Bob Kruse

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Neohapsis LLC provides mobile and cloud security services. It offers cloud security, compliance services, information technology and security strategy, application and mobile security, network and endpoint security services. The company serves the financial services, insurance, healthcare, science and technology, retail, energy and transportation, government, education and nonprofit organizations. The company was founded by Greg Shipley in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Paladin Capital Group (Paladin Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Penn Ave Investments LLC founded by Mark Maloney and Michael Steed in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, London and Luxembourg.

Samsung Venture Investment Corp. (SVIC) is a corporate venture capital investment firm based in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1999, they manage investment and investment-related activities for the Samsung Group. The parent firm, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Seoul, produces semiconductors, business communications systems, reciprocating and rotary compressors, optical and hard disc drives, LCD panels, set-top boxes, CC televisions, as well as fiber optics. In 2004, SVIC established Samsung Ventures America, their US-based venture capital arm.

Narus, Inc. provides cyber security data analytics solutions for enterprises and governments. The company was founded by Khirman Stas and Ori Cohen in November 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Crosslink Capital, Inc. founded in 1989 by Sy F. Kaufman and Michael Joseph Stark. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

ClearSky Power & Technology Partners LLC (ClearSky) is a private equity/venture capital firm co-founded in 2012 by James Huff and Jay Leek. The firm is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida with offices in New York and San Francisco.

Bugcrowd, Inc. provides crowdsourced security for mobile applications. It offers security testing solutions for Web applications, APIs and Webservices, SaaS applications, various types of Websites, and customer premise products; mobile apps, such as iOS, Android, and more; and charities and not-for-profits. The firm provides security testing solutions through a Crowdcontrol system. The company was founded by Casey Ellis, Sergei Belokamen and Chris Raethke in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

HUMAN Security, Inc. provides cyber security services. It specializes in detection and prevention of advanced bot and malware fraud, protecting the digital advertising ecosystem and enterprise organizations across the globe. The firm's products include MediaGuard and FraudSensor. The company was founded by Michael Tiffany, Dan Kaminsky, Ashur Kalb and Tamer Hassan in 2012 and is headquartered New York, NY.

Inpher, Inc. develops framework for operations on encrypted cloud data. It allows for management, search and sharing of encrypted content without revealing any information about the data or the content to an untrusted server. The company was founded by Jordan Brandt, Dimitar Jetchev and Ivan Panushev in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Optiv, Inc. provides end-to-end cyber security solutions. The company was founded on October 23, 2014 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Verodin, Inc. engages in the provision of security infrastructure management and monitoring solutions. It develops a platform to test weaknesses in company cybersecurity networks. The company was founded by Christopher Key and Ben Cianciaruso in 2014 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Zeronorth, Inc. develops and operates continuous application security platform. The CYBRIC platform integrates security into the development process and delivers frictionless security assurance from code commit to application delivery. The company was founded by Ernesto DiGiambattista, Andrew Gilman, Mike Kail, and Sean B. Walter in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Intsights Cyber Intelligence Ltd. engages in developing a cyber risk analysis system for large enterprises. The system is designed to provide intelligence on potential threats, analyze the possible attack methods, and automatically take appropriate defense measures. The company was founded by Guy Nizan, Alon Arvatz, and Gal Ben David on January 29, 2015 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Task Force X Capital Management LLC (Task Force X Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Brandon Shelton. The firm is headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

BigID, Inc. develops software solutions for managing the privacy and protection of personal customer data. It offers subject access, breach response, post DLP discovery, privacy shield, and anonymization and account fraud privacy and protection solutions. The company was founded by Dimitri Sirota and Nimrod Vax and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CyberGRX, Inc. develops software for cyber risk management services. The firm through its platform, enables enterprises to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor companies cyber risk exposures. Its solutions include TPCRM, risk insights, and dynamic assessments. The company was founded by Fred H. Kneip in 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

YotaScale, Inc. operates as an enterprise-grade systems management platform for cloud computing. The firm provides autonomous cloud systems management. The company was founded by Asim Razzaq, Imran Moin, Michael Babiak and Abbas Yousafzai in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Capsule8, Inc. offers attack protection for linux production environments. Its products include attack responsiveness, workflow integration, stability and reliability. The company was founded by John Viega, Dino Dai Zovi, Brandon Edwards and Pete Markowsky in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Digital Cognition Technologies, Inc. develops detect presymptomatic cognitive impairment and aid in tracking cognitive devices. The company was founded by Randall S. Davis, Dana L. Penney and Phil A. Cooper in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Akua, Inc. provides technology to monitoring and tracking solutions for inter-modal cargo containers that provide in-transit visibility of goods and shipments across the globe. It offers persistent environmental monitoring and tracking services, Internet-of-Things (IoT), cyber security and logistics services. The company was founded by Neil Furukawa in 2016 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Enview LLC provides data analytics, remote sensing and geospatial big data solutions. It automates the generation and delivery of insights to support the operational safety and reliability of pipelines and power lines. The firm prevents threats through its services from becoming incidents that impact families, businesses, and the environment. The company was founded by San Gunawardana and Krassimir Piperkov and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

LearnLux, Inc. develops online learning tools for financial literacy. Its educational tools help the people in managing personal finances and make financial decisions. The company was founded by Rebecca Liebman and Michael Liebman in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Respond Software, Inc. develops enterprise-scale security software. The firm offers Respond Analyst, a self-driving security operations center SOC that automatically diagnoses and escalates incidents in the areas of an expert system. The company was founded by Mike Armistead, Chris Calvert and Robert Hipps in 2016 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

ShiftLeft, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud security solutions. It code property graph, protect, inspect and ocular products. It offers spring-based Java web application with hypertext transfer protocol handlers that a user can trigger from outside. The firm provides solutions for appsec, developers and code auditors. The company was founded by Manish Gupta, Vlad Alexandru Ionescu and Chetan Conikee Sathyanarayana on November 21, 2016 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Intsights Cyber Intelligence, Inc. engages in the provision of all-in-one external threat protection suite designed to neutralize cyberattacks outside the wire. Its products include threat command, threat intelligence platform, threat orchestration, and treat research. It also offers solutions such as dark web monitoring; digital footprint visibility; data and credential leakage; proactive compliance and risk management; active directory integration; blocking and blacklisting; IOC enrichment; takedowns; brand protection; VIP and executive protection; fraud detection; and phishing protection. It serves banking and financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, retail and e-commerce, and gaming and leisure industries. The company was founded by Alon Arvatz, Gal Ben David and Guy Nizan in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Expedi, Inc. engages in provision of procurement solutions to drilling operations. It products includes mud pumps, handling tools, centrifugal pumps, shale shakers, gauges and valves, rope, soap, dope, tools, and accessories. The company was founded by Lawrence Patrick Neal and Timothy Neal in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

CloudKnox Security, Inc. operates as an infrastructure authorization administration company. The firm provides a single platform that manages the identity privilege life cycle across any private and public cloud. It also enables organizations to reduce risk against compromised credentials, accidents, and malicious insiders. The company was founded by Balaji Parimi and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Medchart, Inc. operates as an online medical record sharing platform that connects law firms, insurance agencies, hospitals and clinics. It offers legal, healthcare, patients and research products. The company was founded by Derrick Chow and James Bateman in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Honor Foundation is a career transition program for special operations forces that helps them transition to the private sector and become corporate and community leaders. The private company is based in San Diego, CA and has campuses in various locations across the United States, including Camp Lejeune, Fort Liberty, Eglin, Tampa, JBLM, Fort Campbell, and a virtual program (THFV). The program is three months long and includes tailored executive education, one-on-one coaching, and access to a nationwide professional network. The Navy SEAL Foundation is a founding partner of The Honor Foundation. The company was founded by Joe Musselman and the CEO is Matt Stevens.

SecZetta, Inc. provides employee management services. It offers identity advisory services and identity implementation & managed services. The firm offers services to retail, healthcare, financial services and higher education industries. The company was founded by David Pignolet in 2006 and is headquartered in Newport, RI.

Aliro Technologies, Inc. develops quantum algorithms and applications. The company was founded by Michael Cubeddu, Will Finigan and Prineha Narang and is headquartered in Brighton, MA.

Bolster, Inc. provides zero hour phishing detection & brand protection. Itzero-day phishing detection API and brand monitoring & protection. The company was founded by Shashi Prakash and Abhishek Dubey in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Blue Lava, Inc. develops and operates security platform designed to manage the critical business function of security. The company was founded by Demetrios Lazarikos, Julia Tran, Joinna Melinauskas, and Andy Hoemecke and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Britive, Inc. develops cloud access protection software. The company was founded by Alex Gudanis and Artyom Poghosyan in 2018 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

Sevco Security, Inc. provides cyber security services. The company was founded by Jaffrey Guy and Greg Fitzgerald in 2020 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

SYN Ventures Management LLC (SYN Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Jay A Leek and Patrick Heim. The firm is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.

X-Bow Launch Systems, Inc. is disrupting the aerospace industry by providing innovative and cost-effective energetics for the solid rocket motor and launch vehicle market. The company is based in Albuquerque, NM, with additional presence in other locations and is actively recruiting talented individuals to join its team. The company is also designing and building modular solid rocket motors and small launch vehicles for both orbital and suborbital launch services. X-Bow is a privately held company with investment from Crosslink Capital, Razors Edge Ventures, and Lockheed Martin Ventures. The company was founded in 2016 and is led by CEO Jason P. Hundley.

RegScale, Inc. provides a continuous compliance automation platform for highly regulated industries. The company is based in McLean, VA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The platform offers continuous contextual assurance, devops for compliance, integrated risk management, issues management, and cap. It is designed to leverage OSCAL and automation to help customers accelerate their FedRAMP accreditations. RegScale is purpose-built on top of the OSCAL standard to support continuous compliance automation. The company was founded in 2021 by Travis Howerton and Anil Karmel. Anil Karmel has been the CEO since 2021.

Picnic Corp. provides a cybersecurity platform that offers access to historical information about external data footprints to detect and respond to threats, protect privileged users, and mitigate social engineering risks. The company is based in Chevy Chase, MD and was founded by Matt Polak, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The platform also reduces the OSINT exposure of VIPs, employees, and contractors, monitors data breaches, and provides data broker visibility and remediation. Additionally, it offers social media operational security and privacy, and continuous monitoring of breach data to prevent credential compromise and credential stuffing attacks.