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Cybersecurity Pre-Seed / Inception specialist VCs
45 public firms are labeled Specialist, list “Cybersecurity” as a sector focus, and identify “Pre-Seed / Inception” as an entry stage. These are reported categories; review each firm’s thesis and profile before reaching out.
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| 1414 Venturesverified1414ventures.com | Mostly Follow | $25k – $250k$25-100k · $100-250k | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Cybersecurity | California | — | — | Jackie Shoback, Claire Wadlington, Michael Engle | Contact@1414ventures.com | |
| Amplify Partnersamplifypartners.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Life Sciences | California | $400M Fund 6; $300M Select; $200M Amplify Bio | 2025 | Arjun Narayan, Barr Yaron, David Beyer, Elliot Hershberg, Grace Ge, Lenny Pruss, Mike Dauber, Sarah Catanzaro, Sunil Dhaliwal, Hani Goodarzi, Luke Riggan, Rohan Virani | info@amplifypartners.com | |
| Analog Venturesanalog.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing, Cybersecurity, Commerce / Marketplaces | New York | — | — | John Nordin, Leonard Langenscheidt, Anthony Ridgley | team@analog.vc | |
| Aspenwood Venturesaspenwoodvc.com | Can Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity | California | $75M | 2025 | Lars Leckie, Steve Kishi | info@aspenwoodventures.com | |
| Automotive Venturesautomotiveventures.com | Mostly Follow | $100k – $500k$100-250k · $250-500k | — | Specialist | Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Cybersecurity, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Commerce / Marketplaces | Georgia | $19M latest fund | 2025 | Steve Greenfield, Justin Charbonneau | https://automotiveventures.typeform.com/to/C9sTMrOm | |
| Capital One Venturescapitaloneventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Fintech, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity | California | — | — | Jaidev Shergill, Nathan Krishnamurthy, Sean Leach, Jon Barad, Robert Mervine, Julian van Giessen, Carly Kulik, Fred Kauber, Arun Parmar, Carson Sippel, Soven Bery, Mary Wang, Zack Rosenbloom, Evan Henley | — | |
| Commonweal Venturescommonwealventures.com | — | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity | New York | $54M — Fund II close; firm-announced | — | — | contact@commonwealventures.com | |
| Convergeconverge.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Industrial / Manufacturing, Deep Tech | Massachusetts | — | — | Nilanjana Bhowmik, Maia Heymann, Anshu Agarwal, James Falkoff, Lourenco Belleau | — | |
| Costanoa Venturescostanoa.vc | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Fintech, Cybersecurity, Aerospace / Defense, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | Approximately $2.8B AUM | — | Greg Sands, Amy Cheetham, David Cheng, Jim Wilson, John Cowgill, Mark Selcow, Martina Lauchengco, Michelle McHargue, Nancy Katz, Nicole Seah, Sean Cai, Tony Liu | info@costanoa.vc | |
| Cybernetix Venturescybernetix.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, PropTech / Construction, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy, Cybersecurity | Massachusetts | — | — | Fady Saad, Mark Martin, Jackson Saunders | — | |
| ElevenX Capitalelevenxcapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture | Florida | — | — | Anjli Jain | connect@elevenxcapital.com | |
| Emerald Development Managersemeraldmanagers.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy | New York | — | — | — | — | |
| Felicis Venturesfelicis.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $30m+$1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Cybersecurity, Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences | California | $900M | 2025 | Aydin Senkut, Sundeep Peechu, Peter Deng, Viviana Faga, James Detweiler, Jake Storm, Feyza Haskaraman, Tobi Coker, Graham Littlehale, Katie Riester | — | |
| ff Venture Capitalffvc.com | Mostly Lead | $250k – $1m$250-500k · $500k-1m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, Cybersecurity | New York | — | — | Alex Katz, John Frankel, Katie Weiss, Maciej Skarul, Mariusz Adamski, Masayuki Ohta, Michael J. Woods, Taro Hizume | https://ffvc.com/contact/ | |
| Firestreak Venturesverifiedfirestreak.com | Mostly Follow | $25k – $250k$25-100k · $100-250k | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Crypto / Web3 | Colorado | — | — | Walter Kortschak, Amir Rustamzadeh | walter@kortschak.com,amir@investor.dev | |
| First Rays Venture Partnersfirstraysvc.com | Mostly Lead | $1-3m | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity | California | $50M AUM across Funds 1–2; Fund 3 raising (first close targeted end of 2026) | — | Amit Sridharan, Alok Nandan | info@firstraysvc.com | |
| Glasswing Venturesglasswing.vc | Can Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software | Massachusetts | $200M+ Fund III | 2025 | Rudina Seseri, Rick Grinnell, Kleida Martiro, Vlad Sejnoha, Ali Mahmoud, James Massaquoi | info@glasswing.vc | |
| Harpoonharpoon.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | $155M | 2026 | Larsen Jensen, Jeff Torrance, Riley Loftus, Matias Zorrilla, Mat Vogels, Jake Windle, Andrew Couillard, Clint Brown | https://www.harpoon.vc/contact-us | |
| Inner Loop Capitalinnerloopcap.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | Maryland | — | 2022 | Justin Label | justin@innerloopcap.com | |
| IronGate Capital Advisorsirongatevc.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Industrial / Manufacturing | Florida | — | — | Tidal McCoy, Ryan Morfin, Hamlet Yousef | invest@irongatevc.com | |
| Irregular Expressionsirregex.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity | New York | — | — | Jean Sini | team@irregular.vc | |
| J2 Venturesj2vp.com | Can Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences | Massachusetts | $250 million | 2025 | Alexander Harstrick, Jonathan Bronson, Christine Keung, Matthew Goldman, Aashka Dave | info@j2vp.com | |
| LAMA Partners (fka FXP Ventures)lama.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Cybersecurity | Massachusetts | — | — | Gil Zimmermann, Ron Zalkind, Tsahy Shapsa, Roy Katzenelson | info@lama.vc | |
| Mendoza Venturesmendoza-ventures.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Fintech, Cybersecurity, Industrial / Manufacturing | Massachusetts | $100M target Fund III ($40M raised) | 2023 | Adrian Mendoza, Senofer Mendoza, Adam Kerr, Aymbre Paige, Ricardo Heredia | partners@mendoza-ventures.com | |
| Monochrome Capitalmonochrome.vc | Mostly Follow | $250-500k | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity | California | — | — | Ben Metcalfe | ben@monochrome.vc | |
| Mozillamozilla.vc | Mostly Follow | $250-500k | — | Specialist | Cybersecurity | California | $35M Fund I | 2022 | Mohamed Nanabhay, Adam Mullinax, Saayeli Mukherji Bruni | hello@mozilla.vc | |
| Munich Re Venturesmunichre.com | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Cybersecurity, Climate / Energy, PropTech / Construction, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | $500M Munich Re Fund II (2021); $125M HSB Fund (2025) | 2025 | Oshri Kaplan, Sidra Ahmed Lefort, Timur Davis, Ben Bergsma, Veronica Gabriele, Peter Ortez, Jennifer Place, Jennifer Sanduski, Jimmy Teng, Marc Buchel | contact@munichreventures.com | |
| New North Venturesnewnorthvc.com | Mostly Lead | $1-3m | 10–12%10-12% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech | New Hampshire | — | — | Jeremy Hitchcock, Bryan Mabry | https://newnorthvc.com/pitch-us | |
| Okta Venturesokta.com | Mostly Follow | $25k – $1m$25-100k · $100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Cybersecurity | California | $50M fund | 2019 | — | info@okta.com | |
| Osney Capitalverifiedosneycapital.com | Mostly Lead | $500k-1m | 7–12%7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Cybersecurity | Alberta | — | — | Adam Cragg, Joshua Walter, Paul Wilkes | Add us on LinkedIn | |
| Rabbit Venturesrabbitvc.com | Mostly Follow | $25k – $250k$25-100k · $100-250k | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | — | — | Aviram Jenik, MJ Kang | hello@rabbitvc.com | |
| Rain Capitalraincap.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Cybersecurity, Healthtech / Digital Health, Crypto / Web3, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | — | — | Chenxi Wang, Sidra Ahmed Lefort, David B. Cross, David Brumley | info@raincapital.vc | |
| Rally Venturesrallyventures.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | $240 million Fund V | 2023 | Jeff Hinck, Justin Kaufenberg | — | |
| Rock Yard Venturesrockyardventures.com | Mostly Follow | up to $100kUp to $25k · $25-100k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Climate / Energy, Deep Tech, Cybersecurity, PropTech / Construction | Texas | — | — | Daniel Dart | daniel@rockyardventures.com | |
| Runtime Venturesruntime.vc | Can Lead | $250k – $3m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Cybersecurity | Virginia | — | — | David Endler, Michael Sutton, Elisa Yan | https://41m5u14m2b6.typeform.com/to/mngPh1Yf | |
| SaaS Venturesverifiedsaasventurecapital.com | Mostly Follow | $250-500k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | Florida | — | — | Collin Gutman, Seth Shuldiner, Brian Gaister, Jesse Bloom, Sian Goldofsky | https://www.saasventurecapital.com/contact | |
| SixThirtysixthirty.co | Can Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Cybersecurity | Missouri | — | — | Atul Kamra, Chandresh Iyer, Joel Brightfield, Jordan Freibrun, Evan Thorpe, Andrew Wegrzyn | hello@sixthirty.co | |
| Sixty Degree Capitalsixtydegreecapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Enterprise Software | Toronto | $250M Fund III | 2023 | Robert Guo, Cheryl Kuai, Robin Gao, Nate Xia, Brett Liu, Sintia Teichman, Kenneth Grisé, Jenny Lo, Hoyin Yip, Jojo Ye, Mohan Zhang, Sarah Blicker | info@sixtydegreecapital.com | |
| Surface Venturessurface.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Education / Future of Work | New York | $50M | — | Gyan Kapur, Dimitri Boguslavsky, Yash Rohera | gyan@surface.vc | |
| TDF Venturestdfventures.com | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Commerce / Marketplaces, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Maryland | $200M permanent capital pool (Fund V) | — | Matt Bressler, Will Rayner, Steven Mankoff, Jim Pastoriza | — | |
| TechOperators Venture Capitaltechoperators.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | No ownership target · Reviewed firm submission | Specialist | Cybersecurity | Georgia | — | — | Tom Noonan, Said Mohammadioun, Daniel Ingevaldson, Kevin Skapinetz, Glenn McGonnigle, Tom McNeight | — | |
| Ten Eleven Ventures1011vc.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $30m$1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Cybersecurity | California | Approximately $1B AUM | — | Alex Doll, Mark Hatfield, Dave Palmer, Kaiti Delaney, Grace Cassy, Scott Lundgren | — | |
| Tess Venturestessventures.xyz | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3, Healthtech / Digital Health, Cybersecurity, Gaming / Media / Sports, Commerce / Marketplaces, Deep Tech | California | — | — | Tess Hau, Wayne Hu, Douglas Park | https://www.tessventures.xyz/pitch-yourself | |
| Vermilion Cliffs Venturesverifiedvermilion.fund | Can Lead | $200K–$500KStated investment range · Official website · https://www.vermilion.fund/about | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity | New York | — | — | Ashley Smith | info@vermilion.fund | |
| WestWave Capitalwestwavecapital.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Deep Tech | California | — | — | Warren Weiss, Gaurav Manglik, Rohan Puranik | ideas@westwavecapital.com |
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