Where does Sathvik Krishnamurthy work?

Sathvik Krishnamurthy is Managing Partner at Security Leadership Capital and Founder at Bookend.

What check size does Sathvik Krishnamurthy write?

Sathvik Krishnamurthy typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

What companies did Sathvik Krishnamurthy found?

Sathvik Krishnamurthy founded Bookend.

Sathvik Krishnamurthy

InvestorFounder

Managing Partner at Security Leadership Capital · Board director at Bookend

San Jose, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedBookend

About

Sathvik Krishnamurthy spent 12 years as CEO of Voltage Security, led it through acquisition, helped establish early data‑centric security and email‑encryption terminology, co‑founded Trqk, and sits on Entrust’s board.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtech

Board director at Bookend

Intro paths

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In turn, Sathvik can intro founders to Bookend's investors below.

Bookend's investors · 2

Security Leadership CapitalSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022 SeedcampLondon · $378K – $1.1M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Bookend

Vivek SriramExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Pravin PillaiExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

Security Leadership CapitalFounder, Managing Partnercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
EntrustMember of Board of Directorscurrent2016 — presentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
bookend.aiInvestor, Advisorcurrent2023 — presentBellevue, Washington, United States
ByosInvestor, Board of Directorscurrent2019 — present
boostsecurity.ioInvestor, Advisorcurrent2021 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Cequence SecurityInvestor, Advisorcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
CallsignInvestor, Advisorcurrent2016 — present
ScanTrustInvestor, Advisorcurrent2016 — presentLausanne Metropolitan Area
Vault12Advisorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
DeepfactorInvestor, Advisor2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
TrqkCo-founder, Investor2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
VeracodeInvestor, Advisor2020 — 2024Austin, Texas, United States
Hewlett Packard Enterprise SecurityVP, Growth Market Initiatives2015Cupertino, CA
Voltage SecurityPresident, CEO2003 — 2015Cupertino, CA
Valicert, Inc.VP, Marketing & Business Development1998 — 2002Mountain View, CA
Worldtalk CorporationVP, GM Security Products1992 — 1998Santa Clara, CA
Retix, Inc.Senior Software Engineer1991 — 1992Santa Monica, CA

Education

UCLABachelor of Science, Computer Engineering1986 — 1990

Skills & more

Leadership5Strategy3ManagementEnterprise Software57SaaS31Software as a Service (SaaS)6Cloud Computing49Start-ups18Security37Product Management12Encryption15E-commerce6

+12 more

Go-to-market StrategyEnterprise ArchitectureVirtualizationStrategic PartnershipsPKICryptographyMergers & AcquisitionsScalabilityProfessional ServicesIdentity ManagementIntegrationBusiness Development

From Sathvik's professional profile.

Colleagues at Security Leadership Capital

Jim Routh

Investor at Ballistic Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Sathvik Krishnamurthy work?: Sathvik Krishnamurthy is Managing Partner at Security Leadership Capital and Founder at Bookend.
What does Sathvik Krishnamurthy invest in?: Sathvik Krishnamurthy invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech.
What check size does Sathvik Krishnamurthy write?: Sathvik Krishnamurthy typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Sathvik Krishnamurthy found?: Sathvik Krishnamurthy founded Bookend.