
Katie Glenn
Katie Glenn
Operations & Administration
Backstory
Katie has spent the last 20+ years supporting executives. Prior to joining Ballistic Ventures, she had roles supporting CEOs, Presidents and Board of Directors at companies such as eBay, Varian Medical Systems and Auction.com. Building relationships with stakeholders, displaying a strong work ethic and focusing on the details are traits that define her career.


Isabel Aguirre
Isabel Aguirre
Marketing & Operations Coordinator
Backstory
Isabel worked in retail and sales and graduated from California State University Chico with a degree in MultiCultural and Gender Studies. Ballistic has opened doors and helped me make connections with great people with such drive and passion.

Fun fact
Bay Area native who loves to travel to new places.
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Adrian Mallinger
Adrian Mallinger
Operations & Administration
Backstory
Adrian has nearly 15 years of venture capital experience supporting partners and their portfolio CEOs. She is passionate about providing top-notch service to the humans behind the companies as they navigate the complex and ever-changing business landscape. She seeks to work with and be in proximity to people who are working on big problems. She practices constructive paranoia: be ready for the worst-case scenario, and loves to contribute to the culture of a team. Her motto is “be useful.”

Fun fact
“Think slow, act fast.” If you plan well, then the execution will be swift.

Caroline Salas
Caroline Salas
Operations & Administration
Backstory
Caroline took a non-traditional career path to cybersecurity, from working in PR sales at Dolce & Gabbana, to opening and operating flagship SoulCycle studios in Los Angeles, to landing at AlienVault and then becoming part of AT&T Cybersecurity. She has a passion for people and creating meaningful relationships along the way. While working full time, she is continuing her education through Harvard University’s extension program.

Fun fact
SoCal native who traded the surfboard for a stand-up paddleboard to cruise the lakes in Austin, TX.
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Roger Thornton
Roger Thornton
General Partner
“Get to the core of what your customer needs versus what they want. If you do this well, you will crush competitors focused simply on what the customer asked for.”


Backstory
Roger is a driving force behind hundreds of technology products and services that have formed and grown companies across a range of industries. As a founder and CTO, his visionary product and technology leadership helped create cybersecurity industry leaders Fortify Software and AlienVault. As an investor, mentor and board member he has helped multiple generations of entrepreneurs build more than 15 successful cybersecurity companies. In his General Partner role at Ballistic, Roger taps into over 30 years of experience and counsels future generations of cybersecurity founders who are focused on building great products as a foundation for great companies.
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WITH FORTIFY IN SEOUL, KOREA CIRCA — 2003
Fun fact
Bay Area native, now found between Texas and Japan.
Investments at Ballistic
At Ballistic, we take a unique approach where every partner is dedicated to supporting every portfolio company, ensuring comprehensive and personalized guidance across all of our investments.
Founded, funded, or operated prior to Ballistic

ENGAGEMENT
Series Seed Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

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Series A Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

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Series B Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

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Series B Investor
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

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Series Seed Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

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Series B Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

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Series B Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

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Series A Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2018

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Series Seed Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2017
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Agnes So
Agnes So
Chief Financial Officer
Backstory
Agnes So has been instrumental in leading Ballistic’s finance and operations functions since its inception in 2021. Agnes developed a fascination for venture capital while she was an auditor at Deloitte. Since then, she has spent more than a decade honing her skills in the venture capital business at both Kleiner Perkins and Westlake Village BioPartners. As CFO for Ballistic, Agnes drives internal operations and manages finance for a world-class venture capital team.

Fun fact
Identical twin who enjoys bewildering her young nieces.
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Jake Seid
Jake Seid
General Partner
“The experience I have as both an investor and operator helps me add unique value to the founders I work with, and I do it with the deep empathy of having been in their shoes.”


Backstory
Jake has a unique combination of operating and investing experience, which supports founders as they grow their businesses. Previously, as sole founder of Stone Bridge Ventures, 12 of his early-stage investments grew to become unicorn companies. Prior to that, he was president of TenX/Auction. With 800 people in his reporting org, he grew the real estate-focused transactional online marketplace to be the industry’s leading platform. The company was acquired for $1.6B. Jake started his tenure in venture capital as a member of the team that launched Lightspeed Venture Partners and became a key Managing Director helping drive the firm’s early growth. Early on, he was a Cisco product lead for the team that commercialized broadband technology, helping the group grow from startup to a $1B revenue run rate in 2 years and drove many important cybersecurity-focused innovations into his products. He holds an BS in Electrical Engineering and an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. At MIT, he was awarded the Karly Taylor Compton Prize, the highest honor given to a student. He is a long-serving board member of the MIT Club of Northern California. In 2009, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
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PC WEEK CIRCA — 1991
Fun fact
Taking the long but rewarding journey of learning Jiu Jitsu.
Investments at Ballistic
At Ballistic, we take a unique approach where every partner is dedicated to supporting every portfolio company, ensuring comprehensive and personalized guidance across all of our investments.
Founded, funded, or operated prior to Ballistic

ENGAGEMENT
Investor
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

ENGAGEMENT
Investor
OUTCOME
BLND
PARTNERED IN
2017

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Investor
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2017

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Investor
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2017

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Investor
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Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

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Investor
OUTCOME
Private
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2020

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Investor
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Private
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2019

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Investor
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Private
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2021

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Investor
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Private
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2019

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OUTCOME
Private
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2021

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Investor
OUTCOME
Private
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2021

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Investor
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2017

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Private
PARTNERED IN
2018

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OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2018

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Private
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2018

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Private
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2016

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Private
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2017

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Private
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2021

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Private
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2016

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Private
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2017

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Private
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2021

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Private
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2019

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Private
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2020

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Investor
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Private
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2019

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Investor
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2012
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Ted Schlein
Ted Schlein
General Partner
“Ballistic Ventures allows me to do what I love while working with some of the smartest people in VC and cybersecurity – our clients and our team.”


Backstory
Ted’s legendary career in venture capital — spanning 25 years at Kleiner Perkins and more than 35 years in cybersecurity — make him uniquely qualified to lead the Ballistic team as a General Partner. His roles as operator, founder, investor and advisor have resulted in the creation of companies that have fundamentally shaped the cybersecurity landscape, while returning billions of dollars to shareholders. Ted provides counsel to the U.S. intelligence community, serves on the Board of Trustees at InQTel, and was a board member of the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee. Ballistic is the embodiment of Ted’s vision for how venture capital can play a crucial role in the continual fight for a free and secure digital future.
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WITH FORTIFY CIRCA — EARLY 2000S
Fun fact
Perfect evening: Listening to Bruce Springsteen while drinking a great California cabernet with my friends.
Investments at Ballistic
At Ballistic, we take a unique approach where every partner is dedicated to supporting every portfolio company, ensuring comprehensive and personalized guidance across all of our investments.
Founded, funded, or operated prior to Ballistic

ENGAGEMENT
Advisory Council Member
OUTCOME
Ongoing tenure
PARTNERED IN
2022

ENGAGEMENT
Advisory Board Member
OUTCOME
Ongoing tenure
PARTNERED IN
2021

ENGAGEMENT
Current Board Member
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

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Current Board Member
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2019

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Current Board Member
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2017

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Current Board Member
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2017

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Board Trustee
OUTCOME
Ongoing tenure
PARTNERED IN
2017

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Advisory Board Member
OUTCOME
Ongoing tenure
PARTNERED IN
2016

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Current Board Member
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2015

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Current Board Member
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Private
PARTNERED IN
2015

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Current Board Member
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Private
PARTNERED IN
2013

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Board Trustee
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Ongoing tenure
PARTNERED IN
2012

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Board Member
OUTCOME
ISPO
PARTNERED IN
2011

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Current Board Member
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2009

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Current Board Member
OUTCOME
CHGG
PARTNERED IN
2008
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Barmak Meftah
Barmak Meftah
General Partner
“At Ballistic Ventures, we don’t just build companies, we build relationships that open doors and facilitate the next generation of cyber tech, faster and with a stronger foundation than other VCs.”


Backstory
Globally recognized as one of the most successful leaders in enterprise software and cybersecurity, Barmak Meftah has a distinguished career marked by transformative leadership. Before founding Ballistic, he was the President of AT&T Cybersecurity, a position he took on following the successful acquisition of AlienVault. As CEO of AlienVault, he positioned the company as a market leader in unified security management and open-source threat intelligence. His strategic vision and leadership at AT&T Cybersecurity cemented its status as a top-five global managed security services provider. Meftah also served as Vice President of the Enterprise Security Products division at HP, following HP’s acquisition of Fortify Software, where he was the Chief Product Officer and one of the first employees. His career includes several senior management roles at Oracle, notably as head of products for the Oracle RDBMS for the Windows platform in the Server Technologies group. As General Partner at Ballistic, he mentors and guides startup CEOs through the complexities and challenges of building great teams and companies.
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IN THE KP BASEMENT CIRCA — 2003
Fun fact
City boy meets rockstar guitar player.
Investments at Ballistic
At Ballistic, we take a unique approach where every partner is dedicated to supporting every portfolio company, ensuring comprehensive and personalized guidance across all of our investments.
Founded, funded, or operated prior to Ballistic

ENGAGEMENT
Series A Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

ENGAGEMENT
Series B Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

ENGAGEMENT
Series Seed
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

ENGAGEMENT
Series Seed Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

ENGAGEMENT
Board Advisor
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2021

ENGAGEMENT
Series Seed Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

ENGAGEMENT
Series B Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

ENGAGEMENT
Series B Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2020

ENGAGEMENT
Series A Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2018

ENGAGEMENT
Board of Directors Member
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2017

ENGAGEMENT
Series Seed Investor*
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2017
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Nicole Perlroth
Nicole Perlroth
Venture Partner
Backstory
Nicole Perlroth spent 13 years leading cybersecurity coverage at The New York Times. Her Times bestseller, “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends,” earned her the FT McKinsey “Best Business Book of the Year Award,” the Arthur J. Ross Award for Foreign Policy and was inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame.
In 2021, she left journalism to go “inside the tent” to help solve the nation’s cyber challenges. She is a venture partner at Ballistic Ventures, managing director of her own cyber mission fund, Silver Buckshot, and served on the advisory committee of the DHS’ cyber defense agency, CISA, and the Council on Foreign Relations’ Cyber Task Force.
She is a graduate of Princeton University (B.A.), Stanford University (M.A.) and regularly lectures at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her podcast, “To Catch a Thief” charts China’s rise to cyber dominance.

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Kevin Mandia
Kevin Mandia
General Partner
“Cultivating a new mindset that results in new approaches to cyber technology is what excites me about being a part of Ballistic Ventures.”


Backstory
Kevin Mandia is one of the world’s most recognized cybersecurity experts, with more than 30 years of experience combatting cyber threats. As Co-founder and General Partner at Ballistic Ventures, he mentors entrepreneurs, leveraging his deep understanding of the threat landscape and his proven success as a founder and CEO.
Kevin founded Mandiant, serving as CEO from 2016 to 2024, including leading the company through its successful acquisition by Google in 2022. Beyond his leadership at Mandiant, Kevin has held influential roles in cybersecurity, including serving on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee. Earlier in his career, he contributed to the consulting divisions of Sytex (acquired by Lockheed Martin) and Foundstone (acquired by McAfee).
In the U.S. Air Force, Kevin served as a computer security officer at the Pentagon, and later a special agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. He holds a BS in computer science from Lafayette College and an MS in forensic science from The George Washington University.
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BEFORE THE US SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE CIRCA — 2017
Fun fact
Country rancher meets public sector guru.
Investments at Ballistic
At Ballistic, we take a unique approach where every partner is dedicated to supporting every portfolio company, ensuring comprehensive and personalized guidance across all of our investments.
Founded, funded, or operated prior to Ballistic

ENGAGEMENT
Advisory Board Member
OUTCOME
Ongoing tenure
PARTNERED IN
2021

ENGAGEMENT
Investor/Board Member
OUTCOME
Private
PARTNERED IN
2014
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Michelle Kincaid
Michelle Kincaid
VP, MARKETING & PLATFORMS
Backstory
Michelle Kincaid is the vice president of marketing and platforms at Ballistic Ventures. For more than 15 years, she has advanced marketing and communications for early-stage cybersecurity companies. Prior to joining Ballistic, she ran communications and customer marketing at Kentik, a network analytics and security startup. She has also covered the cybersecurity space as a freelance reporter.

Fun fact
Focused on cybersecurity storytelling by day and toddler storytelling by night.
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