Director and Angel Investor - Industrial AI / Computer Vision for Factoriescurrent2023 — present
- Priori SportsAngel Investor - Tactical Analytics (and more) for Football Clubscurrent2025 — present
- NVISIONx INCAngel Investor - Enterprise Data Discovery, Classification, and Protectioncurrent2023 — present
- Cloud-fenceAngel Investor - AWS/Azure Security Monitoringcurrent2024 — present
- StirlingXAngel Investor - Dual-Use Drone and Spatial Analyticscurrent2025 — present
- VestibleAngel Investor - Invest in sports as an asset classcurrent2025 — present
- KaloAngel Investor - AI-powered VIP Event Platformcurrent2025 — present
- BelfortAngel Investor - Hardware to Compute on Encrypted Datacurrent2025 — present
- SonderaAngel Investor - Governance and Security for AI Agentscurrent2025 — present
- AletheaAdvisor - Platform for Countering Disinformation/Misinformationcurrent2024 — present
- Blind InsightAngel Investor - Software to Compute on Encrypted Datacurrent2025 — present
- AllevaAngel Investor - HealthTech Platform for Behavioral Health Clinicscurrent2023 — present
- FixifyAngel Investor - IT Automationcurrent2023 — present
- CerbyAngel Investor - Identity Automationcurrent2023 — present
- GALLOS Technologies LimitedAngel Investor - Venture Studio: early-stage security, defence & resilience technologycurrent2023 — present
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- Who is Matthias Daue?
- Matthias Daue is co-founder of Obsidian Security and previously co-founded Carbon Black, serving as CTO at multiple companies. He has held roles at the NSA, CIA, and Department of Defense, and served as a technical advisor to the US FISA Court and the Department of Justice. Daue is an angel investor and advisor to early-stage technology companies, a board director at Rapta.ai, a founding lecturer on technology entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago, and holds minority ownership stakes in Cagliari Calcio and Leeds United.
- Where does Matthias Daue work?
- Matthias Daue is Founder of Obsidian and Co-founder at Rapta.
- What companies did Matthias Daue found?
- Matthias Daue founded Obsidian, Rapta.
- Where did Matthias Daue go to school?
- Matthias Daue studied at University of Chicago (B.S., Computer Science (minor in economics)); The Johns Hopkins University (Master's degree, Computer Science).
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