Investing Profile

Mark Kraynak

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Early Stage Venture Capitalist, Founding Partner at Acrew Capital
acrewcapital.com/team/mark-kr...San Carlos, California
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Networks Mark is a member of
IT CRUX Mobile Apps Solutions Network
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IT CRUX Mobile Apps Solutions Network
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IT CRUX Mobile Apps Solutions Network
397 CONNECTIONS
IT CRUX Mobile Apps Solutions Network
397 CONNECTIONS
Duke University Network
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Current Investing Position
aCrew Capital Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $7.0M
Sweet Spot
$4.0M
Investments On Record
20
Current Fund Size
$250M

Mark Kraynak is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Mark Kraynak's Investments On Record (12)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Reclaim Security
Series AMar 2026$20M
$20M
Moderne
Series BFeb 2025$30M
$50M
Co-investors: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Robin Vasan (Mango Capital)
Protect AI
Series BAug 2024$60M
Series AJul 2023$35M
SeedDec 2022$14M
$110M
Co-investors: Kim Moore (U&I Ventures), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Shlomo Kramer (Skinos Family Office)
Aembit
Series AJul 2024$25M
$39M
Co-investors: Austin Arensberg (Okta Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures)
Nextdata
SeedSep 2023$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Asad Khaliq (aCrew Capital), Amr Awadallah
Nokod Security
SeedJun 2023$8M
$8M
Co-investors: Sergey Gribov (Flint Capital), Liron Azrielant (Meron Capital)
Silverfort
Series CApr 2022$65M
Series BAug 2020$30M
$220M
Co-investors: Tom Porter (aCrew Capital), Yuval Cohen (Israel Infinity Fund), Aaron Applbaum (MizMaa Ventures)
Coin Metrics
Series CApr 2022$35M
Series BMay 2021$15M
$58M
Co-investors: Sean Judge (Castle Island Ventures), Bob Davis (Highland Capital Partners)

Mark Kraynak's Experience

Board Director Aembit2024 - Present
Board Director Evident2024 - Present
Investor n/a2023 - Present
Board Director Nokod Security2023 - Present
Board Director Nextdata2023 - Present
Investor Vanta2022 - Present
Board Director Casa Inc.2022 - Present
Board Director Protect AI2022 - Present
Investor FSH Technologies2022 - Present
Investor Hedgey, by Anchorage Digital2021 - Present
Investor Avantgarde2021 - Present
Investor Aira Technologies2021 - Present
Investor System Inc.2021 - Present
Investor Alto2021 - Present
Board Director Radiant Security2021 - Present
Board Observer Coin Metrics2021 - Present
Investor Edge Impulse2020 - Present
Board Director At-Bay2020 - Present
Founding Partner Acrew Capital2019 - Present
Board Director Silverfort2019 - Present
Board Director CipherTrace2019 - Present
Board Observer Evident ID2019 - Present
Venture Partner Aspect Ventures2017 - Present
Investor Cato Networks2017 - Present
Advisor & Investor Aqua Security2017 - Present
Investor IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Founding Partner aCrew CapitalPresent
Board Director IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Advisor & Investor IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Self Made Sabbatical IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Board Observer Exabeam2022 - 2024
Board Observer Evident2019 - 2024
Investor Petabyte Technology2019 - 2022
Board Director Ciphertrace, a Mastercard company2019 - 2021
Board Observer & Advisor TruSTAR (acquired by Splunk)2018 - 2021
Board Director, Advisor & Investor Kloudless, a Netskope company2015 - 2021
Board Director n/a2018 - 2019
Advisor & Investor n/a2015 - 2019
Self Made Sabbatical n/a2017 - 2017
Entrepreneur In Residence Aspect Ventures2017 - 2017
SVP and GM Enterprise Imperva2015 - 2017
Board Advisor Exabeam2014 - 2016
Chief Product Officer Imperva2014 - 2015
SVP Worldwide Marketing Imperva2012 - 2014
Board Director (Incapsula) Imperva2009 - 2014
VP Marketing Imperva2008 - 2012
Senior Director of Strategic Marketing Imperva2007 - 2008
Director of Product Marketing Imperva2004 - 2007
Sr. Product Marketing Manager Imperva2004 - 2004
Manager, Product Marketing Check Point Software2003 - 2004
Strategic Marketing Manager Check Point Software2002 - 2003
Strategic Marketing Manager Cacheflow (Acquired by HubSpot)2000 - 2002
Consultant / Senior Consultant Ernst & Young1995 - 1998

Mark Kraynak's Education

American University Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Literature (Creative Writing)
Duke University BSE Electrical Engineering & English