Austin-based startup founders and investors: Join Ballistic Ventures GP Roger Thornton tomorrow at Texas Venture Fest, Oct 3rd. Partake in the largest venture-focused experience in the country, occurring simultaneously in 10 cities across Texas. Come hear about the local startup ecosystem and learn more about Ballistic Ventures' investments. 📍 The Red Fridge Society Downtown Austin 5-9 PM ➡️ Register to attend: https://lu.ma/vmf2z7nm
Ballistic Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Ballistic Ventures is a VC firm built by and for cybersecurity entrepreneurs.
About us
Ballistic Ventures is a new kind of venture capital firm, built by and for cybersecurity entrepreneurs and investors. For over 35 years, our work in the field has granted us exclusive insights into the evolution of the cyber threat landscape. We’ve tracked its progression from the benign hacking of the 80s to the ruthless and insidious attacks on individuals and nations alike, which disrupt millions of lives daily. As technological innovation continues at a blistering pace, every aspect of our physical lives will soon be accessible online. Without fail, nefarious acts will follow. There's no turning back. Adaptation is the only reasonable response. Ballistic Ventures was formed out of a profound sense of urgency and moral responsibility to address the growing threats to society’s digital infrastructure. We believe that the most important action we can take today is to empower the world’s greatest cybersecurity entrepreneurs with our collective experience, network, and passion. Together, we can turn the tide at this crucial inflection point to ensure a safe, prosperous future for all generations to come. For us, this mission is personal. OUR PORTFOLIO: Aembit Alethea ArmorCode Codezero Concentric AI Mimic Oligo Nudge Security Pangea Perygee Reach SpecterOps Talon Cyber Security (PANW) Veza WitnessAI
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https://www.ballisticventures.com/
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 2-10 employees
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- San Francisco Bay Area
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- Privately Held
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- 2021
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Today our portfolio company SpecterOps announced Ballistic Ventures General Partner Kevin Mandia as Board Chair. Kevin told CyberScoop he "sees a lot of similarities between where SpecterOps is now and his early days at Mandiant." Read what's ahead for the attack path management company and how Kevin will continue to support SpecterOps CEO David McGuire and the team. https://lnkd.in/gHEi7NHA
Kevin Mandia joins SpecterOps as chair of the board
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ICYMI: September news from the portfolio included: 🌟Aembit raised $25M in Series A funding to revolutionize non-human identity. 🌟Aembit and Oligo Security were recognized in the 2024 SC Media Awards. 🌟ArmorCode Inc. released new AI-driven ASPM solutions for penetration tests and remediation. 🌟Nudge Security introduced an industry-first spend discovery tool for SaaS rationalization. 🌟Veza announced a new identity security partnership with HashiCorp. 🌟WitnessAI announced support for Microsoft Copilot to control shadow AI. 👉 Learn more at https://lnkd.in/g5nTCnst
Ballistic Ventures | Building the Future of Cybersecurity
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🌟 This week’s portfolio spotlight is on Alethea 🌟 Led by the Founder & CEO Lisa Kaplan, Alethea is tackling the growing sophistication of disinformation, misinformation, and social media manipulation. To confront these evolving challenges, Alethea offers Artemis – a cutting-edge technology solution designed to provide communications and security functions with essential tools. Key product features: 🔹Early warning system: Identifies early signs of cyber attacks and disinformation and influences operations with unmatched precision and faster than previously possible. 🔹Comprehensive analysis: Uses AI to sift through billions of data points across various disparate sources, offering a complete view of potential threats. 🔹Decision-informing context: Gives users the “so-what” and flags the presence of specific actors, analyzes a wide variety of data sources beyond mainstream social media, and surfaces content that is impactful to an organization's mission and goals. See how you can stay ahead of the curve and safeguard your organization at alethea.com. #BallisticSpotlightSeries #Disinformation #Misinformation #Alethea
Alethea - Protecting Companies from Disinformation
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Heading to OWASP® Foundation's Global AppSec next week? Join our portfolio companies, ArmorCode Inc., Oligo Security, and Pangea for an AppSec Happy Hour! Register now to grab your spot!⬇️ https://lu.ma/xehe2y9p #OWASP #GlobalAppSec #ArmorCode #OligoSecurity #Pangea
AppSec Happy Hour 🍻 · Luma
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At Fal.Con this week? Be sure to catch our portfolio companies, Aembit, Reach Security and Veza at the event! September 16-19. 📍 Aria - Las Vegas More information below ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eqjkKcbg #FalCon #Aembit #ReachSecurity
Fal.Con 2024 Las Vegas | CrowdStrike
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🚀 We're excited to share that portfolio company Aembit, the leader in non-human identity and access management (IAM), has raised $25 million in Series A funding. 🔒 Aembit is solving a critical challenge in modern enterprise security: securing access for non-human identities, like applications, bots, and APIs, across cloud and on-prem environments. This funding will accelerate their ability to help enterprises protect sensitive data and reduce risk. See how Snowflake uses Aembit down in the comments below. 👇 Congratulations to co-founders David Goldschlag and Kevin Sapp and the entire Aembit team on this huge milestone, and welcome Acrew Capital to the investor syndicate. https://lnkd.in/g2jQ5XxE #Cybersecurity #IAM #NonHumanIdentity #Aembit #FundingNews
Non-Human IAM Provider Aembit Raises $25 Million
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Congratulations to our portfolio companies, Aembit and Oligo Security, which were recognized in the 2024 SC Media Awards: 🏆 Best Authentication Technology & Best Identity Management Solution: Aembit Workload IAM Platform 🏆 Best Supply Chain Security Solution: Oligo Security Application Defense Platform https://lnkd.in/gQajirU4
SC Awards
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Don't miss our GP Barmak Meftah in conversation with National Security Institute (NSI)’s Jamil Jaffer and Sounil Yu on secure-by-design and resilience-by-design, touching on: 🔹 Innovation: How is the secure-by-design approach changing innovation and the cybersecurity landscape? 🔹 Industry standards: What does this mean for businesses, government agencies, and national security? 🔹 Strategic leverage: How can organizations use secure-by-design strategies to win? Full episode below 👇 https://lnkd.in/d5b2hbue
CTRL F Ep. 5: Secure-by-Design & Resilience-by-Design Principles w/ Sounil Yu & Barmak Meftah
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Jake Seid, Co-Founder & General Partner at Ballistic Ventures, is speaking at the MIT AI Conference in #NYC on Oct 26th! Secure your spot now: https://lnkd.in/g33PG8SV Jake brings a unique combination of #operating and #investing experience, which supports #founders as they grow their businesses. Previously, as sole founder of Stone Bridge Ventures, 12 of his early-stage investments grew to become #unicorn companies. Prior to that, he was president of #TenX/Auction. With 800 people in his reporting organization, he grew the #realestate-focused transactional online marketplace to be the industry’s leading platform. The company was acquired for $1.6B. Jake started his tenure in venture capital as a member of the team that launched Lightspeed Venture Partners and became a key #ManagingDirector helping drive the firm’s early growth. Early on, he was a Cisco product lead for the team that commercialized broadband technology, helping the group grow from startup to a $1B revenue run rate in two years and drove many important #cybersecurity-focused innovations into his products. He holds an BS in Electrical Engineering and an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT, he was awarded the Karly Taylor Compton Prize, the highest honor given to a student. He is a long-serving board member of the MIT Club of Northern California. In 2009, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Come chat with him in NYC #IRL: https://lnkd.in/gUNKKUfa MIT Alumni Startups (MITAS) Shuja Keen, Christian Ulstrup, Dima Ayyash Stacy Yu, Rebeca Eun Young Hwang Nhat Nguyen, CFA, Anvisha Pai, Sid Salvi, Mainak G., Laura Hoang, Anant Vashistha, Alejandro Zarate, Duanchen Liu, Raj S.