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    Ballistic Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2021

    Ballistic Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating early-stage cybersecurity companies. Founded in 2021 by seasoned cybersecurity operators including Kevin Mandia, Ted Schlein, Barmak Meftah, Jake Seid, and Roger Thornton, the firm is based in San Francisco.

    54% of their portfolio is in Cybersecurity. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months vs 9 prior). Their most common stage is series-a (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $40.4M (across 37 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    32

    Fund Size

    $360M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    BM

    Barmak Meftah

    General Partner

    JS

    Jake Seid

    General Partner

    KM

    Kevin Mandia

    General Partner

    RT

    Roger Thornton

    General Partner

    TS

    Ted Schlein

    General Partner

    DH

    David Hahn

    CISO OPERATING PARTNER

    NP

    Nicole Perlroth

    Venture Partner

    Phil Venables

    Phil Venables

    Venture Partner

    MK

    Michelle Kincaid

    VP, MARKETING & PLATFORMS

    AM

    Adrian Mallinger

    Operations & Administration

    AS

    Agnes So

    Chief Financial Officer

    BK

    Bonnie Komar

    Controller

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    39 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Above Security logoAbove SecuritySeries C$50MMar 2026
    ArmorCode logoArmorCodeStrategic$16MMar 2026
    Armadin logoArmadinSeed$189.9MJan 2026
    OOligoSeries B$60MJan 2026
    Nudge Security logoNudge SecuritySeries A$22.5MNov 2025
    Noma Security logoNoma SecuritySeries B$100MJul 2025
    Zip Security logoZip SecuritySeries A$13.5MJul 2025
    Cyrus logoCyrusSeedApr 2025
    AuthMind logoAuthMindSeed$8.5MApr 2025
    HHello SojuSeries A$6.8MApr 2025
    GetReal logoGetRealSeries A$17.5MMar 2025
    Mimic logoMimicSeries A$50MFeb 2025
    Gomboc logoGombocSeed$13MFeb 2025
    GGomboc AiSeed$13MFeb 2025
    GetReal Security logoGetReal SecuritySeries A$17.5MJan 2025
    SpecterOps logoSpecterOpsSeries B$75MJan 2025
    AAuthMind IncSeed$19.3MJan 2025
    Noma Security logoNoma SecuritySeries A$32MOct 2024
    Concentric Ai logoConcentric AiSeries B$45MOct 2024
    Witness AI logoWitness AISeries A$27.5MMay 2024
    Alethea logoAletheaSeries B$20MApr 2024
    Codezero logoCodezeroSeed$3.5MMar 2024
    Reach Security logoReach SecuritySeries A$20MMar 2024
    WWitnessAISeries A$27.5MJan 2024
    ArmorCode logoArmorCodeSeries B$40MDec 2023
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026