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Mikola (Nick) Bilogorskiy

Investor

Managing Partner at Dnipro

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Mikola (Nick) Bilogorskiy is co-founder and Managing Partner at Dnipro VC, a firm backing startups with Ukrainian ties, and previously served as a Google Security Director. He has more than 20 years of experience in security, was a founding member of Cyphort (acquired by Juniper Networks), served as Facebook's first malware researcher, and held security roles at Fortinet and SonicWall; he holds a degree in computer science and philosophy, a GREM certification, and multiple patents. In 2014 he co-founded Nova Ukraine, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit where he serves as Chairman and President, which has provided over $100M in humanitarian aid, and he received the Order of Merit (3rd degree) from President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Experience

  1. Dnipro VCCo-founder and Managing Partnercurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. Nova UkraineFounder and Chairmancurrent2013 — presentStanford, CA
  3. Revalia BioInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  4. People.aiInvestorcurrent2016 — present
  5. GoogleDirector of Security2019 — 2023Sunnyvale
  6. Hewlett Packard EnterpriseFounding team member (Cyphort)2011 — 2018Sunnyvale,CA
  7. MetaFirst malware researcher2009 — 2011
  8. SonicWallManager, Malware and Security Research2006 — 2009
  9. FortinetManager, Antivirus and Security Research2004 — 2006
  10. Art In Motion (acquired by CLARKE)Software Engineer2003
  11. MicrosoftSoftware Test Engineer (intern)2002
  12. NCompass Labs (acquired by MICROSOFT)Software Engineer (intern)2001
  13. YES Canada-BCWeb Designer and Developer1997 — 1999

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityBusiness
  2. Simon Fraser UniversityB.Sc., Computing Science2000 — 2003

Skills & more

Public Speaking5Fundraising6Sales1Trust and SafetyCybersecurityManagementLeadership1Malware Analysis99Computer Security99Security99Information Security92Reverse Engineering75
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Languages English · Ukrainian

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Colleagues at Dnipro

Alina Zagaytova
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Andy Kurtzig
Strategic Advisor at Dnipro
Angelika Blendstrup
Strategic Advisor at Dnipro
Arsen Kostenko
AI Advisor at Dnipro
Artem Petakov
Strategic Advisor at Dnipro
Ben Renda
Trust & Safety Advisor at Dnipro
Dave Willner
AI Policy Advisor at Dnipro
Dmytro Dzhulgakov
AI Advisor at Dnipro

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