Punit Minocha, Former Executive Vice President of Business and Corporate Development at Zscaler, Joins Ballistic Ventures as Strategic Advisor
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, 2026 – Today we are excited to announce that Punit Minocha, former Executive Vice President of Business and Corporate Development at Zscaler has joined the firm as Strategic Advisor.
Punit is a results-driven technology executive with more than three decades of experience building, scaling, and creating value at high-growth companies. He has held key leadership roles at Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, and Trend Micro, helping scale each business through multiple stages of development and contributing to the creation of market-leading companies with multi-billion-dollar revenues and enterprise values.This gives him a firsthand playbook for the corporate development, go-to-market, and ecosystem-building decisions that determine which security startups scale and which don’t. A skilled communicator adept at aligning executives, boards, and investors, Punit brings a track record of translating strategic vision into operational execution and enterprise value.
In his advisory role at Ballistic, Punit will help portfolio founders sharpen their corporate strategy and build the strategic channel partnerships and technology alliances needed to accelerate growth. He’ll work alongside Ballistic’s other functional advisors, spanning go-to-market, marketing, and finance, to give founders access to the specialized expertise needed at each stage of scaling their business.
“Punit has spent his career at the intersection of corporate strategy and technology partnerships, helping companies build the alliances and business models that accelerate growth,” said Barmak Meftah, Co-Founder and General Partner at Ballistic Ventures. “We’re committed to surrounding our founders with the best expertise across every function, and Punit’s ability to architect strategic channel partnerships and technology alliances gives our portfolio companies exactly the kind of guidance that helps them move faster. We’re incredibly excited to bring Punit’s perspective and network into the Ballistic team.”
“I’m thrilled to join Ballistic Ventures at a time when cybersecurity founders need more than capital, they need partners who’ve been in the trenches of scaling a business from early stage to market leadership,” said Minocha. “I’ve spent my career building the partnerships, M&A strategies, and go-to-market engines that turn strong technology into lasting companies, and I’m excited to bring that experience to Ballistic’s portfolio as they build the next generation of category-defining cybersecurity companies.”
Since launching an oversubscribed second $360M fund in 2024, Ballistic’s portfolio has grown to include standout startups addressing a broad range of cybersecurity challenges – from securing enterprise AI use and identity management, to automated incident response, supply chain protection, deepfake and disinformation mitigation, ransomware prevention, and more. Punit joins fellow Ballistic advisors as cybersecurity leaders who are guiding the firm’s portfolio companies in their growth.
Learn more about the Ballistic team at https://ballisticventures.com/team/.
About Ballistic Ventures
Ballistic Ventures is a venture capital firm solely dedicated to early-stage cybersecurity and cyber-related companies. The partners have spent their entire careers defending against every cyber threat conceivable. Members of the firm have founded, operated, and funded over 100 successful cybersecurity firms – including Abnormal Security, AlienVault, ArcSight, Fortify, Mandiant, and Shape Security – led over 10,000 security professionals globally, and have 40+ years of experience in venture capital. The Ballistic portfolio includes Above Security, Aembit, Alethea, Armadin, ArmorCode, AuthMind, BreachRx, Codezero, Concentric AI, GetReal, Gomboc AI, Hypernative, Magnitude, Mimic, Native, Noma, Nudge, Oligo, OverAI, Pangea, Reach, Reveal Technology, Root Evidence, SpecterOps, Talon (PANW), Veza, WitnessAI, and Zip Security. Our experience provides entrepreneurs impactful support from people focused on the same mission. Our networks and relationships open doors for our founders. Learn more at ballisticventures.com.