Ballistic Ventures

Angel Networks & Startup Accelerators · Venture Capital
62investments
14exits
$866.1Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
3,572open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Ballistic Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to cybersecurity. It provides early-stage funding and incubation for entrepreneurs building security products, backing companies from formation through early growth rounds. The firm was founded in 2021 by cybersecurity investors and operators including Ted Schlein, Roger Thornton, Barmak Meftah, Jake Seid and Kevin Mandia, and is based in San Francisco, California.

Program

Accelerator
Investments
62
34 of them startups
Hiring now
49
3,572 open roles
Deals in 12 months
2
1 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
10
$866.1M raised
Exits
14
Focusshare of its companies
Cybersecurity 59%Artificial Intelligence 36%Software 11%Financial Services 8%Data & Analytics 3%Robotics 3%Information Technology 3%Hardware 3%
Where its companies are
United States 63%Israel 11%United Kingdom 3%Singapore 2%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 62 investments
QualiaVenture round $50M · 2 mo ago · 2 roles MagnitudeSeed $10M · 4 mo ago · led a round · 2 roles DexterityVenture round $104.9M · 5 mo ago · 13 roles AboveVenture round $50M · 7 mo ago · 3 roles UFORCESeed $50M · 8 mo ago · 41 roles WorkOSSeries C $100M · 8 mo ago · 25 roles WitnessAIVenture round $58M · 9 mo ago · led a round · 7 roles Nudge SecuritySeries A $22.5M · 11 mo ago · 5 roles MimicVenture round $16M · 12 mo ago · 1 role Nova CreditSeries D $35M · 12 mo ago · 8 roles GetReal SecuritySeries A $17.5M · 15 mo ago Reach SecurityVenture round $10M · 15 mo ago · 6 roles
3,572 open roles at 49 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Palo Alto Networks340 new roles in 30 days IBM297 new roles in 30 days CrowdStrike165 new roles in 30 days Zipline67 new roles in 30 days Red Hat65 new roles in 30 days Cato Networks59 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Lightspeed Venture Partners 12 shared Menlo Ventures 9 shared Kleiner Perkins 8 shared GV 8 shared Greylock 6 shared Andreessen Horowitz 5 shared Sequoia Capital 5 shared NEA 5 shared Accel 5 shared General Catalyst 4 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
1011vc SYN Ventures Evolution Equity Partners Paladin Capital Group Cyberstarts Greylock Clear Sky Crosspoint Capital Partners
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 5 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco United States
HQ