Felicis Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2006, it focuses on seed-to-series C investments in early-stage technology companies that reinvent core markets and pursue frontier technologies. The firm backs founders across sectors such as artificial intelligence, health, security, and consumer internet, providing capital together with active mentoring and strategic advisory to help portfolio companies scale globally. Its approach combines hands-on support with resources aimed at accelerating growth, while maintaining a diverse international portfolio anchored in the Bay Area. Led by founder and president Aydin Senkut, Felicis seeks opportunities where innovative ideas can become enduring, widely adopted products and companies.

Nicole Bae

Partner, Operations

Dasha Maggio

Investor

Daniel Bartus

Partner

Maddie Chavez

Partner, Operations

James Detweiler

Partner

Past deals in Network Security

Distributed Spectrum

Series A in 2025
Distributed Spectrum is a defense technology company that develops software and sensors for signal processing, machine learning, and embedded systems to help understand critical radio signals across missions. Its spectrum monitoring system provides situational awareness and real-time, actionable alerts, with capabilities including passive signature detection, signal analysis, and anomaly identification. The system is designed to work with affordable, commodity hardware and incorporates patent-pending algorithms to interpret the radio environment and track transmissions across diverse settings for defense and security applications.

Tines Security Services

Series C in 2025
Founded in 2018, Tines develops a cloud-based no-code workflow automation platform tailored for security teams. It enables users to build, run, and monitor automated processes across various software applications without requiring additional integrations or custom code.

Operant

Series A in 2024
Operant is a developer of an application protection platform tailored for cloud-native environments. The company provides automatic discovery and analytics, enabling real-time risk assessments and intelligent runtime enforcement across various cloud infrastructures. Operant's platform offers comprehensive catalogs for APIs, services, and role-based access controls, facilitating swift visibility into API endpoints, service interactions, and security vulnerabilities. By employing risk-weighted scorecards that prioritize security gaps based on criticality, access, and exposure, Operant effectively highlights the most severe security concerns. Additionally, the platform implements contextual controls to enforce precise security measures on legacy endpoints, data storage, and APIs, ensuring seamless integration and optimization of system behavior at scale without the need for instrumentation or friction between development, security, and operations teams.

Tines Security Services

Series B in 2024
Founded in 2018, Tines develops a cloud-based no-code workflow automation platform tailored for security teams. It enables users to build, run, and monitor automated processes across various software applications without requiring additional integrations or custom code.

Distributed Spectrum

Seed Round in 2024
Distributed Spectrum is a defense technology company that develops software and sensors for signal processing, machine learning, and embedded systems to help understand critical radio signals across missions. Its spectrum monitoring system provides situational awareness and real-time, actionable alerts, with capabilities including passive signature detection, signal analysis, and anomaly identification. The system is designed to work with affordable, commodity hardware and incorporates patent-pending algorithms to interpret the radio environment and track transmissions across diverse settings for defense and security applications.

Operant

Seed Round in 2023
Operant is a developer of an application protection platform tailored for cloud-native environments. The company provides automatic discovery and analytics, enabling real-time risk assessments and intelligent runtime enforcement across various cloud infrastructures. Operant's platform offers comprehensive catalogs for APIs, services, and role-based access controls, facilitating swift visibility into API endpoints, service interactions, and security vulnerabilities. By employing risk-weighted scorecards that prioritize security gaps based on criticality, access, and exposure, Operant effectively highlights the most severe security concerns. Additionally, the platform implements contextual controls to enforce precise security measures on legacy endpoints, data storage, and APIs, ensuring seamless integration and optimization of system behavior at scale without the need for instrumentation or friction between development, security, and operations teams.

Tines Security Services

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2018, Tines develops a cloud-based no-code workflow automation platform tailored for security teams. It enables users to build, run, and monitor automated processes across various software applications without requiring additional integrations or custom code.

Dig Security

Series A in 2022
Dig Security is a cloud data security startup that specializes in providing real-time visibility, control, and protection for data assets across multiple cloud environments. As enterprises face challenges related to data exfiltration and policy violations amidst increasingly complex database settings, Dig Security offers a cloud-native and agentless solution. Its platform enables businesses to effectively manage cloud data sprawl while ensuring the security of their data without hindering operational efficiency. By integrating Data Detection & Response (DDR) capabilities, Dig Security empowers organizations to discover, monitor, and protect their cloud data in real time, delivering comprehensive threat protection services for data stored in public cloud infrastructures.

Kandji

Series C in 2021
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customizable security and compliance solutions for Apple devices, including Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji streamlines the management of these devices for IT teams by offering features such as one-click compliance templates and over 150 pre-built automation, apps, and workflows. The platform is designed to simplify the enforcement of macOS security parameters and enables real-time monitoring and auto-remediation of potential issues. Kandji is committed to enhancing the user experience through continuous innovation and customer-focused solutions, helping businesses maintain secure and compliant environments.

Kandji

Series B in 2021
Kandji, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customizable security and compliance solutions for Apple devices, including Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Kandji streamlines the management of these devices for IT teams by offering features such as one-click compliance templates and over 150 pre-built automation, apps, and workflows. The platform is designed to simplify the enforcement of macOS security parameters and enables real-time monitoring and auto-remediation of potential issues. Kandji is committed to enhancing the user experience through continuous innovation and customer-focused solutions, helping businesses maintain secure and compliant environments.

Cymmetria

Series A in 2015
Cymmetria Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in deception technology to enhance organizational security. Founded in 2014 by security expert Gadi Evron, the company offers a suite of products including MazeRunner, a comprehensive cyber deception solution that diverts attackers and provides forensic data, and ActiveSOC, which automates the validation and triage of alerts while generating intelligence from low-scoring events. Additionally, Cymmetria provides deception services that analyze environments and create tailored deception strategies aimed at maximizing effectiveness. By shifting the balance in cybersecurity, Cymmetria empowers organizations to detect lateral movements, automate incident responses, and mitigate attacks, ultimately enhancing visibility and security within their networks.

Cymmetria

Seed Round in 2015
Cymmetria Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that specializes in deception technology to enhance organizational security. Founded in 2014 by security expert Gadi Evron, the company offers a suite of products including MazeRunner, a comprehensive cyber deception solution that diverts attackers and provides forensic data, and ActiveSOC, which automates the validation and triage of alerts while generating intelligence from low-scoring events. Additionally, Cymmetria provides deception services that analyze environments and create tailored deception strategies aimed at maximizing effectiveness. By shifting the balance in cybersecurity, Cymmetria empowers organizations to detect lateral movements, automate incident responses, and mitigate attacks, ultimately enhancing visibility and security within their networks.
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