70 investors have funded 17 Network Security companies head-officed in San Francisco, across 106 rounds (Aug 2001 – Sep 2024). They are ranked by how many San Francisco companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In San Francisco" 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 | Bain Capital Ventures | Boston, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 2 | 6 | 3 | Apr 2020 | 395 |
| 2 | Greylock Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries CSeries B | 2 | 5 | 4 | Apr 2020 | 471 |
| 3 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries CSeed | 2 | 4 | 3 | Oct 2017 | 1,568 |
| 4 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Oct 2023 | 5,648 |
| 5 | Energy Impact Partners | New York City, United States | Series CSeries D | 2 | 3 | 2 | Sep 2021 | 109 |
| 6 | Cisco Investments | San Jose, United States | Series E+Series C | 2 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2024 | 265 |
| 7 | Evolution Equity Partners | New York City, United States | Series C | 2 | 2 | 2 | Apr 2020 | 54 |
| 8 | Accel | Palo Alto, United States | Series ASeries CSeries D | 1 | 4 | 3 | Apr 2024 | 1,133 |
| 9 | Adams Street Partners | Beijing, China | Series CSeries D | 1 | 3 | — | Sep 2015 | 150 |
| 10 | Omidyar Technology Ventures | Redwood City, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 1 | Feb 2018 | 11 |
| 11 | General Catalyst | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries D | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sep 2021 | 855 |
| 12 | Insight Partners | New York City, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sep 2021 | 762 |
| 13 | Highland Capital Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2013 | 236 |
| 14 | Shasta Ventures | Portola Valley, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2022 | 198 |
| 15 | Sutter Hill Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 2 | May 2014 | 138 |
| 16 | Osage University Partners | Bala Cynwyd, United States | Series ASeries D | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2021 | 108 |
| 17 | Trident Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2018 | 94 |
| 18 | Unusual Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | — | Jan 2022 | 98 |
| 19 | Chrysalis Ventures | Louisville, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | — | May 2012 | 43 |
| 20 | CrowdStrike | Sunnyvale, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | — | Apr 2024 | 27 |
| 21 | Claritas Capital | Nashville, United States | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | — | May 2012 | 28 |
| 22 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 1,117 |
| 23 | Battery Ventures | Boston, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2010 | 458 |
| 24 | Menlo Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2002 | 417 |
| 25 | CRV | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2012 | 381 |
| 26 | DFJ | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 336 |
| 27 | Gaingels | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 506 |
| 28 | BoxGroup | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 395 |
| 29 | FirstMark | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2013 | 183 |
| 30 | Tuesday Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 200 |
| 31 | Mohr Davidow Ventures | San Mateo, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2014 | 118 |
| 32 | Polychain | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 186 |
| 33 | Alta Partners | Jackson, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2001 | 118 |
| 34 | Compound | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 120 |
| 35 | Ignition Partners | Bellevue, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2016 | 84 |
| 36 | Blockchain Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 99 |
| 37 | SIG | Bala Cynwyd, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 102 |
| 38 | Northgate Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2014 | 78 |
| 39 | Singtel Innov8 | Singapore, Singapore | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2018 | 83 |
| 40 | Liberty Global | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2020 | 70 |
| 41 | Glynn Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2014 | 70 |
| 42 | Trilogy Equity Partners | Bellevue, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2016 | 60 |
| 43 | Fabric Ventures | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2017 | 77 |
| 44 | 645 Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 67 |
| 45 | ForgePoint Capital | San Mateo, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2017 | 56 |
| 46 | Capital One Ventures | Mclean, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 66 |
| 47 | Third Point Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2022 | 50 |
| 48 | Graph Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | 66 | |
| 49 | Tola Capital | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2016 | 45 |
| 50 | Struck Capital | Santa Monica, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 45 |
| 51 | Luminar Ventures | Stockholm, Sweden | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2021 | 45 |
| 52 | Energize Capital | Chicago, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2020 | 34 |
| 53 | Lumia Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2014 | 33 |
| 54 | Enam Holdings | Mumbai, India | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2018 | 18 |
| 55 | Firestartr | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2017 | 27 |
| 56 | Sumeru Equity Partners | San Mateo, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2015 | 25 |
| 57 | Secure Octane Investments | Lewes, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2017 | 23 |
| 58 | Brightly Ventures | Stockholm, Sweden | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2021 | 16 |
| 59 | Yes VC | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2018 | 22 |
| 60 | RXR | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2024 | 22 |
| 61 | Keiretsu Forum Seattle | Seattle, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | May 2015 | 18 |
| 62 | Alter Venture Partners | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 14 |
| 63 | MetaStable Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 10 |
| 64 | Candou Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2021 | 8 |
| 65 | Cantor Fitzgerald | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2024 | 9 |
| 66 | Starbright Invest | Jonkoping, Sweden | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | May 2021 | 8 |
| 67 | H.I.G. Capital | Miami, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2021 | 7 |
| 68 | Live Planet | San Jose, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 69 | Macnica | Yokohama | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2017 | 3 |
| 70 | BV Capital Partners | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2001 | 3 |
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.
Network Security companies head-officed in San Francisco that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchid Labs orchid.com |
12 | 12 | $56.2M | Series A Apr 2018 |
| Corelight corelight.com |
10 | 17 | $1.3B | Series E+ Apr 2024 |
| OpenDNS opendns.com |
10 | 15 | $335.8M | Series C May 2014 |
| Attivo Networks attivonetworks.com |
8 | 15 | $167M | Series C Mar 2019 |
| Banyan banyansecurity.io |
6 | 8 | $184M | Series B Jan 2022 |
| Awake Networks awakesecurity.com |
5 | 7 | $211.2M | Series C Apr 2020 |
| Cybera cybera.com |
4 | 8 | $67.2M | Series D Sep 2015 |
| Frequencz frequencz.com |
4 | 4 | $16.4M | Series A May 2021 |
| nCircle Network Security ncircle.com |
3 | 3 | $42.6M | Series C Oct 2002 |
| SignalSense signalsense.com |
3 | 3 | $14.6M | Seed Apr 2016 |
| 0pass 0pass.com |
3 | 4 | $10.6M | Seed Jun 2023 |
| Disconnect disconnect.me |
3 | 4 | $8.2M | Series A Jun 2013 |
| Neeve neeve.ai |
2 | 2 | $30M | Series B Sep 2024 |
| VSS Monitoring vssmonitoring.com |
1 | 1 | $20M | Series A Aug 2010 |
| Vehere vehere.com |
1 | 1 | $3.1M | Series A Apr 2018 |
| Apoxy apoxy.dev |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Oct 2023 |
| Respect Network respectnetwork.com |
1 | 1 | — | Series B May 2015 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2024 | Cantor FitzgeraldLED | Neeve | Series B | $15M |
| Sep 2024 | RXRLED | Neeve | Series B | $15M |
| Apr 2024 | Cisco Investments | Corelight | Series E+ | $150M |
| Apr 2024 | AccelLED | Corelight | Series E+ | $150M |
| Apr 2024 | CrowdStrike | Corelight | Series E+ | $150M |
| Oct 2023 | Y CombinatorLED | Apoxy | Seed | $500K |
| Jun 2023 | Y Combinator | 0pass | Seed | $3.5M |
| Jun 2023 | 645 Ventures | 0pass | Seed | $3.5M |
| Jun 2023 | BoxGroup | 0pass | Seed | $3.5M |
| Jan 2023 | Y CombinatorLED | 0pass | Seed | $125K |
| Jan 2022 | Third Point VenturesLED | Banyan | Series B | $30M |
| Jan 2022 | SIG | Banyan | Series B | $30M |
| Jan 2022 | Unusual Ventures | Banyan | Series B | $30M |
| Jan 2022 | Alter Venture Partners | Banyan | Series B | $30M |
| Jan 2022 | Shasta Ventures | Banyan | Series B | $30M |
| Sep 2021 | Accel | Corelight | Series D | $75M |
| Sep 2021 | Insight Partners | Corelight | Series D | $75M |
| Sep 2021 | CrowdStrike | Corelight | Series D | $75M |
| Sep 2021 | General Catalyst | Corelight | Series D | $75M |
| Sep 2021 | H.I.G. Capital | Corelight | Series D | $75M |
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