28 VCs and 90 funds investing in Security
Partner
First Round Capital
Check: First Round's published firm-wide initial checks are typically $1M–$7M, averaging about $3.5M; it has participated in rounds from $100K to $20M. No personal range is published for Bill.
Bill looks for pre-product-market-fit founders who reason from first principles: they decompose a complicated system to its atomic unit, find hidden leverage in overlooked mechanics, and build an unconventional solution from the inside out. His documented portfolio spans data and enterprise software, physical security, logistics, AI infrastructure, insurance claims, accounting automation, IT automation, healthcare access, robotics, and legal services.
General Partner
ether.fi Ventures
Check: $500K–$1M, from a current public ether.fi Ventures fundraising statement. The live site positions Fund I at pre-seed through Series A and publishes ventures@ether.fi. Confirm allocation, instrument, ownership target and whether the fund will lead; the current site says $20M committed capital while the April 2025 launch post described $40M, so fund-size headlines should not be used to infer check capacity.
David backs technical, early-stage teams at the intersection of finance, AI and crypto that pair crypto-native properties with real adoption. His clearest current thesis is a two-layer build: first achieve web2-grade safety, recourse, fraud prevention and consumer experience; then use composability, programmable money, non-custodial ownership, transparency and global 24/7 access to deliver step-change utility. He favors strategic partnerships where ether.fi's users, liquidity, validator capacity and distribution materially improve a company's odds—not passive capital alone.
Venture Partner
Woodstock Fund
Check: Woodstock does not publish a personal check range for Prashanth on its site. Third-party databases estimate firm ranges, but those estimates and portfolio round sizes are not treated as evidence of his individual authority.
Prashanth works within Woodstock's research-led early- and growth-stage Web3 strategy. The firm's three lenses are convergence, financialisation, and virtualisation: interoperable infrastructure that links web3 with traditional and emerging technology; regulated, risk-managed financial rails that bring real users and sticky capital onchain; and gaming or creator experiences where virtual ownership improves the product. His institutional background is especially relevant to capital markets, regulation, risk, and the bridge between traditional finance and digital assets.
Research Partner
1kx
Check: No Wei-specific check range is published. 1kx raised a $75M fund in 2024 and says it writes first checks across cycles, but neither fact establishes an individual ticket; founders should use the firm's pitch channel for current sizing.
Wei invests in the financial and security infrastructure that lets blockchains and autonomous software reduce the cost of trust without sacrificing safety. His work joins deep cryptography with venture underwriting: trust-minimized horizontal scaling, programmable cryptography and purpose-built hardware, threat-resistant privacy, and external enforcement, provenance and governance for agentic AI.
Principal
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Theo Wethered invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
General Partner
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Jordi Viñas invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Finance Manager
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Marta Parunella is listed in a Finance Manager capacity at Nauta Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves the role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Office Manager
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Rita Fernandes is listed in a Office Manager capacity at Nauta Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves the role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Head of Marketing & Communications
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Ryan Procter is listed in a Head of Marketing & Communications capacity at Nauta Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves the role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Investment Associate
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Stella Buhalis invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Principal
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Andrea Oliver invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Partner
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Anna Daviau invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Partner
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Borja Breña invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Team Member
Pathlight Ventures
Check: $500K-$5M early-stage checks were disclosed under the firm's prior Exponent Founders Capital name.
Kasra Khadem is listed in a Team Member capacity at Pathlight Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile therefore preserves the role distinction and uses the firm's public mandate only as shared context.
Team Member
Pathlight Ventures
Check: $500K-$5M early-stage checks were disclosed under the firm's prior Exponent Founders Capital name.
Alexis Garneau is listed in a Team Member capacity at Pathlight Ventures. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile therefore preserves the role distinction and uses the firm's public mandate only as shared context.
Legal Counsel
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Agustina Nieto is listed in a Legal Counsel capacity at Nauta Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves the role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Investment Associate
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Ana Fernandez invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Investment Associate
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Arthur Sbert invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
General Partner
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Carles Ferrer invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Associate Partner
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Conor Scanlan invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Venture Partner
Nauta Capital
Check: €1M-€5M average initial investments, as published by Nauta Capital.
Daniel Sanchez invests or supports investments through Nauta Capital's published strategy: Invest in capital-efficient European B2B software companies with strong technical products and the potential to lead large categories globally.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Pathlight Ventures
Check: $500K-$5M early-stage checks were disclosed under the firm's prior Exponent Founders Capital name.
Mahdi Raza invests or supports investments through Pathlight Ventures's published strategy: Make a small number of high-conviction early-stage investments in opinionated founders, then help with product, customers, market development and early hiring.
General Partner
Dragonfly
Investing in crypto infrastructure and security at Dragonfly. Focuses on foundational technology that makes crypto safer and more scalable.
Founder & GP
Collider Ventures
Collider Ventures invests in blockchain from Tel Aviv. Israel's strong cybersecurity talent pipeline feeds into crypto innovation.
Research Partner
Paradigm
Smart contract security, white hat hacking, DeFi security research.
Co-Founder
Aleph (Web3)
Israeli tech and web3 infrastructure.
Digital Assets Lead
Animoca Ventures
Venture Investor
Nascent
San Francisco
AUM: $2.5B
San Francisco, CA
AUM: $500M+
Charleston
AUM: ~$500M
San Francisco
AUM: $1.5B
Tel Aviv, Israel
AUM: $70M
San Francisco, CA
AUM: $3.5B
London, United Kingdom and Barcelona, Spain
San Francisco
New York, New York
San Francisco
Miami
AUM: $1.1B
Herzliya
AUM: $2B
Singapore
AUM: $10M
Tel Aviv
AUM: $75M+
Bengaluru
AUM: $85M
Tel Aviv
AUM: $3B
Luxembourg City
AUM: $427M
Palo Alto
AUM: $1B
Austin
AUM: $100M target
New York
AUM: $1.1B
San Mateo
AUM: $1B+
AUM: $35M
Washington
AUM: $1.5B+
AUM: $900M
Vancouver
AUM: $500M+
Menlo Park
Tel Aviv, Israel
AUM: $650M
Singapore
San Francisco
Amsterdam
Palo Alto
Aspen
New York City
Menlo Park
Los Angeles
Nashville
AUM: $75M target
Los Angeles
Gibraltar
New York City
Fulton
San Francisco
Sydney
San Francisco
Singapore
Singapore
San Francisco
Miami
Menlo Park
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, D.C.
Hong Kong
France
Austin
Austin
Paris