Investing Profile

Ken Elefant

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Managing Director & VP (Software & Security Groups) at Intel Corporation
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Networks Ken is a member of
Harvard Business School Network
507 CONNECTIONS
The Wharton School Network
237 CONNECTIONS
Apple Network
115 CONNECTIONS
Intel Corporation Network
93 CONNECTIONS
Battery Ventures Network
55 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Intel Corporation Managing Director
Investment Range
$3.0M - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$4.0M
Investments On Record
29

Ken Elefant is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ken Elefant's Investments On Record (17)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
VulnCheck
Series BFeb 2026$25M
Series AMar 2025$12M
SeedApr 2024$5M
$45M
Co-investors: Arun Chetty (Intel Capital), Katie Gray
Planera
Series AOct 2025$8M
Series AAug 2024$14M
SeedMay 2023$5M
$27M
Co-investors: Kaustubh Pandya (Brick & Mortar Ventures)
StrongestLayer
SeedJul 2025$5M
$5M
SmartSuite
Series AFeb 2025$13M
$13M
Talon Cyber Security
Series AAug 2022$100M
SeedJan 2022$17M
$140M
Co-investors: David Gussarsky (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Nadav Zafrir (Team8), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures)
Vectice
Series AJan 2022$13M
$16M
Co-investors: Phil Boyer (Crosslink Capital), Michael Neril (Spider Capital)
Evo Security
SeedJan 2022$4M
$5M
Co-investors: Hank Thomas (Strategic Cyber Ventures), Chris Ahern (Strategic Cyber Ventures), Justin Label
CyCognito
Series CDec 2021$100M
Series BJul 2020$30M
Series ANov 2019$18M
SeedJan 2018$5M
$150M
Co-investors: Arif Janmohamed (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ashvin Bachireddy (SV Angel), John Thompson (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Eric Wolford (Accel), Dan Scheinman (Scheinman Angel Fund), Shuly Galili (UpWest), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures), Gil Ben-Artzy (UpWest), Lia Cromwell (UpWest)

Ken Elefant's Experience

Investor Sandfly Security2023 - Present
Investor Planera, Inc2022 - Present
Investor VulnCheck2022 - Present
Investor Talon Cyber Security2021 - Present
Investor Airgap Networks Inc.2021 - Present
Investor Vectice2021 - Present
Investor Evo Security2021 - Present
Investor Acceldata2020 - Present
Investor Qualio2020 - Present
Investor Bridgecrew2019 - Present
Investor CloudKnox Security Inc2019 - Present
Investor SupportLogic2019 - Present
Investor CyCognito2018 - Present
Investor Paperspace2018 - Present
Managing Director, Ventures Sorenson Capital2017 - Present
Investor Openpath Security Inc.2017 - Present
Investor Octarine2017 - Present
Investor DocuSign2015 - Present
Investor Venafi2015 - Present
Investor Carbon Black, Inc.2015 - Present
Investor Gigya2014 - Present
Investor Vectra Networks, Inc.2014 - Present
Investor AlienVault2013 - Present
Investor ForeScout Technologies2013 - Present
Investor BrightEdge2012 - Present
Partner and Co-Founder Sorenson CapitalPresent
Investor Airgap Networks Inc., a Zscaler CompanyPresent
Investor Vectra AIPresent
Investor MedopadPresent
Investor Planera IncPresent
Investor Airgap Networks Inc. (Acquired by Zscaler)Present
Investor Talon (by Palo Alto Networks)Present
Investor acceldataPresent
Investor CloudKnox Security Inc. (Acquired by Microsoft Corporation)Present
Investor DocusignPresent
Investor Venafi, a CyberArk CompanyPresent
Investor Carbon BlackPresent
Investor ForeScout Technologies Inc.Present
Investor BrightedgePresent
Managing Director & VP (Software & Security Groups) Intel CorporationPresent
Director, Int'l Sales & Marketing Radius Innovation & DevelopmentPresent
Business Development ApplePresent
Investor Fortscale2014 - 2018
Investor TrapX Security2015 - 2017
Investor Arrayent, Inc.2013 - 2017
Managing Director & VP (Software & Security Groups) Intel Capital2011 - 2017
Investor Prelert (acquired by Elastic)2014 - 2016
Investor AtHoc (acquired by Blackberry)2012 - 2015
Investor Prolexic (acquired by Akamai)2013 - 2014
Investor Solera Networks (acquired by Blue Coat Systems)2012 - 2013
General Partner Opus Capital2005 - 2011
Sr. Associate Lightspeed Venture Partners2001 - 2005
Kauffman Fellow and Senior Associate Battery Ventures1999 - 2001
Director, Int'l Sales & Marketing Radius Inc.1994 - 1997
Business Development Apple (Claris Corp)1991 - 1994

Ken Elefant's Education

The Wharton School BS Economics
Harvard Business School MBA Entrepreneurship