Forgepoint Capital

ForgePoint Capital Management, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in San Mateo, California. The firm specializes in early-stage and growth equity investments, primarily focusing on the cybersecurity sector. ForgePoint invests in transformative companies involved in emerging technologies, including secure payments, fraud prevention, next-generation identity platforms, behavioral analytics, and privacy and security solutions. The firm typically targets seed, Series A, and Series B funding rounds, investing between $5 million and $30 million in companies across North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. With a strong emphasis on cybersecurity, ForgePoint Capital leverages extensive operational experience and a vast network of industry experts to support entrepreneurs in building successful companies.

Ernie Bio

Managing Director

Leo Casusol

Venture Partner

Sean Cunningham

Managing Director

Donald Dixon

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Morgan Gerlak

Principal

Rohit Gupta

Associate

Reynaldo Kirton

Senior Associate

Lisa Lee

CFO

William Lin

Managing Director

Andrew McClure

Managing Director

Connie Qian

Vice President

Manoj Ramachandran

Principal

MJ Ramachandran

Principal

J. Alberto Yépez

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Past deals in Network Security

Noname Security

Series C in 2021
Noname Security is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2020. The company specializes in providing security solutions for application programming interfaces (APIs), focusing on protecting against data leakage, authorization issues, and other vulnerabilities. Its agentless platform enables enterprises to discover, classify, and secure both managed and unmanaged APIs in real-time without requiring modifications to the network or the installation of agents. Noname Security's offerings include comprehensive detection and prevention capabilities, delivering greater visibility and security than traditional API gateways and load balancers.

Cyberhaven

Series B in 2021
Cyberhaven, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing technology to enhance enterprise security. The company focuses on combining business workflows with advanced technology to identify and manage cyber threats effectively. Its Data Behavior Analytics (DaBA) solution offers real-time visibility into critical data movement across various platforms, including endpoints, servers, and applications, whether on-premise or in the cloud. Cyberhaven's technology safeguards sensitive documents from cyber-attacks and insider leaks, integrating with platforms such as Office 365, SharePoint, and Google apps. This approach simplifies security infrastructure for organizations while ensuring robust protection of their critical assets. Founded in 2014 and initially named CodeTickler, Inc., Cyberhaven is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Palo Alto, California; Lausanne, Switzerland; and Kiev, Ukraine.
IronNet Cybersecurity is uniquely positioned the gap between traditional cybersecurity approaches and this rapidly evolving threat grows wider. Its mission is to deliver the power and resources of Collective Defense so that any company, organization, or public entity can defend better as part of a collaborative ecosystem with shared knowledge and vetted alerts in real-time. IronNet was founded in 2014 by General (Ret.) Keith Alexander- former head of the NSA and Commander U.S. Cyber Command.

SolCyber

Series A in 2021
SolCyber offers a curated stack of enterprise-strength security tools and streamlined, accessible, and affordable services for any organization.

Noname Security

Series B in 2021
Noname Security is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2020. The company specializes in providing security solutions for application programming interfaces (APIs), focusing on protecting against data leakage, authorization issues, and other vulnerabilities. Its agentless platform enables enterprises to discover, classify, and secure both managed and unmanaged APIs in real-time without requiring modifications to the network or the installation of agents. Noname Security's offerings include comprehensive detection and prevention capabilities, delivering greater visibility and security than traditional API gateways and load balancers.

Symmetry Systems

Series A in 2021
Symmetry Systems, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in San Mateo, California, that develops a platform focused on data security. Founded in 2015, the company offers solutions such as Data Store and Object Security (DSOS) and Symmetry DataGuard. These products provide comprehensive visibility and unified access control over data assets, regardless of their storage location. The platform is designed to safeguard cloud-based systems and can operate seamlessly in on-premise and hybrid cloud environments. By integrating with compliance tools, Symmetry Systems enables clients to maintain data security and compliance, even in challenging circumstances like insider threats or the complexities arising from remote work.

4iQ

Series C in 2020
4iQ, Inc. is an identity intelligence company focused on preventing fraud, identity theft, account takeover, and cyber espionage. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a range of products including IDHunt, a web application for analyzing identities and their attributes, and IDTheft, which helps clients assess identity risks and monitor individuals. Additionally, 4iQ operates IDLake, a tool that scans deep and dark web sources for stolen or leaked login credentials and other personal identifiable information. With a proprietary data lake containing over 14 billion records, 4iQ provides valuable insights to intelligence analysts, security researchers, and criminal investigators, enabling them to assess risk exposure and disrupt cyber threats effectively.

Symmetry Systems

Seed Round in 2020
Symmetry Systems, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in San Mateo, California, that develops a platform focused on data security. Founded in 2015, the company offers solutions such as Data Store and Object Security (DSOS) and Symmetry DataGuard. These products provide comprehensive visibility and unified access control over data assets, regardless of their storage location. The platform is designed to safeguard cloud-based systems and can operate seamlessly in on-premise and hybrid cloud environments. By integrating with compliance tools, Symmetry Systems enables clients to maintain data security and compliance, even in challenging circumstances like insider threats or the complexities arising from remote work.

Area 1 Security

Series D in 2020
Area 1 Security, Inc. is a cybersecurity firm based in Redwood City, California, that specializes in eliminating targeted cyber-attacks. Founded in 2013 by experts from the NSA and MIT, the company has developed Area 1 Horizon, a cloud-based solution designed to identify and mitigate phishing attacks early in their lifecycle. This solution provides advanced warning by analyzing threat campaigns, attacker infrastructure, and delivery mechanisms. Area 1 Security's technology addresses various attack vectors, including email, web, and network threats, enabling organizations to visualize, contextualize, and preempt cyber threats effectively. The company has raised significant funding from notable investors, underscoring its commitment to combating socially engineered cyber threats.

Uptycs

Series B in 2020
Uptycs, Inc. develops a security analytics platform designed to monitor and diagnose infrastructure issues for various customers, including those in software as a service, enterprise, and data center sectors. The Uptycs platform integrates osquery, an open-source universal agent, with advanced security analytics to provide comprehensive solutions for fleet visibility, intrusion detection, vulnerability management, and compliance. It offers key functionalities such as endpoint detection and response, file integrity management, incident investigation, and user-driven security, targeting IT administrators, compliance officers, and incident response teams. Founded in 2016 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Uptycs supports a wide range of environments, including Linux, macOS, Windows, containers, and cloud workloads.

Cysiv

Series A in 2020
Cysiv combines all the elements of an advanced, proactive, threat hunting SOC with a managed security stack for hybrid cloud, network, and endpoint security, delivering them to enterprises and Managed Service Providers as a 24/7 SOC-as-a-Service with simple, usage-based, monthly billing.

NowSecure

Series B in 2019
NowSecure is a mobile app security software company delivering fully automated mobile app security testing with the speed, accuracy, and efficiency necessary for Agile and DevSecOps environments. It can identify the broadest array of security threats, compliance gaps, and privacy issues in custom-developed, commercial, and business-critical mobile apps. These offerings are also provided as a managed service or independent 3rd party app verification. NowSecure was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Attivo Networks

Series C in 2019
Attivo Networks provides required visibility and actionable, substantiated alerts to detect, isolate, and defend against cyber attacks. Attivo Networks, the leader in deception technology, provides accurate in-network threat detection, analysis, and accelerated response to advanced, credential, insider, and ransomware attacks. The Attivo Deception and Response Platform provide continuous visibility and efficient threat management for user networks, data centers, cloud, branch, IoT, ICS-SCADA, and POS environments. Camouflage dynamic deception sets high-interaction traps to misdirect and lure attackers into revealing themselves. The solution’s advanced attack analysis and lateral movement tracking automate investigation, deliver evidence-based alerts, and in-depth forensic reports. Incident response is simplified with ThreatOps™ playbooks and 3rd party integrations for automated attack blocking, quarantine, and threat hunting.

Mocana

Series G in 2019
Mocana is a developer of cybersecurity software solutions that protect Internet of Things (IoT) devices, operational technology, mission-critical systems, and industrial infrastructure. The company's on-device cybersecurity software and lifecycle management platform enable manufacturers and industrial companies to build self-defending systems that are tamper-resistant. Its tightly integrated solutions help companies to minimize the risk of a cyber breach, comply with industry standards, and protect intellectual property by ensuring that devices and processes are trusted end-to-end, from device manufacturing to deployment. Unlike IT network security approaches, Mocana enables devices to protect themselves and prevent malware from being installed. It was established in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Bishop Fox

Series A in 2019
Bishop Fox is the largest private professional services firm focused on offensive security testing. Since 2005, the firm has provided security consulting services to the world's leading organizations — working with over 25% of the Fortune 100 — to help secure their products, applications, networks, and cloud with penetration testing and security assessments. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ and has offices in Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; and Barcelona, Spain.

Uptycs

Series A in 2018
Uptycs, Inc. develops a security analytics platform designed to monitor and diagnose infrastructure issues for various customers, including those in software as a service, enterprise, and data center sectors. The Uptycs platform integrates osquery, an open-source universal agent, with advanced security analytics to provide comprehensive solutions for fleet visibility, intrusion detection, vulnerability management, and compliance. It offers key functionalities such as endpoint detection and response, file integrity management, incident investigation, and user-driven security, targeting IT administrators, compliance officers, and incident response teams. Founded in 2016 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Uptycs supports a wide range of environments, including Linux, macOS, Windows, containers, and cloud workloads.

IronNet Cybersecurity

Series B in 2018
IronNet Cybersecurity is uniquely positioned the gap between traditional cybersecurity approaches and this rapidly evolving threat grows wider. Its mission is to deliver the power and resources of Collective Defense so that any company, organization, or public entity can defend better as part of a collaborative ecosystem with shared knowledge and vetted alerts in real-time. IronNet was founded in 2014 by General (Ret.) Keith Alexander- former head of the NSA and Commander U.S. Cyber Command.

Attivo Networks

Series C in 2017
Attivo Networks provides required visibility and actionable, substantiated alerts to detect, isolate, and defend against cyber attacks. Attivo Networks, the leader in deception technology, provides accurate in-network threat detection, analysis, and accelerated response to advanced, credential, insider, and ransomware attacks. The Attivo Deception and Response Platform provide continuous visibility and efficient threat management for user networks, data centers, cloud, branch, IoT, ICS-SCADA, and POS environments. Camouflage dynamic deception sets high-interaction traps to misdirect and lure attackers into revealing themselves. The solution’s advanced attack analysis and lateral movement tracking automate investigation, deliver evidence-based alerts, and in-depth forensic reports. Incident response is simplified with ThreatOps™ playbooks and 3rd party integrations for automated attack blocking, quarantine, and threat hunting.

Attivo Networks

Series B in 2017
Attivo Networks provides required visibility and actionable, substantiated alerts to detect, isolate, and defend against cyber attacks. Attivo Networks, the leader in deception technology, provides accurate in-network threat detection, analysis, and accelerated response to advanced, credential, insider, and ransomware attacks. The Attivo Deception and Response Platform provide continuous visibility and efficient threat management for user networks, data centers, cloud, branch, IoT, ICS-SCADA, and POS environments. Camouflage dynamic deception sets high-interaction traps to misdirect and lure attackers into revealing themselves. The solution’s advanced attack analysis and lateral movement tracking automate investigation, deliver evidence-based alerts, and in-depth forensic reports. Incident response is simplified with ThreatOps™ playbooks and 3rd party integrations for automated attack blocking, quarantine, and threat hunting.

Bayshore Networks

Series A in 2017
Bayshore Networks, Inc. specializes in cybersecurity software for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), focusing on the protection of operational technology (OT) within industrial environments. The company offers a suite of products, including the Bayshore IT/OT Gateway, Bayshore IC, Bayshore SE, Bayshore SingleView, and Bayshore PallatonIT Policy Engine, which provide capabilities such as network flow inspection, policy enforcement, and industrial protocol detection. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Bayshore Networks has garnered recognition as a leader in its field, being named a Gartner Cool Vendor and a SINET 16 Innovator. The company's solutions are designed to enhance visibility into OT networks for large enterprises, ensuring the safety and security of industrial applications and operations while delivering returns on investment in areas like machine-to-machine cybersecurity, operational continuity, and data loss protection. Bayshore Networks has established strategic partnerships with major technology firms, including Cisco Systems, BAE Systems, and VMware.

4iQ

Series A in 2016
4iQ, Inc. is an identity intelligence company focused on preventing fraud, identity theft, account takeover, and cyber espionage. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a range of products including IDHunt, a web application for analyzing identities and their attributes, and IDTheft, which helps clients assess identity risks and monitor individuals. Additionally, 4iQ operates IDLake, a tool that scans deep and dark web sources for stolen or leaked login credentials and other personal identifiable information. With a proprietary data lake containing over 14 billion records, 4iQ provides valuable insights to intelligence analysts, security researchers, and criminal investigators, enabling them to assess risk exposure and disrupt cyber threats effectively.

Bayshore Networks

Series A in 2016
Bayshore Networks, Inc. specializes in cybersecurity software for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), focusing on the protection of operational technology (OT) within industrial environments. The company offers a suite of products, including the Bayshore IT/OT Gateway, Bayshore IC, Bayshore SE, Bayshore SingleView, and Bayshore PallatonIT Policy Engine, which provide capabilities such as network flow inspection, policy enforcement, and industrial protocol detection. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Bayshore Networks has garnered recognition as a leader in its field, being named a Gartner Cool Vendor and a SINET 16 Innovator. The company's solutions are designed to enhance visibility into OT networks for large enterprises, ensuring the safety and security of industrial applications and operations while delivering returns on investment in areas like machine-to-machine cybersecurity, operational continuity, and data loss protection. Bayshore Networks has established strategic partnerships with major technology firms, including Cisco Systems, BAE Systems, and VMware.

IronNet Cybersecurity

Series A in 2015
IronNet Cybersecurity is uniquely positioned the gap between traditional cybersecurity approaches and this rapidly evolving threat grows wider. Its mission is to deliver the power and resources of Collective Defense so that any company, organization, or public entity can defend better as part of a collaborative ecosystem with shared knowledge and vetted alerts in real-time. IronNet was founded in 2014 by General (Ret.) Keith Alexander- former head of the NSA and Commander U.S. Cyber Command.