The importance of timing
By Babbage In 1970, for a monthly fee of $160, which is equivalent to $1,259.61 today, U.S. businesses could sign up to use the Bell…
Ballistic Ventures appoints federal cyber officials Chris Inglis and Kiersten Todt as advisors
Advisors will support firm’s work to bridge gap between private and public sectors to advance cyber innovation and national security. SAN FRANCISCO – Ballistic Ventures,…
Why we invested in AuthMind
The rise of identity SecOps By Jake Seid, Co-founder and General Partner Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re leading the Seed Round in AuthMind,…
Ballistic Ventures Named Investor of the Year by SC Media
SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 29, 2023 – Ballistic Ventures, the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, today announced…
New SEC breach rules: Thoughts on the 4-day disclosure
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made a significant decision last week. They voted in favor of implementing fresh regulations that will make it mandatory…
How will VCs manage dry powder this year?
By Babbage This blog is based on a venture capital industry concept known as dry powder. As such, the blog runs the risk of traveling…
Ballistic Ventures to take the stage at the 2023 RSA Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2023 – Ballistic Ventures, the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, announced today…
Pausing the AI arms race
An open letter published this week calls on companies to take a six-month pause on training AI models more powerful than GPT-4. Elon Musk, Steve…
Why we invested in Aembit
Bringing identity-first security to workloads By Jake Seid, Co-founder and General Partner Our very first investment from Ballistic comes out of stealth today. Aembit became…
Planning for successful startup exits
By Babbage The familiar Dave Matthews song states pretty accurately the most important question that every startup team must address at some point in their…
Thoughts on the National Cybersecurity Strategy
By Ted Schlein, Chairman and General Partner This morning the White House released its new National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCSS). First, it’s great to have this…
Ballistic Ventures appoints expert cybersecurity GTM advisors
Marcus Bragg, Raffael Marty, John Spiliotis deepen VC firm’s bench of distinguished advisors supporting portfolio company growth SAN FRANCISCO, February 28, 2023 – Ballistic Ventures,…