42 investors have funded 14 Data Security companies head-officed in Seattle, across 55 rounds (Jul 2015 – Mar 2025). They are ranked by how many Seattle companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Seattle" 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 | Founders' Co-op | Seattle, United States | SeedSeries A | 2 | 3 | 1 | Sep 2022 | 97 |
| 2 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 3,580 |
| 3 | Pelion Venture Partners | Salt Lake City, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | — | Jul 2024 | 118 |
| 4 | Boldstart Ventures | Miami, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jul 2024 | 89 |
| 5 | Acrew Capital | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jul 2024 | 99 |
| 6 | Salesforce Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2024 | 364 |
| 7 | Evolution Equity Partners | New York City, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jul 2024 | 54 |
| 8 | Faber | Lisbon, Portugal | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2021 | 36 |
| 9 | Knollwood Investment Advisory | Baltimore, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Jul 2023 | 32 |
| 10 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2022 | 5,648 |
| 11 | Madrona Venture Group | Seattle, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2020 | 271 |
| 12 | Cisco Investments | San Jose, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2020 | 265 |
| 13 | Liquid 2 Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2022 | 309 |
| 14 | M12 | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2020 | 230 |
| 15 | Real Ventures | Montreal, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2021 | 151 |
| 16 | Vulcan Capital | Seattle, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2020 | 139 |
| 17 | Hearst | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2020 | 143 |
| 18 | Wing Venture Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2025 | 119 |
| 19 | Samsung Venture Investment | Seoul, South Korea | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 159 |
| 20 | Credit Suisse | Zurich, Switzerland | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2016 | 151 |
| 21 | Freestyle | Larkspur, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2022 | 117 |
| 22 | Accenture | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2022 | 109 |
| 23 | Slack | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 81 |
| 24 | Crosscut Ventures | Santa Monica, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 86 |
| 25 | StepStone Group | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 83 |
| 26 | 01 Advisors | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2024 | 45 |
| 27 | Flying Fish Ventures | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2021 | 41 |
| 28 | Roots Ventures | Gurugram, India | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 34 |
| 29 | EDP Ventures | Lisbon, Portugal | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2021 | 31 |
| 30 | Consensys Labs | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 28 |
| 31 | Saturn Partners | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2016 | 16 |
| 32 | Square 1 Bank | Durham, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2016 | 21 |
| 33 | Level Up Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2025 | 11 |
| 34 | Flatiron Health | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 9 |
| 35 | Aviso Ventures | United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2022 | 7 |
| 36 | Geometry Venture | Istanbul, Turkey | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 7 |
| 37 | Community Access Fund | Seattle, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2022 | 6 |
| 38 | Pithia | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2018 | 5 |
| 39 | Hypergrowth Partners | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 2 |
| 40 | Sterling Partners Education Opportunity Fund | Chicago, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2016 | 2 |
| 41 | Looker | Santa Cruz, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 1 |
| 42 | Auth0 | Bellevue, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 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 Seattle that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protect AI protectai.com |
10 | 19 | $923.9M | Series B Jul 2024 |
| Privacy Dynamics privacydynamics.io |
8 | 8 | $44.5M | Series A Jun 2021 |
| Voodle voodle.com |
5 | 5 | $30M | Series A Dec 2020 |
| Spot spotvirtual.com |
4 | 5 | $23.7M | Series A Sep 2022 |
| YData ydata.ai |
4 | 5 | $11.3M | Seed Oct 2021 |
| Panopto panopto.com |
3 | 3 | $128.4M | Series B Aug 2016 |
| Trusted Key trustedkey.com |
2 | 2 | $9.7M | Seed May 2018 |
| Tensor9 tensor9.com |
2 | 2 | $8M | Seed Mar 2025 |
| Forma Vision formavision.io |
1 | 1 | $3.5M | Series A Nov 2022 |
| Roby tellroby.com |
1 | 1 | $150K | Seed Jun 2018 |
| Derisk getderisked.com |
1 | 1 | $125K | Seed Jul 2022 |
| atCipher atcipher.com |
1 | 1 | $118K | Seed Jul 2015 |
| Tenta tenta.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jan 2019 |
| Koverse koverse.com |
1 | 1 | — | Series A Feb 2016 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | Wing Venture CapitalLED | Tensor9 | Seed | $4M |
| Mar 2025 | Level Up Ventures | Tensor9 | Seed | $4M |
| Jul 2024 | Acrew Capital | Protect AI | Series B | $80.8M |
| Jul 2024 | Pelion Venture Partners | Protect AI | Series B | $80.8M |
| Jul 2024 | Boldstart Ventures | Protect AI | Series B | $80.8M |
| Jul 2024 | StepStone Group | Protect AI | Series B | $80.8M |
| Jul 2024 | Samsung Venture Investment | Protect AI | Series B | $80.8M |
| Jul 2024 | Evolution Equity PartnersLED | Protect AI | Series B | $80.8M |
| Jul 2024 | Salesforce Ventures | Protect AI | Series B | $80.8M |
| Jul 2024 | 01 Advisors | Protect AI | Series B | $80.8M |
| Jul 2023 | Knollwood Investment Advisory | Protect AI | Series A | $35M |
| Jul 2023 | Acrew Capital | Protect AI | Series A | $35M |
| Jul 2023 | Pelion Venture Partners | Protect AI | Series A | $35M |
| Jul 2023 | Boldstart Ventures | Protect AI | Series A | $35M |
| Jul 2023 | Evolution Equity PartnersLED | Protect AI | Series A | $35M |
| Jul 2023 | Salesforce Ventures | Protect AI | Series A | $35M |
| Dec 2022 | Knollwood Investment Advisory | Protect AI | Seed | $13.5M |
| Dec 2022 | Acrew CapitalLED | Protect AI | Seed | $13.5M |
| Dec 2022 | Pelion Venture Partners | Protect AI | Seed | $13.5M |
| Dec 2022 | Boldstart VenturesLED | Protect AI | Seed | $13.5M |
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