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SAN FRANCISCO , June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ballistic Ventures, a enterprise capital agency targeted on funding and incubating cybersecurity entrepreneurs and innovation, is happy to announce that co-founder Kevin Mandia has joined the agency as General Partner.
Mr. Mandia is likely one of the world’s most extremely regarded consultants within the subject of cybersecurity, identified for his tireless efforts in preventing cyber threats for over three many years. In 2004, he based distinguished cybersecurity firm Mandiant and served as CEO from 2004 till Mandiant Corporation was acquired by FireEye in 2013. Mr. Mandia turned FireEye’s CEO in 2016 and led the corporate’s profitable sale and renaming to Mandiant, Inc. in 2021, and acquisition by Google in 2022. Mr. Mandia lately joined the board of administrators of Google Cloud and continues to serve on the board of administrators of Google Public Sector.
In 2023, Mr. Mandia was appointed by President Biden to serve on the National Security and Communications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). He additionally serves on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Cybersecurity Advisory Committee. Previously, he held senior positions within the safety consulting divisions of Sytex, acquired by Lockheed Martin, and Foundstone, acquired by McAfee. He additionally served within the U.S. Air Force as a Department of Defense pc safety officer and later as a particular agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
“I’m excited to additional my focus at Ballistic Ventures, and particularly stay up for working with entrepreneurs who’re shaping the way forward for cybersecurity,” Mandia mentioned.
Ballistic Ventures was co-founded in 2021 by Mandia and basic companions Barmak Mehta, Ted Schlein, Jake Said and Roger Thornton. Mandia served as co-founder and strategic associate at Ballistic throughout his time as CEO of Mandiant (now a part of Google Cloud), led the agency’s funding in assault path administration firm SpecterOps and serves as an observer on the agency’s board of administrators. Mandia additionally served because the second investing associate in 5 of the VC agency’s 18 investments up to now and is a board observer at portfolio firm Alethea, a disinformation detection and mitigation firm.
“We are excited to welcome Kevin as a basic associate at Ballistic,” mentioned Schlein. “Kevin’s experience within the cybersecurity trade is unmatched, and his data of the market and buyer demographic is unmatched.”
As General Partner, Mandia will leverage his in depth data of the menace panorama and his experience as a profitable founder and CEO to develop investments inside the agency, proceed mentoring entrepreneurs and scale corporations throughout the Ballistic portfolio.
About Ballistic Ventures
Ballistic Ventures is a enterprise capital agency targeted completely on early-stage cybersecurity and cyber-related corporations. Our companions have spent their total careers defending towards each conceivable cyber menace. Our members have based, run and funded over 100 profitable cybersecurity corporations, together with Abnormal Security, AlienVault, ArcSight, Fortify, Mandiant and Shape Security, lead over 10,000 safety professionals around the globe and have over 40 years of enterprise capital expertise. Ballistic’s portfolio contains Aembit, Alethea, ArmorCode, AuthMind, Codezero, Concentric AI, Mimic, Nudge Security, Oligo, Pangea, Perygee, Reach Security, SpecterOps, Talon (PANW), Veza and WitnessAI. Our expertise supplies entrepreneurs with efficient help from folks targeted on the identical mission. Our community and relationships open doorways for founders. Learn extra at ballisticventures.com.