25 investors have funded 8 Data Security companies head-officed in San Diego, across 35 rounds (Jan 2005 – May 2022). They are ranked by how many San Diego companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In San Diego" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blumberg Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 3 | — | Aug 2007 | 138 |
| 2 | SoftBank Capital | New York City, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 3 | 1 | Aug 2007 | 56 |
| 3 | TeleSoft Partners | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 3 | — | Aug 2007 | 41 |
| 4 | Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 680 |
| 5 | Venrock | Palo Alto, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2009 | 346 |
| 6 | RRE Ventures | New York City, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2009 | 276 |
| 7 | Verifone | Alpharetta, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2009 | 2 |
| 8 | Plug and Play Tech Center | Sunnyvale, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 934 |
| 9 | Global Founders Capital | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2022 | 563 |
| 10 | Trinity Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2015 | 198 |
| 11 | Alexandria | Pasadena, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2020 | 231 |
| 12 | Grotech Ventures | Arlington, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 125 |
| 13 | Citi Ventures | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2014 | 160 |
| 14 | EvoNexus | San Diego, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2015 | 181 |
| 15 | Franklin Templeton Investments | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2019 | 140 |
| 16 | Moonshots Capital | Los Angeles, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | 50 |
| 17 | Okapi Venture Capital | Newport Beach, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2020 | 37 |
| 18 | TenOneTen | Los Angeles, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2020 | 35 |
| 19 | Cardumen Capital | Madrid, Spain | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 29 |
| 20 | Cove Fund | Irvine, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2020 | 24 |
| 21 | DLA Piper | Atlanta, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2020 | 9 |
| 22 | Vedanta Capital | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2007 | 11 |
| 23 | Fourth Realm | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 5 |
| 24 | Volta Global | Miami, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2020 | 3 |
| 25 | SBD Global Fund | George Town, Cayman Islands | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2013 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Data Security companies head-officed in San Diego that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubiq Security ubiqsecurity.com |
6 | 6 | $38.4M | Seed Nov 2020 |
| LiteScape litescape.com |
4 | 10 | $94.9M | Series B Aug 2007 |
| Kahoona kahoona.io |
4 | 4 | $18M | Seed May 2022 |
| Semtek semtek.com |
3 | 6 | $73M | Series B Sep 2009 |
| DB CyberTech dbcybertech.com |
3 | 4 | $55.5M | Series C Dec 2014 |
| Harvest AI harvest.ai |
2 | 2 | $2.4M | Seed Apr 2019 |
| Crypteron crypteron.com |
2 | 2 | $150K | Seed Oct 2019 |
| Voxox voxox.com |
1 | 1 | $5.3M | Series A Jan 2013 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Fourth Realm | Kahoona | Seed | $4.5M |
| May 2022 | Plug and Play Tech Center | Kahoona | Seed | $4.5M |
| May 2022 | Global Founders CapitalLED | Kahoona | Seed | $4.5M |
| May 2022 | Cardumen Capital | Kahoona | Seed | $4.5M |
| Nov 2020 | Alexandria | Ubiq Security | Seed | $6.4M |
| Nov 2020 | Okapi Venture CapitalLED | Ubiq Security | Seed | $6.4M |
| Nov 2020 | DLA Piper | Ubiq Security | Seed | $6.4M |
| Nov 2020 | Cove Fund | Ubiq Security | Seed | $6.4M |
| Nov 2020 | Volta Global | Ubiq Security | Seed | $6.4M |
| Nov 2020 | TenOneTen | Ubiq Security | Seed | $6.4M |
| Oct 2019 | Franklin Templeton Investments | Crypteron | Seed | $150K |
| Apr 2019 | Moonshots Capital | Harvest AI | Seed | $81K |
| May 2015 | EvoNexusLED | Crypteron | Seed | — |
| Mar 2015 | Trinity Ventures | Harvest AI | Seed | $2.3M |
| Dec 2014 | Khosla Ventures | DB CyberTech | Series C | $17M |
| Dec 2014 | Grotech VenturesLED | DB CyberTech | Series C | $17M |
| Dec 2014 | Citi Ventures | DB CyberTech | Series C | $17M |
| Jan 2013 | Khosla VenturesLED | DB CyberTech | Series B | $4.5M |
| Jan 2013 | SBD Global FundLED | Voxox | Series A | $5.3M |
| Sep 2009 | Venrock | Semtek | Series B | $6.7M |
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