Daring to Dream and
Redefine What’s Possible

We have been the earliest investor with dozens of teams that have dared to pursue their vision—creating and leading new markets, and shaping the future.

Meet the companies that inspire us every day.

Our Companies

Cyphort

Cyphort

Cyphort was founded in 2011 by Ali Golshan and Dr. Fengmin Dang to detect and stop zero-day malware attacks with analytics based on advanced machine learning techniques. Cyphort’s software-based, distributed architecture offers a cost-effective, high performance approach to detecting and protecting an organization’s virtual, physical and cloud infrastructure against sophisticated attacks.

  • Founded: 2011
  • Round Partnered: Series C
  • Fund: Clear Ventures
  • Status: Acquired
  • Year Acquired: 2017
  • Acquirer: Juniper Networks (JNPR)
  • Acquisition Price: $ 33,500,000

Results Matter, Success Counts

Four of the companies our team co-founded produced over $1.7 billion of market cap from 2 IPOs and 2 acquisitions.

We have funded over 90 companies, 90% as the first investors, and have had 48 exits valued at $95B from 11 IPOs, and 37 acquisitions.

Before we became VCs, we had already founded 5 successful companies.

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