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47 Cybersecurity Investors — 40 Currently Deploying

Updated

47
Total funds
40
Currently deploying
85%
Deployment rate
$100K–$100M
Typical check range

Funds (47)

South Park Commons
● Deploying $250K–$1M San Francisco

South Park Commons helps talented technologists and founders turn 'illegible into the inevitable' by providing a home for figuring out what's next, transitioning from -1 to 0 (pre-…

Vertex Ventures
● Deploying $500K–$10M San Francisco

We are founders and operators who partner with early-stage founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies, leveraging our experience to help technical founders nail go-to-mark…

BOLDstart Ventures
● Deploying $250K–$5M San Francisco

Partner with bold technical founders from inception, before product or first check, backing AI-native infrastructure, security, apps, and models to build the autonomous enterprise.

Argon Ventures
● Deploying San Francisco

Pre-seed venture fund leading investments in Intelligent Industry Solutions, focused on AI-led innovation that delivers radical productivity, industrial efficiency through percepti…

Primary Venture Partners
● Deploying $250K–$2M San Francisco

We back founders building things the world hasn't seen yet, at the moment before the world believes. We are a specialized and scaled seed fund designed to actually deliver with dee…

Amplify Partners
● Deploying $500K–$3M San Francisco

Amplify invests in technical founders building the next generation of applications, models, tools, and infrastructure. For almost 15 years they have been the first investor and par…

Heavybit
● Deploying $500K–$5M San Francisco

Heavybit invests from Day 0 with high conviction in unique, transformative technical startups that build enterprise infrastructure, providing hands-on support to scale from incepti…

Overline
● Deploying $250K–$1.5M Atlanta

Invest from inception through seed in founders building across the Southeast, providing first checks before the deck is polished and before anyone else is paying attention. Focus o…

SignalFire
● Deploying $500K–$5M San Francisco

SignalFire is a VC firm built like a tech company that combines AI tools, data infrastructure, and deep sector expertise with portfolio support to help founders scale faster. The f…

Glasswing Ventures
● Deploying $4M–$15M Boston

Glasswing invests in visionary, early-stage founders using AI and frontier technology to reinvent enterprise and security markets. They go first and go long with founders.

Pioneer Fund
● Deploying $250K–$2M San Francisco

A fund of 500+ Y Combinator alumni investing in and supporting top startups from Y Combinator, the world's top accelerator.

Menlo Ventures
● Deploying $500K–$5M Menlo Park

Menlo Ventures backs transformative technology companies at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and consumer by being operationally invested—doing whatever it takes to help teams w…

Notion Capital
● Deploying $500K–$5M London

Europe's leading early-stage business software investor, backing founders on the journey from $1M to $100M+ in revenue with deep software expertise across SaaS, Services as Softwar…

Panache Ventures
● Deploying $250K–$1.5M

Panache Ventures backs visionary founders from day one with conviction and courage, providing hands-on support from pre-seed through Series A with operator-level insight and a nati…

Nauta Capital
● Deploying $125K–$625K

We support visionary founders across Europe as they build the next generation of B2B software companies. We invest early in B2B software companies with an operating product, even i…

Dreamit Ventures
● Deploying $500K–$1.5M

Investing in transformative early-stage cybersecurity startups with deep domain expertise, extensive partner networks, and a platform approach to accelerate customer acquisition an…

Cowboy Ventures
● Deploying $250K–$2M San Francisco

Seed-stage fund that helps founders build generational companies by providing connections, experience, hands-on support, and human-centered partnership from pre-seed through scale.

Balderton Capital
● Deploying $1M–$20M London

Build world-changing businesses with Europe's best founders over two decades. Support founders as complete people, not just CEOs, through deliberate well-being and business buildin…

Wing Venture Capital
● Deploying Palo Alto

Wing is an early-stage investor and long-term company builder equipping founders with resources and unwavering partnership to build products that help people do their best work, wi…

Join Capital
● Deploying $1M–$5M

Invest early in foundational deep tech that solves the world's toughest problems across defence, space, quantum computing, AI/cybersecurity, and advanced materials—companies that c…

Mayfield Fund
● Deploying San Francisco

First institutional investor for early-stage AI founders, with 70% of investments beginning at inception. People-first approach to building breakthrough companies.

GV
$1M–$100M

Invests in companies using technology to solve important problems in healthcare, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, agriculture, transportation, and other sectors

Greylock Partners
● Deploying San Francisco

First-check investor (pre-seed, seed, series A) deeply focused on AI-first companies. Partners selectively, cares deeply, and strives for excellence in reshaping industries through…

RRE Ventures
$500K–$15M

We back bold companies across sectors. What unites them isn't industry — it's a clear thesis for technological transformation, and founders we believe in.

La Famiglia VC
● Deploying

Early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US, investing in technology companies that enable or disrupt large industries. More than …

Rally Ventures
● Deploying

Rally Ventures invests exclusively in early-stage business technology at the epicenter of B2B transformation, focusing on AI/ML, cybersecurity, fintech and SaaS+ with strategic res…

Axeleo Capital
● Deploying

Multi-strategy tech investment platform backing Europe's next leaders in Digital and Green transformation, providing Seed to Series B investments with hands-on, founder-first suppo…

Crane Venture Partners
● Deploying

Early stage, global investors backing ambitious founders from inception through seed with high-conviction investments in foundational technology, offering strategic guidance and go…

Pelion Venture Partners
● Deploying

Bringing visions of entrepreneurs and innovators to life through venture capital investment.

Daphni
● Deploying Paris

Daphni backs visionary entrepreneurs with deep conviction, supporting startups where vision meets conviction across diverse sectors.

First Star Ventures
● Deploying

Back engineers and researchers surfing new computing waves (robotics, genomics/CRISPR, GenAI) as they transform massive industries. Computing keeps eating more of the world.

Icon Ventures
● Deploying

Icon Ventures applies 22 years of proven venture capital expertise to foundational AI companies across Seed through Series B, focusing on creating enduring value rather than chasin…

Kreos Capital Seed
● Deploying

Growth debt pioneer providing flexible, tailored financing for high-growth technology and healthcare companies across Europe and Israel at every stage from entry-level to pre-IPO.

Newfund Capital
● Deploying Silicon Valley

Invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building companies that are good for people and the planet, with a focus on early-stage startups in Silicon Valley and Paris that can scale rapi…

PeakSpan Capital
● Deploying

Partner of choice for scale-ups defining what's next in Applied AI B2B software from $3M to $50M ARR and beyond, committed to protecting value, accelerating growth, and creating op…

Decibel Partners
● Deploying

Early believers in technical founders. We invest in essential software used by engineering and security teams to build and protect our digital world.

Cyberstarts
● Deploying

Day one partner for industry-defining cybersecurity companies. Cyberstarts founders build transformational, enduring cybersecurity companies.

XYZ Venture Capital
● Deploying

Early-stage companies need more than capital—they need partners with deep domain expertise and conviction to help them build functional, thriving businesses through the entire jour…

Bain Capital Ventures
● Deploying San Francisco

Use tightly focused expertise and an unparalleled global network to help founders realize their potential across all stages, from incubation to growth-stage scaling.

Opus Capital
Palo Alto

Early-stage funding of technology companies leveraging deep operating experience from market-leading tech companies. Focus on committed entrepreneurs with unique technology that ca…

Alven Capital
● Deploying

Straightforward honesty is the best support a VC can bring to enable founders to react faster and execute with relentless focus.

Sequoia Capital

Partner with bold founders to build legendary companies across technology sectors

Work-Bench
$250K–$2M

We back gritty, early, conviction-driven founders building the next generation of enterprise, SaaS, and infrastructure software. We believe GTM is your moat - and we're here to hel…

Hack VC
$100K–$2M

We partner at the earliest stages with founders building the future of the Internet across crypto, AI, and other frontier technologies.

Baukunst
● Deploying San Francisco

Baukunst is a collective of creative technologists advancing the art of building through pre-seed investments in companies at the frontiers of technology and design.

8VC
$5M–$50M

We partner with leading entrepreneurs and innovators to build technology platforms that create lasting economic and societal value

645 Ventures
● Deploying New York

Partner with relentless founders who defy convention to change the future. Focus on customer acquisition, talent recruitment, and fundraising support for portfolio companies.

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Frequently asked questions

How many cybersecurity investors are actively deploying right now?

DryPowder tracks 47 cybersecurity funds. Of these, 40 are currently deploying capital based on recent fund closes, portfolio activity, and partner signals. Use DryPowder's fund matching to see which ones fit your specific startup.

What check size do cybersecurity VCs write?

Among 47 cybersecurity funds on DryPowder, check sizes run from $100K–$100M. Ranges vary by fund size, vintage, and whether the fund leads rounds. Each fund profile shows check size detail and lead preference.

How do I get a meeting with a cybersecurity VC?

A warm intro is still the fastest path. Most cybersecurity VCs on DryPowder do accept cold outreach or direct applications, but response rates vary widely by fund. Before reaching out, use DryPowder's AI matching to get a fit score and specific talking points. Founders who lead with thesis-aligned framing get significantly better response rates than those sending the same deck to every fund on a list.

What do cybersecurity VCs look for beyond a good deck?

Most cybersecurity investors evaluate three things before reading your deck in detail: your background in the space, whether they have seen the problem from multiple portfolio companies, and whether anyone they trust vouches for you. After that, the deck needs to show market size, a clear problem-solution fit specific to cybersecurity, and early evidence of customer demand. Thesis alignment matters more in cybersecurity than in generalist investing because these funds see a high volume of pitches in the same space.

How many cybersecurity investors should I be talking to at once?

Most fundraisers recommend a parallel process: identify 20-40 target investors but approach your highest-fit funds first. Of the 40 cybersecurity funds currently deploying, not all will match your specific stage and sector. Use fund matching to find your top 10-15, approach those first, collect feedback, then go wider. Going to every fund simultaneously without qualifying first burns bridges and dilutes the urgency that helps close a round.

How is DryPowder different from building a VC list on LinkedIn or Crunchbase?

The fund list you build on LinkedIn or Crunchbase is roughly the same list every other founder is building. DryPowder adds three things a manual search cannot: deployment signals (which funds have recently closed new vehicles and are actively writing checks), AI thesis matching (which of the 47 cybersecurity funds actually fits your specific startup, ranked by fit), and verified partner contact details. The goal is 15 targeted, thesis-aligned pitches instead of 150 generic ones.

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