Investing Profile

Jake Seid(88)

VC
Cybersecurity and cyber-related in pre-seed/seed/A rounds
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7 Investors

Connected to Pete Flint (NFX), Leo Polovets (Susa Ventures), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), and 4 other investors on Signal.

Networks Jake is a member of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
176 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
176 CONNECTIONS
Cisco Systems Network
40 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
33 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Ballistic Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$750K - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$7.0M
Investments On Record
24

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Jake Seid's Investments On Record (21)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
AuthMind
SeedJul 2023$9M
$9M
Oligo Security
Series AFeb 2023$20M
$28M
Co-investors: Ohad Bobrov (Cyberstarts VC), Adi Sharabani (Cyberstarts VC), Zohar Alon (Cyberstarts VC), Ofer Ben-Noon (Cyberstarts VC), Yair Amit (Cyberstarts VC), Rona Segev-Gal (TLV Partners), Shlomo Kramer (Cyberstarts VC), Shai Morag
Aembit
SeedFeb 2023$14M
$14M
Co-investors: Austin Arensberg (Okta Ventures), Mark Hatfield (Ten Eleven Ventures)
Talon Cyber Security
Series AAug 2022$100M
SeedJan 2022$17M
$190M
Co-investors: David Gussarsky (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Michael Shaulov (Cyberstarts VC), Richard Seewald (Evolution Equity Partners), Nadir Izrael (Cyberstarts VC), Nadav Zafrir (Team8), Ken Elefant (Sorenson Ventures), Jay Leek (SYN Ventures), Yevgeny Dibrov, George Kurtz, Zohar Zisapel, Assaf Rappaport
Veza
Series UnknownApr 2022$110M
SeedNov 2020
$110M
Co-investors: Eric Wolford (Accel), Enrique Salem (Bain Capital Ventures), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Karim Faris (GV (Google Ventures)), Lars Dalgaard (Luv Ventures), Kevin Mandia (Ballistic Ventures), Rama Sekhar (Norwest Venture Partners), Dheeraj Pandey
Ribbon Home
Series CSep 2021$150M
$410M
Co-investors: Matthew Harris (Bain Capital Ventures), Dan Teran (Gutter Capital), Gary Beasley (Roofstock), Gregor Watson (1Sharpe Ventures)
Rattle
SeedAug 2021$3M
$29M
Co-investors: Ganesh Bell (Insight Partners), Rajan Anandan (Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA)), Hemant Mohapatra (Lightspeed India Partners), Utsav Somani (AngelList), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect)
Cresta
Series AFeb 2020$15M
$71M
Co-investors: Saam Motamedi (Greylock), Carl Eschenbach (Sequoia Capital), Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz), Andy Bechtolsheim

most interested in

Cybersecurity and cybersecurity related. Including B2B, B2C and Web3 related.

Jake Seid's Experience

Co-Founder / General Partner Ballistic Ventures2021 - Present
Managing Director & Founder Stone Bridge Ventures2015 - Present
Member of the Board of Directors, MIT Club of Northern California Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)2015 - Present
Advisory Board Member; form. President Auction.com and Ten-X.com2011 - 2017
Board of Directors MIT/Stanford Venture Lab ( VLAB)2007 - 2011
Managing Director Lightspeed Venture Partners2000 - 2011
Product Manager Cisco Systems1998 - 2000

Jake Seid's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS Electrical Engineering; Minor in Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M. Eng Electrical Engineering & Computer