Cyber Security

At Bessemer Venture Partners, we believe that our long history and successful track record in cyber security provide us a key advantage in identifying and assisting the most important security startups – our investors have been involved in starting or funding over forty cyber security companies over the last two decades, including eight IPOs and 15 large acquisitions.

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Team

David Cowan

David Cowan

David Cowan is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Primary Office:
Silicon Valley
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Alex Ferrara

Alex Ferrara

Alex Ferrara is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Primary Office:
New York City
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Nate Fick

Nate Fick

Nate Fick is an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Primary Office:
Silicon Valley
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Adam Fisher

Adam Fisher

Adam Fisher is a partner at BVP, where he manages the firm’s Herzliya office focused on investments in Israel and Europe

Primary Office:
Israel
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Bob Goodman

Bob Goodman

Bob Goodman is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Primary Office:
New York City
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Chini Krishnan

Chini Krishnan

Chini Krishnan is an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Primary Office:
Silicon Valley
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Current Companies

Auth0

Identity management as a service for SaaS applications and enterprises

Investment Date: 
2014
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Mobile
Developer Platforms
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Bastille

Bastille is a cyber security company that detects and mitigates threats affecting the Internet of Things (IoT).

Investment Date: 
2015
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Mobile
Hardware
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Claroty

Claroty provides operational technology network protection which addresses cyber attacks on industrial control systems.

Investment Date: 
2016
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Israel Opportunities
Geography: 
Israel
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CyberGRX

CyberGRX is a cyber risk management platform that mitigates and monitors third party exposure for enterprises.

Investment Date: 
2017
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Dashlane

A consumer password management application and secure digital wallet.

Investment Date: 
2014
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Consumer
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Distil Networks

Distil Networks provides online fraud detection and mitigation software that protects websites from malicious bots.

Investment Date: 
2015
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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DocuSign, Inc.

DocuSign makes it easy and fast to get documents signed with the world's largest electronic signature platform.

Investment Date: 
2011
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Mobile
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Endgame

Endgame is delivering the next generation of Security Intelligence & Analytics (SIA).

Investment Date: 
2010
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Illusive Networks

Illusive Networks has developed deception technology to protect against targeted cyber attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs).

Investment Date: 
2015
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Israel Opportunities
Security
Geography: 
Israel
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Intego

Makes software products that protect Macintosh computers used by more than a million people in 60 countries from the dangers of the Internet.

Investment Date: 
2007
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
Europe
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K2 Intelligence

K2 Intelligence provides specialized risk services and solutions to corporations, sovereign nations and individuals.

Investment Date: 
2010
Related Strategy: 
Financial Services
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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PhishMe

PhishMe is the leading provider of education and incident response tools to help enterprises defend against phishing and social engineering attacks. 

Investment Date: 
2016
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Reputation.com

Reputation.com has a world-class team of technologists and researchers focused on helping people control their lives online.

Investment Date: 
2009
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Consumer
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Team8

Team8 is an Israeli cyber-security venture capital fund.

Investment Date: 
2015
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Israel Opportunities
Security
Geography: 
Israel
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ThreatTrack Security

ThreatTrack Security helps organizations identify and stop Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), targeted attacks and other sophisticated malware designed to evade the traditional cyber-defenses.

Investment Date: 
2013
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Verato

Verato helps enterprises maintain clean identity data and more accurately link customer records within and across enterprises. Verato’s SaaS platform offers faster time-to-value, at a fraction of the costs of traditional matching approaches.

Investment Date: 
2015
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Cloud Computing
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Virtru

Virtru is an ecrypted communications service for email.

Investment Date: 
2014
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Wandera

Wandera pioneered the Secure Mobile Gateway to help organizations protect their data from mobile threats and gain better visibility and control over their mobile data usage.

Investment Date: 
2013
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Mobile
Geography: 
Europe
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Past Companies

Altiga Networks (acq. by Cisco)

Pioneer of Virtual Private Network (VPN) communications equipment. In 2000, it was acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO).

Investment Date: 
1998
Exit Year: 
2000
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Hardware
Geography: 
North America - West
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BillGuard

Billguard is a personal-finance security service powered by collective consumer vigilance.  In October 2015, Billguard was acquired by Prosper Marketplace.

Investment Date: 
2010
Exit Year: 
2015
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Israel Opportunities
Cyber Security
Consumer
Security
Geography: 
Israel
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CloudLock

CloudLock provides information security applications for enterprises using cloud platforms.  In June 2016, the company was acquired by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO).

Investment Date: 
2014
Exit Year: 
2016
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Israel Opportunities
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Counterpane (acq. by BT)

Counterpane Systems is a data security monitoring service that monitors the firewalls and intrusion detection products protecting corporate networks. David Cowan invested in its early rounds and served on the board until the company's acquisition by BT (NYSE: BT) in 2006.

Investment Date: 
1999
Exit Year: 
2006
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Cyota (acq. by RSA)

Leading player in the anti-fraud space, specializing in financial institutions. Specializes in fraud related to the Internet, such as online banking fraud, e-commerce fraud and phishing.

Investment Date: 
2004
Exit Year: 
2005
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Israel Opportunities
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
Israel
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Defense.net

Defense.net provides Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack mitigation services. In May 2014, the company was acquired by F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV).

Investment Date: 
2012
Exit Year: 
2014
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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eEye Digital Security

eEye offers an integrated suite of vulnerability-management software that focuses on eliminating vulnerabilities, rather than merely thwarting attacks.  eEye is now a subsidiary of BeyondTrust, which acquired the company in 2012.

Investment Date: 
2004
Exit Year: 
2012
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Finjan

Finjan provides enterprise web security solutions. In June 2013, it became a public company after it was acquired by Converted Organics (OTC: FNJN).

Investment Date: 
1996
Exit Year: 
2013
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Good Technology

In 2009, BVP portfolio company, Visto Corporation, acquired Good Technology.  Good Technology provides security and management software for mobile phones.

Investment Date: 
1996
Exit Year: 
2015
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Internet Identity (IID)

IID is a collaborative threat intelligence platform that enables enterprises and public agencies to combat cyberattacks by sharing incident data in real time.  In February 2016, IID was acquired by Infoblox, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLOX).

Investment Date: 
2013
Exit Year: 
2016
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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iSIGHT Partners

iSIGHT Partners is the leader in cyber threat intelligence. In January 2016, iSIGHT was acquired by FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE).

Investment Date: 
2014
Exit Year: 
2016
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Lifelock

LifeLock, Inc. is an industry leader in identity theft protection. The company has been relentlessly protecting its members’ identities by providing consumers with the tools and confidence they need to help protect themselves from identity theft and to manage their credit.    Lifelock went public in October 2012 (NYSE: LOCK) and was acquired by Symantec in 2017.

Investment Date: 
2006
Exit Year: 
2017
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Nominum

Nominum is a pioneering provider of IP-address infrastructure software for enterprises that require reliable and secure DNS, DHCP and IP address management for their mission-critical networks.   Nominum was acquired by Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) in November 2017.

Investment Date: 
2001
Exit Year: 
2017
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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ON Technology (acq. by Symantec)

Leading provider of LAN applications and utilities for Novell networks that acquired DaVinci Systems. The company went public (NASDAQ:ONTC). ON was acquired in 2002 by Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) and the company's CEO, Chris Risley, became a BVP operating partner.

Investment Date: 
1994
Exit Year: 
1996
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Postini

Provides email security and management for the enterprise. Google bought the company for $750m in 2007.

Investment Date: 
2003
Exit Year: 
2007
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Cloud Computing
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Qualys

Qualys is a provider of cloud security and compliance solutions.  The company went public (NASDAQ: QLYS) in September 2012.

Investment Date: 
2000
Exit Year: 
2012
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Sarvega

Sarvega is a provider of XML routing and security appliances and software. In August 2005, Sarvega was acquired by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC).

Investment Date: 
2001
Exit Year: 
2005
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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SilverSky

SilverSky provides comprehensive, on-demand messaging and security services to thousands of businesses.  The company was acquired by BAE Systems in 2014.

Investment Date: 
2007
Exit Year: 
2014
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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SiteAdvisor (acq. by McAfee)

Developed a centralized service that protects consumers from Web-based security threats.

Investment Date: 
2005
Exit Year: 
2006
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - East
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Tripwire (MGR. by Thoma Bravo)

Software-development company specializing in system security and policy compliance applications. In May 2011, it was aquired by Thoma Bravo.

Investment Date: 
2000
Exit Year: 
2011
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Tumbleweed

Extended e-mail and Web applications by creating a secure, traceable and personalized online-communication environment.

Investment Date: 
1997
Exit Year: 
1999
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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ValiCert (acq. by Tumbleweed)

Valicert provides security products for the Internet. After going public in 2000 (NASDAQ:VLCT), it was purchased by Tumbleweed (NASDAQ:TMWD) three years later.

Investment Date: 
1998
Exit Year: 
2000
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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VeriSign

The leading provider of trusted infrastructure services to Web-site owners, enterprises, service providers and individuals.

Investment Date: 
1995
Exit Year: 
1998
Related Strategy: 
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Infrastructure 2.0
Data Infrastructure
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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Worldtalk (acq. by Tumbleweed)

Sold an email and directory switch; later focused on email security .

Investment Date: 
1993
Exit Year: 
1996
Related Strategy: 
Cyber Security
Security
Geography: 
North America - West
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